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Earth Sciences Jun 21, 2022

Systematic warming pool discovered in the Pacific due to human activities

In a study just released in the journal Communications Earth and Environment, Dr. Armineh Barkhordarian confirms that this systematic warming pool is not the result of natural climatic variations—but of human influences ...

Environment Jun 17, 2022

From dry to deluge, how heavy snow, rain flooded Yellowstone

Just three months ago, the Yellowstone region like most of the West was dragging through an extended drought with little snow in the mountains and wildfire scars in Red Lodge from a year ago when the area was hit by 105-degree ...

Plants & Animals Jun 15, 2022

Co-existing mangrove-coral habitats have a new global classification system

On any given day between 2016 and 2019, Heather Stewart could be found snorkeling in between mangroves in the Bocas del Toro archipelago along Panama's Caribbean coast. For years she visited these forests at the interface ...

Environment Jun 15, 2022

Report: Fires, heat waves cause 'climate anxiety' in youth

Oregon health officials say the impacts of climate change, including more devastating wildfires, heat waves, drought and poor air quality, are fueling "climate anxiety" among young people.

Earth Sciences Jun 2, 2022

California drought resurrects decades-old plan for controversial Sites Reservoir

A long-dead proposal to flood a bucolic valley north of Sacramento and create a massive reservoir for thirsty Southern California is finding new life—and opposition—amid the effects of climate change and worsening drought.

Environment Jun 1, 2022

11 dead, over 30 missing after Hurricane Agatha hits Mexico: officials

At least 33 people remained missing and 11 were confirmed dead Wednesday after Hurricane Agatha swept through Mexico, local officials said.

Environment May 28, 2022

Weather's unwanted guest: Nasty La Nina keeps popping up

Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in the western United States and more Atlantic hurricanes. It's becoming the nation's unwanted weather guest and ...

Ecology May 19, 2022

Avian influenza: How it's spreading and what to know about this outbreak

When it comes to avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, all birds are not created equal.

Plants & Animals May 19, 2022

Watch dolphins line up to self-medicate skin ailments at coral 'clinics'

If a human comes down with a rash, they might go to the doctor and come away with some ointment to put on it. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins get skin conditions, too, but they come about their medication by queuing up nose-to-tail ...

Earth Sciences May 17, 2022

Novel meteorological mechanisms behind severe drought in southwestern China during spring 2021

Southwestern China (SWC) is a region on the southeastern side of the Tibetan Plateau, in which both southwesterly and southeasterly winds influence weather patterns during the summer monsoon period. Spring drought before ...

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