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Environment May 13, 2025

A forward-looking approach to climate disaster preparation

Vulnerable communities in the Southeastern United States must look to the future, not the past, to prepare for climate disasters, according to researchers at the Feinstein International Center, located at Tufts University's ...

Plants & Animals May 6, 2025

A new method for remote sensing-based assessment of cotton Verticillium wilt

Scientists from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Shihezi University, have developed a new method for grading cotton Verticillium wilt (VW). This ...

Environment May 5, 2025

Urban Heat Island warming effects related to population density are quantified for the first time

A new research study from The University of Alabama in Huntsville addresses the question of how much urban areas have warmed from the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.

Environment May 5, 2025

Warming oceans and atmosphere visualized in new climate stripes study

A new study involving the University of Liverpool reveals striking temperature shifts across both the oceans and the atmosphere, using an extended version of the now-iconic climate stripes visualization.

Environment Apr 28, 2025

Summer 2024 was Lapland's warmest in 2,000 years, tree ring study shows

The summer of 2024 was the warmest in 2,000 years in the Lapland region of northern Finland, Norway and Sweden, driven by climate change, the Finnish Meteorological Institute told AFP on Monday.

Earth Sciences Apr 16, 2025

How updating climate baselines influences detection of extreme events in China

Extreme weather and climate events—such as heat waves and heavy rainfall—have significant effects on ecosystems, infrastructure, and society. To monitor these extremes, scientists usually compare current conditions to a historical ...

Earth Sciences Apr 15, 2025

Scientists trace hailstone origins using chemical fingerprints, overturning decades-old theories

A team of scientists has cracked open one of meteorology's enduring mysteries—how hailstones grow inside storm clouds—using an innovative approach that analyzes chemical signatures locked in the ice. The findings, published ...

Planetary Sciences Apr 7, 2025

FengYun-3 satellites improve global diurnal land surface temperature tracking

A recent study published in the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing highlights how China's FengYun-3 (FY-3) meteorological satellites have improved global tracking of land surface temperature (LST) throughout ...

Environment Mar 28, 2025

Clouds and conspiracies: concerns over push to make rain

Can countries control the clouds? And should they? As climate change drives floods and drought, rainmaking is in fashion across the world, despite mixed evidence that it works and concerns it can stoke cross-border tensions.

Earth Sciences Mar 27, 2025

Drone experiment reveals how Greenland ice sheet is changing

For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. Their research, aided by a custom-designed drone, could help scientists improve ice loss ...

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