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Climate

Extreme ocean heat off Florida has ebbed. But for marine life, the danger remains

After the recent heat wave, corals have received too much heat too early in the summer, and other sea life could see lingering effects too.

Earth

50 years ago, mysterious glass hinted at Earth’s violent past

Like Hansel and Gretel followed a trail of breadcrumbs, scientists have followed tektites to the sites of major meteorite impacts.

Climate

Extreme heat taxes the body in many ways. Here’s how

Climate change is bringing longer, humid heat waves and hotter nights. Here's how our bodies try to beat the heat and what happens when they can't.

Health & Medicine

Climate change puts children’s health at risk now and in the future

Heat waves, wildfires and other climate-related effects on the environment are particularly hard on children’s physical and mental health.

Climate

July 2023 nailed an unfortunate world record: hottest month ever recorded

Roughly 6.5 billion people, or 4 out of 5 humans, felt the touch of climate change via hotter temperatures during July.

Earth

50 years ago, scientists thought they had found Earth’s oldest rocks

Even older rocks and minerals continue fueling debates over Earth’s crust, plate tectonics and even when life arose.

Climate

Cow poop emits climate-warming methane. Adding red algae may help

Adding a type of methane-inhibiting red algae directly to cow feces cut down methane emission from the poop by about 44 percent, researchers report.

Environment

The most intense sunlight on Earth can be found in the Atacama Desert

On the Chilean Altiplano plateau, every square meter of the ground receives, on average, more solar power than Mount Everest and occasionally almost as much as Venus.

Climate

Here’s how much climate change increases the odds of brutally hot summers

Climate change made 2023’s record-breaking heat waves in the United States, Mexico, China and southern Europe much more likely, new simulations show.

Earth

‘The Next Supercontinent’ predicts a future collision of North America and Asia

In his new book, Ross Mitchell traces the dance of the continents through time to predict what Amasia, the next supercontinent, might look like.

Climate

What’s causing this summer’s extreme heat waves?

Climate change and meandering jet streams are fomenting this summer’s extreme waves of heat.

Animals

In a ‘perfect comeback,’ some birds use antibird spikes to build their nests

The spikes were meant to keep birds away. But five corvid nests in Europe use the bird-deterrents as structural support and to ward off predators.