Satellite image of the subglacial lake region after the outburst flood occurred, showing the fracturing of the ice sheet 10.1038/s41561-025-01746-9 As Greenland’s glaciers melt, water usually drains to the bedrock below before flowing out to the ocean. But in 2014, a huge torrent of meltwater from a subglacial lake burst out of the surface of…
Twin Meteor Showers Light Up the Night Sky Tonight: Here’s How to Watch The Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids are due to peak at the same time and may add up to something magical By David M. Ewalt edited by Clara Moskowitz Adventure_Photo/Getty Images Keep your eyes on the skies from Tuesday night…
Tsunami Warnings Issued after Magnitude-8.7 Earthquake Strikes off Russian Coast Tsunami warnings and advisories were issues around the Pacific Ocean after a magnitude-8.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, the largest earthquake since the 2011 Japan earthquake and resulting tsunami By Andrea Thompson edited by Jeanna Bryner A photo from March 2022 shows an…
Animals like capuchin monkeys help spread seeds in tropical forests Carlos Grillo/Getty Images/iStockphoto Tropical forests populated with a diversity of seed-dispersing animals can accumulate carbon up to four times as fast as fragmented forests where these animals are absent or their movement is restricted. “This shows a linkage between animal biodiversity loss and a process…
Research based on game theory suggests if we program AI agents with a sense of guilt, they could behave more cooperatively, much like humans do.
Archaeologists Stumble upon Tomb of Ancient Maya City’s First Ruler A team of archaeologists excavating the ancient Maya city of Caracol discovered the tomb of its first ruler, which contained pottery, jadeite jewelry and a rare death mask By Nora Bradford edited by Andrea Thompson Maya pottery bowl with a head of a coatimundi (a…
Batteries made from iron and salt in ceramic tubes pose less fire risk than lithium-ion batteries Inlyte Energy A battery made of iron and salt could provide emergency power – without the threat of fire – near one of California’s oldest redwood forests. The 200-kilowatt battery will be paired with solar panels at the Alliance…
Trump’s EPA Is Taking Aim at the Legal Backbone of U.S. Climate Policy The Trump administration is releasing its proposal to undo the “endangerment finding,” the long-standing rationale and legal imperative for regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act By Andrea Thompson edited by Dean Visser Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies…
There are some things in life that just sort of happen. Desks get covered in dust and scraps of paper. Clothes get dirty and the laundry basket fills up. Weeds slowly creep across an untended flowerbed. Things, in other words, tend to get messier unless we step in and tidy up. Now here’s an idea:…
Hurricane Forecasters Keep Crucial Satellite Data Online after Threatened Cuts Microwave satellite data that are key to capturing changes in a hurricane’s strength will not be taken from meteorologists as originally planned By Andrea Thompson edited by Jeanna Bryner Infrared satellite imagery of Hurricane Otis compared with microwave imagery of the storm in October 2023….
