Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were just beginning to diversify and spread ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 18, 2025
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Dinosaurs had such an immense impact on Earth that their sudden extinction led to wide-scale changes in landscapes—including the shape of rivers—and these changes are reflected in the geologic record, according to a University ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2025
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Ditches are all around: along roads, through neighborhoods, across fields and marshes. These human-made waterways are so common that they can be easy to miss. A new literature review published in Communications Earth & Environment ...
Environment
Sep 12, 2025
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A new study has found that independent palm oil farmers in Indonesia are being unintentionally left out of supply chains that lead to sustainably certified mills.
Agriculture
Sep 11, 2025
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Protecting Indigenous territories in areas of the Amazon rainforest with high levels of forest cover may help reduce the number of cases of several diseases (including malaria and respiratory conditions) in the surrounding ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2025
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Earth's tropical regions drive some of the most powerful weather and climate variability globally. Among these, the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a dominant intraseasonal climate signal, characterized by large clusters ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2025
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Measuring mountain snowpack at strategically selected hotspots consistently outperforms broader, basin-wide mapping in predicting water supply in the western United States, a new study has found.
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2025
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In 2023, the Amazon rainforest experienced its worst recorded drought since records began. River levels dropped dramatically and vegetation at all levels deteriorated due to intense heat and water shortages. In such conditions, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 5, 2025
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Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have traced the atmospheric journey of industrial mercury emissions from Asia into the open ocean food ...
Environment
Sep 2, 2025
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Too little snowfall is now also shaking the foundations of some of the world's most resilient "water towers," a new study led by the Pellicciotti group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) shows. After ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 2, 2025
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