Heatwave scorching western US ups risk of hazardous fire conditions | US weather
A heatwave scorching the western US region has elevated the risk of hazardous fire conditions particularly in parts…
Can pumping groundwater really flip Earth’s poles? An expert explains
Last week a government minister in the Northern Territory, spruiking a plan to make Darwin “the datacentre capital…
The trees of the Amazon pump such staggering amounts of moisture into the air that they create invisible rivers in the sky, and those rivers travel thousands of kilometres to water farmland in countries far from the forest itself
Try to picture, for a moment, the sheer physical scale of what a single large tropical tree does…
Funnels That Harvest Rain and Solar Power While Shading a Public Plaza
Water scarcity and urban heat are two separate crises that public infrastructure rarely addresses together. Most public spaces…
Europa may hold more water than Earth, but a new study suggests its hidden ocean is almost impossible to reach |
Representative Image of Europa’s hidden ocean beneath its icy surface (AI-generated image) Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons,…
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not an island of trash: its plastic averages roughly 50 kilograms spread across each square kilometer, and a 2022 study found 75 to 86 percent of the large floating debris by mass came from fishing gear, not household waste
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is usually pictured as a floating landfill, a raft of bottles and bags…
Iceberg-driven constraints on colony–foraging connectivity result in severe decline in chick counts for the Coulman Island emperor penguin colony
Restricted accessibility and its potential role in reduced chick productivity We define this process as “restricted accessibility,” in…
Building for 131°F: How Europe is preparing for extreme heat
On the Eurostar platform at St Pancras International station in London, Great Britain, on 1 November 2025. Stephane…
France, Spain Eye Wildfire Reprieve As Other Blazes Start Up In Europe
France: France and Spain on Thursday glimpsed a reprieve from some of the worst wildfires in living memory,…
No species left behind: how Spain saved its animals from wildfire
While scores of people were fleeing Spain’s raging wildfires, the staff at Safari Madrid had others to think…
Household chemicals end up as pollutants if not disposed of correctly. What shouldn’t go down the drain? | Pollution
From bleaches, disinfectants and detergents to pest sprays and paints, many kitchen cabinets and laundry shelves are stacked…
Scientists finally find a way to recycle plastic indefinitely
Chemistry chair Wei Zhang (right) and Graduate Research Assistant Zepeng Lei study plastic materials in the Zhang Lab.…