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Summer storms are generally more frequent, intense, and concentrated over cities than over rural areas, and larger cities intensify rainfall more than smaller ones, according to new…

Satellite “megaconstellations” may jeopardize recovery of ozone hole

Warming climate intensifies flash droughts worldwide

World’s oases threatened by desertification, even as humans expand them | Distribution and Growth Drivers of Oases at a Global Scale

Warming temperatures are causing a steady rise in copper, zinc and sulfate in the waters of Colorado mountain streams affected by acid rock drainage

Earth’s land masses have a higher chance of becoming wetter than drier as temperatures rise: researchers found co-occurring precipitation and heat extremes will become more frequent…

We’ve pumped so much groundwater that we’ve nudged the Earth's spin

Greenland ice sheet is close to a melting point of no return

If global warming persists, blue lakes worldwide are at risk of turning green-brown, according to a new study which presents the first global inventory of lake color

By 2070, the glaciers on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State will have largely disappeared, altering the region’s ecosystems and shrinking a critical source of summer water for local communities…

Ancient, primordial helium (Helium-3), a rare isotope of helium gas that was forged in the wake of the Big Bang , is leaking out of Earth’s core

US household air conditioning use could exceed electric capacity in next decade due to climate change. Average U.S

A lightning strike that lit up the sky across three US states has been confirmed as the longest on record, with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) certifying the 768-km (477-mile) length of the flash that occurred back in April 2020.

North Pole Solar Eclipse Excited Auroras on the Other Side of the World

A new study based on data from two real events -- a 2009 tsunami in Samoa and a 2010 tsunami in Chile -- finds the magnetic field generated by a tsunami can be detected a few minutes earlier than changes in sea level and could improve warnings of these giant waves.

From 2010 to 2020, U.S

1,000 years of glacial ice reveal ‘prosperity and peril’ in Europe

US-wide, non-white neighborhoods are hotter than white ones Wealthier, whiter urban and small-town residents benefit more from cooling infrastructure and trees

Icequakes likely rumble along geyser-spitting fractures in Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus

Counties in US with more socially vulnerable populations have a higher density of natural gas pipelines overall

Adopting a plant-based diet can help shrink a person’s carbon footprint

4,300 year old guano deposit shows changes in bat diet and environment over time

Lightning strikes in the Arctic tripled from 2010 to 2020, a finding researchers attribute to rising temperatures due to human-caused climate change

Without efforts to mitigate climate change, summers spanning nearly six months may become the new normal by 2100 in the Northern Hemisphere, according to a new study

COVID-19 lockdowns significantly impacting global air quality. Nitrogen dioxide pollution over northern China, Western Europe and the U.S

Ancient shell shows days were half-hour shorter 70M years ago

The oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing twice as fast as ice in the rest of the Arctic Ocean

US infrastructure unprepared for increasing frequency of extreme storms

Researchers model how octopus arms make decisions

Scientists track giant ocean vortex from space

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