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Alaska Climate Report: March 2026 Saw Dangerous Weather

March brought a series of dangerous and disruptive weather events across Alaska. 

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New Website Helps Landowners Track Wildfire Recovery, View History

Following historic wildfires that have burned nearly one million acres of Nebraska grazing lands this spring, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has launched a new online hub that integrates science, mapping and field-based documentation in one place.

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Plants Can Sense the Sound of Rain, a New Study Finds

Experiments by MIT engineers show rice seeds sprout faster to the sound of rain.

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Post-Pandemic Cycling Boom in Major Cities, as Cyclist Safety Improved Thanks to More and Better Cycling Infrastructure

Findings of new study – released as fuel prices for motor vehicles soar internationally – include fatality rates dropping, per 10 million trips, by 88% in Paris, 82% in London and 62% in New York City.

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New Ice Core Studies Expand Histories of Greenhouse Gases and Ocean Temperature to 3 Million Years

New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth’s climate records and expanding researchers’ understanding of how the planet has changed over the last 3 million years.

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Geoengineering Could Protect Amazon Rainforest from Climate Change

Geoengineering could protect the Amazon rainforest from climate change, new research shows.

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Express Ferries: From Climate Culprits to Green Champions

University of Birmingham weather experts are working with the Gallagher Research Centre (GRC) on a three-year project to understand how European windstorm clustering patterns are varying from year to year and during a winter season.

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Canada’s Protected Areas Were Built for the Past; Research Shows They May not Support the Future

Climate change is making Canada’s seasons more erratic, its weather more extreme and its ecosystems less predictable—and UBC Okanagan scientists have now produced the first national map of exactly where that unpredictability is hitting hardest.

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‘Chameleon’ Bees Change Colour With the Weather

Study reveals some bees shift colour depending on humidity – and may explain why the same species can look different across climates.

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Common Asian Plant in Brazil Shows Potential for Removing Microplastics From Water

A saline extract obtained from moringa, also known as white acacia, exhibited properties similar to aluminum sulfate in the coagulation process preceding the filtration of water for human consumption.

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