A Vast Underground Water System Helps Drive Antarctica’s Glaciers
Scientists have finally found Antarctica’s missing groundwater, which will help them predict ice flows on the continent. ..
Scientists have finally found Antarctica’s missing groundwater, which will help them predict ice flows on the continent. ..
If everyone ate just 20 percent less beef, deforestation rates by 2050 could be half as bad. ..
Researchers have struggled to quantify in real time how much carbon dioxide humans spout. Lockdowns presented a unique opportunity to get a clearer picture. ..
Proposals for wind, solar, and battery storage projects are running into a logjam of paperwork and grid connection issues. ..
You can tell a lot about a tree by its sway, so scientists are outfitting them with accelerometers. That could help the West better manage its water. ..
A quarter of a billion years ago, rising temperatures emptied the oceans of life. The planet now faces a similar threat, but the outcome is in human hands. ..
The “urban heat island effect” creates extra-hot temperatures that kill. But cities can prescribe powerful treatments, like green spaces and reflective ..
A movement is growing to reintroduce controlled burns to forests and grasslands, bringing back the role of fire in creating biodiverse landscapes. ..
Graphite is made in blazing-hot furnaces powered by dirty energy. Until recently, there has been no good tally of the carbon emissions. ..
Humans are polluting the seas with sound, while warming waters change how noise propagates. What does that mean for whales and other animals? ..