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Introduction: A new twist in wildfire effects Wildfires are notorious for their immediate destruction, but they can also reshuffle the climate dice from high above.…

Overview: A Powerful Eruption and Its Global Footprint In late November, the Hayli Gubbi volcano unleashed a dramatic explosive eruption that propelled a towering plume…

Introduction: The Summer Swirls Above Hawai’i Every summer, satellite images reveal vast swirls of color drifting north of the Hawaiian Islands. These phytoplankton blooms, driven…

Scientists Equip Trees to Build Tomorrow’s Plastics Researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratory, under the U.S. Department of Energy, have taken a bold step toward sustainable…

Overview: A natural solution to a global problem Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have identified underground volcanic formations in the United Kingdom that could…

Introduction: A Warning Signal from the Ice In the last 18 months, polar scientists have issued increasingly urgent assessments about Antarctica’s climate trajectory. The region…

Understanding the Last Decrease and Rise of Global Temperatures Long before modern humans walked the Earth, our planet experienced dramatic climate shifts. About 20,000 years…

Introduction: A World Locked in Ice About 20,000 years ago, much of North America and large swaths of the planet were buried under ice. Global…

Introduction: A Race Against Coral Bleaching When sea temperatures spike, corals often shed the tiny algae that live within their tissues. This loss, called bleaching,…

Bleaching and the Coral-Algae Bond As ocean temperatures rise, coral reefs face a brutal stress test. Bleaching occurs when corals under heat stress expel the…
