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In a warmer world, half of all species are on the move. Where are they going?
From the deepest oceans to the highest mountains, human-caused climate change is making a profound impact…
Opinion: Scientists might have discovered an Earth-like planet. Let one of them tell you about it.
There’s more important work for the James Webb Space Telescope. A team of astronomers at the…
The strange behavior of sound through solids
Not everything needs to be seen to be believed; certain things are more readily heard, like…
Most US states don't have universal air conditioning in prisons. Climate change, heat waves are making it 'torture'
It was nearly 100 degrees outside in South Texas the day Quintero Jones died. Inside his…
What is the smallest planet? (It's not Pluto.) Taking a closer look at planet sizes.
As elementary schoolers, we learned the order of the planets. Maybe your teacher even had a…
Why are dark matter halos of ultra-diffuse galaxies so odd?
A study co-led by physicists at UC Riverside and UC Irvine has found that dark matter…
Tidal marsh or 'fake habitat'? California environmental project draws criticism
Southwest of Sacramento, California, the branching arms of waterways reach into a patchwork of farm fields…
Researchers explore enzymes that use a cation, not oxygen-addition, to drive reactions
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Texas at Austin have defined the…
Soil disturbance reduces resilience of rangelands to climate change
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and collaborators from the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment have…