Environmental Science News

Apr. 17, 2024 — The warming climate shifts the dynamics of tundra environments and makes them release trapped carbon, according to a new study published in Nature. These changes could transform ... Read More

Global Warming News

Apr. 17, 2024 — Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 due to climate change ... Read More

Climate and Environment

By Catrin Einhorn Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud seeding, climate change and designing cities for intensified weather. By Raymond Zhong ... Read More

Satellites can help find and stop methane leaks

Riley Duren, a research scientist at the University of Arizona, explained how new satellites are changing companies' and governments' ability to find and stop methane leaks and avoid wasting a ... Read More

Climate Science

The science is clear ... been warmer than the 20th century average. The 12 warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998. The five warmest were 2014 to 2018. We’ve already warmed the planet by ... Read More

Billions of cicadas are about to emerge from underground in a rare double-brood convergence

The last time that these two groups of cicadas emerged from underground together, Thomas Jefferson was president. Read More

The surprising origins of these classic toys

It's 19th-century German in origin. A young girl clutches her two ... It's Robby the Robot, the science fiction icon who first appeared in the 1956 film 'Forbidden Planet.' Toymakers took full ... Read More

‘The Invention of Prehistory’ Review: Facing Deep Time

In 1885, the Revised Version of the Old Testament of the King James Bible appeared, a landmark in the history of English ... revolution of the 19th century. The new science of geology demonstrated ... Read More

Problems with 3 Body Problem? Experts discuss physics, mathematics behind hit Netflix show

The science fiction television series 3 Body Problem, the latest from the creators of HBO's Game of Thrones, has become the most watched show on Netflix since its debut last month. Based on the ... Read More

Harvard removes human skin from the binding of 19th-century book

Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century book about the afterlife ... found ethical concerns with the book's origin and history. (Lisa Poole/AP) A ... Read More

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For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ... Read More

Climate Science News

Analysis of 40 years of climate temperature data shows a connection between Amazon tree loss and Tibetan snow decrease via a 20,000-kilometer oceanic and atmospheric pathway. West Antarctica is ... Read More