Any night now, a "new star" or nova will appear in the night sky. While it won't set the sky ablaze, it's a special opportunity to see a rare event that's usually difficult to predict in advance.
Astronomy
Jul 9, 2024
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When Australia's east coast is caught in the grip of a heat wave, relief can come in the form of abrupt, often gale-force wind changes known as "southerly busters."
Environment
Jul 9, 2024
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Climate change is likely to drive tree species towards colder and wetter regions of their geographical distribution, a new study has shown.
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2024
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The bottom of the ocean is not hospitable. There is no light; the temperature is freezing cold; and the pressure of all the water above will literally crush you. The animals that live at this depth have developed biophysical ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 27, 2024
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Wildfires are the new "polar bear," routinely used by the media to epitomize the climate crisis and the threat of major natural hazards. This is despite most fire on Earth being harmless, even ecologically beneficial.
Environment
Jun 25, 2024
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The climate modeling community has been particularly vexed by the glacial/interglacial cycles of the past three million years, when the Northern Hemisphere oscillated between times with and without large ice sheets.
Earth Sciences
Jun 25, 2024
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The official start of summer is around the corner. Parts of the West have already experienced triple-digit heat and wildfires.
Planetary Sciences
Jun 20, 2024
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An important breakthrough in efforts to halt the advance of wheat blast, an emerging threat to international food security, has come from a surprising source.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 19, 2024
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NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to build the spacecraft for NOAA's Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite ...
Planetary Sciences
Jun 19, 2024
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Solstices mark the changing of seasons, occur twice a year, and feature the year's shortest and longest daylight hours—depending on your hemisphere. These extremes in the length of day and night make solstice days more ...
Planetary Sciences
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