Study combines climatic, tectonic models to explain Andean conundrum
The Andes Mountains are much taller than plate tectonic theories predict they should be, a fact that has puzzled geologists for decades. Mountain-building models...
Evidence for shared earthquakes between San Andreas and San Jacinto faults
The San Andreas and San Jacinto faults have ruptured simultaneously at least three times in the past 2,000 years, most recently in 1812, according...
Scientists urge creating strategic forest reserves to mitigate climate change, protect biodiversity
The United States should immediately move to create a collection of strategic forest reserves in the Western U.S. to fight climate change and safeguard...
Physics of coral as an indicator of reef health
New research shows that physics measurements of just a small portion of reef can be used to assess the health of an entire reef...
Decade-old photographs shared on social media give away a new species of pygmy grasshopper
While scrolling the social network iNaturalist, researchers spotted photographs of what turned out to be a Peruvian species of grasshopper currently unknown to science....
How we measure the effects of methane matters for climate policy
An international team of researchers explored how focusing either on the short- or long-term warming effects of methane can affect climate mitigation policies and...
More microbes that can degrade plastics in places with heavy plastic pollution
The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution. That is the...
Source of large rise in emissions of unregulated ozone destroying substance identified
New research has discovered that emissions coming from China of the ozone-destroying chemical, dichloromethane, have more than doubled over the last decade.
Melting sea ice forces polar bears to travel farther for food
In recent years, polar bears in the Beaufort Sea have had to travel far outside of their traditional arctic hunting grounds which has contributed...
Decreased vehicle emissions linked with significant drop in deaths attributable to air pollution
As emissions fell over a decade, the number of deaths attributable to air pollution dropped by thousands, yielding billions of dollars in societal benefits.
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