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Earth Sciences Feb 4, 2024

West's 'hot drought' is unprecedented in more than 500 years

There's no precedent in at least five centuries for how hot and dry the West has been in the last two decades, new research asserts using analysis of tree rings.

Biotechnology Jan 23, 2024

New methods show promise for boosting rubber production in US

With disease and high demand posing threats to the world's primary natural rubber supply in Southeast Asia, scientists are working to ramp up the U.S. rubber market by advancing methods to extract latex from two sustainable ...

Plants & Animals Jan 9, 2024

When polar bears hunt snow geese, hunger justifies the means

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) take advantage of the winter to build up their fat reserves. Intensive hunting of seals, a resource rich in fat, allows bears to store up enough energy to get through the summer.

Astronomy Dec 7, 2023

Famed Halley's comet passes aphelion this weekend

It's lonely out there in the frozen outer solar system. On Saturday, December 9th, that most famous of all comets 1P/Halley reaches a hallmark point on its 75-year journey through the solar system, reaching aphelion or its ...

Environment Dec 5, 2023

After a mild fire year, Southern California crews look ahead to 2024

On a cool, cloudy morning one day last week, Albert Rivas approached a pile of dry wood in the Angeles National Forest and set it on fire.

Environment Dec 4, 2023

Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?

Rishi Sunak, David Cameron and King Charles are just three of the more than 70,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries at the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, COP28. But they are among hundreds who will have traveled there ...

Environment Dec 1, 2023

Hurricane season that saw storms from California to Nova Scotia ends Thursday

A busy hurricane season that saw the National Hurricane Center in Miami issue the first-ever tropical storm warning for the coast of California and hurricane warnings as far north as Nova Scotia is coming to a close Thursday ...

Environment Nov 30, 2023

From decarbonization to electric cars, California hopes to showcase climate leadership at COP28 summit

World leaders are gearing up for COP28, an annual U.N. climate conference that will begin this week in Dubai, and California is expected to play a sizable role in the proceedings.

Social Sciences Nov 21, 2023

In America, national parks are more than scenic—they're sacred. But they were created at a cost to Native Americans

Abraham Lincoln has an almost saintly place in U.S. history: the "Great Emancipator" whose leadership during the Civil War preserved the Union and abolished slavery.

Earth Sciences Nov 2, 2023

Hydrogeologists develop innovative way to predict saltwater intrusion into groundwater

As the world warms and ice sheets melt, the ocean continually rises. The greater Boston area can expect to see between one and six feet of sea level rise by 2100, according to recent estimates.

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