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Western Heat Wave Drives Early Snowmelt That Raises Wildfire Risk

Record warmth with scant snow is straining Western water systems.

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Elephant Tooth Isotopes Tie Neanderthal Hunting to Long-Range Prey at Neumark-Nord

Austin Schedules Feb. 23–March 13 Closure of Barton Springs Pool for Skimmer Bypass Removal

Rare Giant Phantom Jellyfish Filmed Off Argentina During Deep-Sea Survey

Lithospheric Drip Helped Green River Cut Through Utah’s Uinta Mountains, Study Finds

Thar Desert Dust Carries Bacteria to Eastern Himalayas, Peer-Reviewed Study Flags Health Risks

Most Detailed Map Yet Reveals Antarctica's Buried Terrain

Tunstall Cold War Bunker on Eroding Cliff Is Days From Collapse, Council Warns

Study Finds Africa’s Forests Became a Net CO2 Source in the 2010s

Africa’s Forests Have Shifted From Carbon Sink to Source, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Yellowstone Quake Swarm Briefly Rewired a Deep Aquifer’s Chemistry and Microbes

CONICET and UBA Announce 'Vida en los Extremos' Deep-Sea Expedition With Public Livestream

Argentina's Final Falkor (too) Expedition Sets December Launch to Probe Methane Cold Seeps

MapBiomas Finds Pantanal in Most Severe 40-Year Drought, With 2024 the Driest Year

EPCOT’s Living with the Land Boat Partially Sinks on Halloween, Forcing Evacuation

Parasitic Nematodes Use Static Electricity to Latch Onto Flying Insects, PNAS Study Finds

Siphonein in Marine Alga Codium Fragile Delivers Complete Triplet Quenching

WMO Confirms Record 2024 CO2 Levels and Biggest Annual Jump Since Measurements Began

Australian Tropical Rainforests Flip From Carbon Sink to Source, Nature Study Finds

Global Assessment Finds First Climate Tipping Point Crossed for Warm‑Water Coral Reefs