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UM Grad's Study Reveals Impacts of Climate Change on Irrigation in the West

In a groundbreaking study that could reshape our understanding and management of water resources in the Western United States, David Ketchum, a 2023 graduate of the University of Montana systems ecology Ph.D. program, has unveiled a 35-year analysis quantifying the interconnected impacts of climate change and irrigation on surface water flows.

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After a Long Stretch of Record Heat, El Niño Begins to Wane

El Niño, when warm waters in the eastern Pacific fuel hotter weather globally, is beginning to recede, scientists say.

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Foul Fumes Pose Pollinator Problems

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has discovered a major cause for a drop in nighttime pollinator activity — and people are largely to blame.

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Scientists Reveal Why Blueberries Are Blue

Tiny external structures in the wax coating of blueberries give them their blue colour, researchers at the University of Bristol can reveal.

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Pregnant Women Should Avoid Ultraprocessed, Fast Foods

In a study, the consumption of fast food and ultraprocessed foods were associated with higher levels of phthalates in pregnant persons.

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Potent Storm Drenches California

An unusually strong winter storm parked over California for several days in early February 2024, dropping a tremendous amount of rain that spurred widespread flash floods and hundreds of mudslides. 

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Amid Record Drop in Fossil Power, Europe Sees Wind Overtake Natural Gas

Researchers led by University of Tsukuba, based on the internal nitrogen status of a leguminous plant, have discovered peptide factors that function in the shoot and root systems to transport iron into the root nodules colonized by nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

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Ancient Rocks Improve Understanding of Tectonic Activity Between Earthquakes

Rocks once buried deep in ancient subduction zones — where tectonic plates collide — could help scientists make better predictions of how these zones behave during the years between major earthquakes, according to a research team from Penn State and Brown University.

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Ice Cores Provide First Documentation of Rapid Antarctic Ice Loss in the Past

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey have uncovered the first direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrunk suddenly and dramatically at the end of the Last Ice Age, around 8,000 years ago.

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Permafrost Restrains Arctic Rivers—and Lots of Carbon

New research from Dartmouth provides the first evidence that the Arctic’s frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth’s northernmost rivers. 

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