California plain shows surprising winners and losers from prolonged drought
A long-term study has tracked how hundreds of species in the Carrizo Plain National Monument fared during the historic drought that struck California from...
Strategies in US climate litigation
Researchers have analyzed all US climate change lawsuits over a 26-year period.
The bright ways forests affect their environment
New study finds volatile gases emitted by forests increase the amount of diffuse light reaching the forests. The study shows that this increased diffuse...
Carbon reserves in Central American soils still affected by ancient Mayan deforestation
Deforestation is suspected to have contributed to the mysterious collapse of Mayan civilization more than 1,000 years ago. A new study shows that the...
To float or not to float? Mystery solved as to why algae balls float...
Scientists have uncovered the age-old mystery of why marimo algae balls sink at night and float during the day.
Near two million acres on fire in the United States
The West Coast of the United States is shrouded in smoke from the 110 large fires (this does not include smaller fires within each...
Supercomputing simulations and machine learning help improve power plants
Researchers are exploring how supercritical carbon dioxide could serve as a cleaner, safer, and more flexible working fluid in power plants than supercritical water...
Nice sunny days can grow into heat waves — and wildfires: summer weather is...
Stalling summer weather as we are experiencing right now in the Northern hemisphere can turn into 'extreme extremes' from heat to drought, from rain...
The environmental cost of contact lenses
Many people rely on contact lenses to improve their vision. But these sight-correcting devices don't last forever and they are eventually disposed of in...
Acid coastal seas off US putting common fish species at risk
Scientists have shown that coastal waters and river estuaries can exhibit unique vulnerabilities to acidification than offshore waters. This acidification, detected in waters off...