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By linking pond size to dam length, vegetation and stream power, researchers give land managers more precise tools to anticipate water storage, biodiversity and climate resilience. By Mackenzie White Across the Rockies and Great Plains, beaver dams interrupt narrow streams,…
Quantum sensing, satellite tracking and AI are part of an accelerating arms race in detection that should prompt a re-evaluation of Australia’s defence strategy Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Military history is littered with…
A novel solar power project just went online in California’s Central Valley, with panels that span across canals in the vast agricultural region. The 1.6-megawatt installation, called Project Nexus, was fully completed late last month. The $20 million state-funded pilot has turned stretches…
As climate change helps fuel more severe heat waves, the city is struggling between maintaining its architectural heritage and keeping apartments livable.
Both House and Senate lawmakers have advanced bills rejecting the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate climate research at the weather agency. By Marianne Lavelle To understand the bipartisan support that has emerged in Congress for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Governments around the world are enacting measures to try to protect workers from the dangers of heat stress. They’re barely keeping up with the risks.
The SPEED Act takes aim at the bedrock of environmental law in a bid to speed up the permitting process. By Aidan Hughes The One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this summer underscored deep partisan divides on energy and the…
“Everybody on Earth is dependent on the boreal forest shielding this permafrost from thawing.” Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Edward…
ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries. By Thomas Heaton, Honolulu Civil Beat A breadfruit…
As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost • Photographs by Nicholas JR White From the slopes behind the village of Ernen, it is…