Climate and carbon cycle trends of the past 50 million years reconciled

Predictions of future climate change require a clear and nuanced understanding of Earth’s past climate. In…

Study examines how clean air act affects municipal bond market

Research has studied the effects of climate risk on financial markets, but few studies have addressed…

Experts call for more pragmatic approach to higher education teaching

Millions of students around the world could benefit if their educators adopted a more flexible and…

World's ageing big dams pose 'emerging risk': UN

By 2050, more than half the global population will live downstream from tens of thousands of…

Tiny particles that seed clouds can form from trace gases over open sea

New results from an atmospheric study over the Eastern North Atlantic reveal that tiny aerosol particles…

Rediscovery of the 'extinct' Pinatubo volcano mouse

In June 1991, Mount Pinatubo, a volcanic peak on the Philippine Island of Luzon, literally blew…

New blueprint for more stable quantum computers

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have put forward a detailed plan of how faster…

Researcher expands plant genome editing with newly engineered variant of CRISPR-Cas9

Alongside Dennis van Engelsdorp, associate professor at the University of Maryland (UMD) in Entomology named for…

Shift in caribou movements may be tied to human activity

Human activities might have shifted the movement of caribou in and near the Arctic National Wildlife…

Astronomers unmask cosmic eruptions in nearby galaxies

A brief burst of high-energy light swept through the solar system on April 15, triggering many…