Orcas are renowned hunters. Now, they have surprised scientists with an unexpected twist — possibly getting help from dolphins.
In the waters off British Columbia, marine ecologist Sarah Fortune and her colleagues regularly spotted…
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Satellite data and weather models improve short-term solar irradiance forecasts in China
The intermittent nature of solar energy poses challenges to grid stability, making accurate ultra-short-term solar irradiance forecasting crucial for balancing supply and demand. However, traditional numerical weather prediction models often…
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What's inside Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano? Scientists obtain first 3D images
In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active and whose eruption could affect millions of people. Its mission: figure out what is happening under the crater.
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A Greenland Glacier Is Cracking Open – and Scientists Are Watching It Drain in Real Time
Repeated, rapid drainages from a meltwater lake on Greenland’s 79°N Glacier are exposing how warming-driven fractures and hidden channels may be pushing the glacier into an unfamiliar and potentially unstable state. Since the mid-1990s, the…
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Wildfire Smoke May Be Far More Dangerous Than Scientists Thought
Scientists have discovered that wildfires emit far more air-polluting gases than earlier estimates suggested. These hidden emissions can form fine particles that worsen air quality, especially in regions already burdened by human pollution. As…
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New framework helps climate modelers integrate Indigenous community input into simulations
Advanced computer models can quantify the impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, providing deep insights into things like streamflow, vegetation, wildlife and even the risk of wildfires.
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Australia’s Buried Treasure: Rare Rocks Reveal Origins of a Critical Metal
Scientists have uncovered evidence that a newly identified niobium-rich deposit in central Australia formed during the early breakup of an ancient supercontinent. Unusual rocks found deep below central Australia are helping scientists trace the…
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Glacier loss to accelerate, with up to 4,000 disappearing each year by 2050s
Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a study showed on Monday.
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How One of the Simplest Animals Precisely Folds Itself
Placozoa are among the simplest animals in the world. They were initially discovered living on the walls of aquariums in a European laboratory in the 1880s, and are thought to live naturally throughout the…
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What’s Happening in the Amazon Right Now Is Terrifying Scientists
The Amazon’s worst fire season in decades is turning the rainforest into a massive carbon emitter. A new analysis from scientists at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre shows that the Amazon rainforest has experienced its worst…
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