There is something humbling about realizing that the most urgent climate questions we wrestle with today were, in many ways, already being answered decades ago. Scientists, policymakers, and ordinary ...

On a warm summer night, when everything else grows quiet, the air begins to buzz with a steady rhythm. Crickets chirp from the bushes, from tree branc.

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A series of tragic deaths in Canada, the U.S. and Europe is showing how tricky avalanches still are to predict. Will that ...

New geological data indicate that marine life is somewhat resilient to warming in the tropics. Chris Fokkema, Earth scientist at Utrecht University, discovered that tropical algae were largely ...

Early mammalian ancestors were nocturnal, sleeping during the day while the dinosaurs dominated the land. However, some mammalian lineages, including human ancestors, independently transitioned to ...

With rising temperatures intensifying precipitation and flood risks, water authorities are rethinking dam safety and ...

The fridge is one of the key appliances in every home, and one most people take for granted. We use it to keep all sorts of foods fresh for longer periods and prevent them from developing dangerous ...

A team of more than 30 physicists and materials scientists published a detailed strategy for reaching room-temperature superconductivity, identifying the most promising material families, the biggest ...

Researchers have revealed that North American birds are declining at an accelerating rate in three regional hotspots ...

In 2025—Earth's third warmest year on record—massive fires destroyed entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles, a deadly heatwave killed more than 24,000 in Europe and powerful storms triggered catastrophic ...