Coral select algae partnerships to ease environmental stress
Corals live symbiotically with a variety of microscopic algae that provide most of the energy corals require, and some algae can make coral more...
Researchers’ flow platform advances water harvesting technology
The researchers' unique platform solves a key problem in water harvesting: Collected water droplets form a thermal barrier that prevents further condensation, so they...
New genetic variation from old and exotic varieties for environmentally friendly wheat cultivation
Gene banks worldwide make an important contribution to the conservation of biological diversity. In addition to negative traits, old and exotic varieties possess many...
Keeping planes and wind turbines ice-free
Engineers have made a significant breakthrough in de-icing technology. New research examines a smart, hybrid -- meaning passive and also active -- de-icing system...
Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered global tsunami that scoured seafloor thousands of miles from impact site
The miles-wide asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago wiped out nearly all the dinosaurs and roughly three-quarters of the planet's plant and...
Satellites capture massive drainage of proglacial lake in remote Patagonia
Only satellites were watching when the world's fourth-largest proglacial lake suddenly drained in 2020. Researchers now uncovered the event and analyzed the cause --...
Warmer stream temperatures in burned-over Oregon watershed didn’t result in fewer trout
The number of trout in a southern Oregon stream system showed no decline one year after a fire burned almost the entire watershed, including...
The last 12,000 years show a more complex climate history than previously thought
We rely on climate models to predict the future, but models cannot be fully tested as climate observations rarely extend back more than 150...
Collision may have formed the Moon in mere hours, simulations reveal
Most theories claim the Moon formed out of the debris of a collision between the Earth and an object about the size of Mars,...
Biologists identify broad coral disease resistance traits
A new study provides a novel framework for identifying broad coral disease resistance traits and examines the fundamental processes behind species survival.




















