Aug. 2, 2023 —A chemical process used in the browning of food to give it its distinct smell and taste is probably happening deep in the oceans, where it helped ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —The same fiber optic networks that provide internet can simultaneously act as earthquake sensors, as demonstrated in a new ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —Loss of forest cover is associated with more frequent extreme flooding, as well as more frequent floods of any size, according to new research. While it's widely thought that loss of forest cover is ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —Earth’s soil contains large stocks of carbon — even more carbon than in the atmosphere. A significant portion of this soil carbon is in organic form (carbon bound to carbon), called soil organic ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —Researchers have analyzed the shifting patterns of entire dune fields on Earth and Mars, as seen from orbit, and found they are a direct signature of recent environmental change. This new tool can be ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —A new study uses nearly a century of data to show that the average heights of winter waves along the California coast have increased as climate change has heated up the ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —The closure in January 2016 of one of Pittsburgh's biggest coal-processing plants led to immediate and lasting declines in emissions of fossil fuel-related air pollutants. These in turn were linked ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —Earth's oldest craters could give scientists critical information about the structure of the early Earth and the composition of bodies in the solar system as well as help to interpret crater records ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —A newly published study describes the response to sea level rise by the silver rice rat, an endangered species only found in the Florida ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —In the peak heat of summer, beachgoers don't want their plans thwarted by harmful algal blooms (HABs). But current methods to remove or kill toxin-producing algae and cyanobacteria aren't efficient ...