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Italy's deadly floods just latest example of climate change's all-or-nothing weather extremes
The floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in Italy's northeast are another drenching dose of climate change's all-or-nothing weather extremes, something that has been happening around the...
Smoke from Canada wildfires prompts air quality alerts in Colorado, Montana
Smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada has drifted south into the United States and prompted the states of Colorado and Montana to issue air quality alerts.
Spain says containing wildfire as conditions improve
Spanish authorities said Saturday that firefighters and soldiers were managing to contain a blaze in the country's west that has forced hundreds of people to evacuate from nearby villages.
Fine-tuning air pollution models
Air pollution doesn't affect everybody the same way. And in a new study, researchers developed a method to improve estimates of how, within cities, different communities are exposed to fine...
Despite rumblings, Colombia volcano survivor skeptical of repeat disaster
Screams, dismembered bodies among the thousands dead, and his town buried in mud. Survivor William Suarez remembers the horror of Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcanic eruption of 1985, but he...
Almost 40% of land burned by western wildfires can be traced to carbon emissions
Almost 40% of forest area burned by wildfire in the western United States and southwestern Canada in the last 40 years can be attributed to carbon emissions associated with the...
Mount Etna volcano erupts, raining ash on Catania, forcing flight suspension at local airport
Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, was erupting on Sunday, spewing ash on Catania, eastern Sicily's largest city, and forcing a suspension of flights at that city's airport.
Strokes bassist, realtor neighbor battle over backyard behind their homes
Nikolai Fraiture, the Grammy Award-winning bassist for the Strokes, is battling with his neighbor -- a real estate executive with Cushman & Wakefield -- over a yard placed behind their...
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch blasts U.S. response to COVID-19
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has issued a rare official statement, blasting the response of the United States to the COVID-19 pandemic as one of the "greatest intrusions on...
Russia warns against supplying Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko on Saturday warned western leaders of "enormous risks" of supplying Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets.
Sinn Fein set for historic gains in Northern Ireland local elections
Sinn Féin, considered the oldest political movement in Ireland, is set to overtake the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland elections Saturday, a move that could have consequences across Britain.
Security minister Ben Gvir says Israel ‘in charge’ in controversial Temple Mount visit
Israel's security minister Itamar Ben Gvir is drawing criticism following a visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday and remarks that encourage breaking a more than half-century-old agreement.
Climate activists dump charcoal into Italy’s Trevi Fountain, turning water black
Climate activists with the group Last Generation dumped diluted vegetable charcoal into the water of Rome's famed Trevi Fountain in Italy on Sunday, turning the water black.
Why Antarctic ice shelves are losing their mass and how it leads to global sea level rise
The Greenland ice sheet (GIS) and Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) contribute largely to global mean sea level (GMSL) changes, though the seas surrounding the Antarctic like the Bellinghausen-Amundsen Seas and...
Why Antarctic ice shelves are losing their mass and how it leads to global sea level rise
The Greenland ice sheet (GIS) and Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) contribute largely to global mean sea level (GMSL) changes, though the seas surrounding the Antarctic like the Bellinghausen-Amundsen Seas and...
Engineering: The house that diapers built
Up to eight percent of the sand in concrete and mortar used to make a single-story house could be replaced with shredded used disposable diapers without significantly diminishing their strength,...
How good is the data for tracking countries' agricultural greenhouse gas emissions?
Limited accuracy and transparency of national greenhouse gas emission inventories are curbing climate action, especially in the agriculture and land use sector.
Separations technology critical to converting biomass to low-carbon biofuel
BETO Bioprocessing Separations Consortium spotlights projects from three-year work period.
Alaska scientists find novel way to aid earthquake magnitude determination
Sensors that detect changes in atmospheric pressure due to ground shaking can also obtain data about large earthquakes and explosions that exceed the upper limit of many seismometers, according to...
Alaska scientists find novel way to aid earthquake magnitude determination
Sensors that detect changes in atmospheric pressure due to ground shaking can also obtain data about large earthquakes and explosions that exceed the upper limit of many seismometers, according to...
Global warming will likely cross dangerous 1.5 C threshold within 5 years, UN report warns
The U.N. weather agency has warned that El Niño and human-caused climate change will likely push temperatures into "uncharted territory."
Yellowstone volcano super-eruptions appear to have multiple explosive events
The last caldera-forming eruption at Yellowstone "was much more complex than previously thought," according to the annual report about activity at the supervolcano.
Stressed clams turn ghostly white in warming waters
In response to stress, giant clams can lose the symbiotic zooxanthellae that live in their fleshy mantles. Photo by Rasmus Loeth Petersen/Alamy Stock Photo This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication...
Light pollution is messing with coral reproduction
A coral reef in the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba in the Red Sea. Corals here and in the Persian Gulf are particularly affected by light pollution. Sahchaf Ben Ezra A dark side effect...
Navy SEALs will finally stay dry in a cozy new submarine
A SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Mark 11 is seen in Hawaii in 2020. The DOD notes: "This photo has been altered for security purposes". Christopher Perez / US Navy Navy SEALs have...
World set to ‘temporarily’ breach major climate threshold in next five years
The 2015 Paris climate agreement set 2.7°F as a guardrail against increasingly dangerous atmospheric warming. Deposit Photos Within the next five years, the planet is 66 percent likely to reach 2.7°F (1.5°C )...
Staggering 3D scan of the Titanic shows the wreck down to the millimeter
Two submersibles photographed the Titanic down to the millimeter. Atlantic/Magellan Months of painstaking work analyzing over 16 terabytes of imaging and 4K video data has resulted in the first full-sized 3D scan of...
The best pillows of 2023
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