
Seabird Poop Speeds Up Coral Growth
Conservation plans should consider such links between land-based and marine ecosystems

Seabird Poop Speeds Up Coral Growth
Conservation plans should consider such links between land-based and marine ecosystems

Tech Offers a Virtual Window into Future Climate Change Risk
AI and supercomputing are rapidly shifting the way disaster planners, regulators and insurers gauge climate hazards


A Tree and Its People in a Warming Landscape
Conservation scientist Lauren Oakes discusses her book about Alaska ecology and sociology, In Search of the Canary Tree: The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing World.

Scientists Uncover California’s Hidden Earthquakes
Nearly two million tiny tremors could help explain the inner workings of key faults

It’s A Match: Satellite and Ground Measurements Agree on Warming
The consensus gives confidence to satellite estimates of temperature rise in remote areas with few weather stations

Mountain Glaciers Are Major Contributors to Rising Seas
They are as big a source of sea level rise as the Greenland Ice Sheet and larger than Antarctica

A Geological “Orrery” Could Reveal Planetary Dynamics in Deep Time
Paul Olsen drills into the Earth’s sedimentary record for clues about the evolution of the solar system

Deadly Volcanic Flows Glide on Their Own Cushion of Air
The discovery helps explain why pyroclastic flows can travel so far, so fast

Geopuzzle: One of These Three Postulations Is Right Out
Can you determine the least likely scenario?

As Sea Ice Disappears, So Do Nutrients for Wildlife
Increasingly threatened young ice is crucial in transporting nutrients to the deep, central Arctic Ocean

Coral Reefugees: Certain Corals Could “Outrun” Climate Change
New evidence suggests that corals once sought refuge from warming waters by migrating

Volcanic Eruptions Detected from Space
Satellite measurements of sulfur dioxide from volcanic eruptions could help keep aircraft safe from hazardous ash