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In Germany, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Power

In a first, Germany drew more power from wind and solar than from fossil fuels last year.

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Inequalities Grow in Cities as Heat and Daylight Patterns Transform Urban Life

Changing patterns of heat and daylight in urban environments are creating growing inequalities, with climate-related shifts reshaping daily life and disproportionately affecting vulnerable communities.

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Researchers Identify Nonlinear Process of Northern Hemisphere Lake Ice Loss

For lakes across the Northern Hemisphere, winter ice is more than a frozen surface. It is a seasonal regulator that shapes underwater ecosystems and energy balance. But as the planet warms, this frozen season is disappearing faster than expected.

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Herbicide Residues Disrupt Nitrogen Cycling in Soybean Soils, but Beneficial Bacterium Helps Restore Soil Health

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have clarified how the herbicide chlorimuron-ethyl affects nitrogen cycling in soybean rhizosphere soils and demonstrated that a chlorimuron-ethyl-degrading bacterial strain, Chenggangzhangella methanolivorans CHL1, can help restore ecological stability in contaminated soils.

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Seabirds Trade Their Survival to Raise More Chicks Next Year Through Flexible Energy Use

A field experiment on wild kittiwakes in Alaska reveals how short-term energy demands ripple across the year, with consequences for future reproduction and survival.

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Can Hawaiʻi Grow Rice Again? Yes, and Faster than in Japan

Last fall, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers asked the question: Can Hawaiʻi grow rice again? 

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Soil Carbon Effectively Measured by New, Efficient AI Model

A new computer model is one of the first artificial intelligence tools to advance scientific discovery in agriculture and biogeochemistry and is 50 times more efficient than its predecessors, according to a study that offers a proof-of-principle for how AI might be used to shed light on obscure biological processes.

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Microplastic Tyre Pollution Found in Brisbane Balcony Dust

Tyre particles and potentially toxic tyre chemical additives have been found in dust collected from Brisbane residential balconies.

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Nanoplastics Found in Antarctic Soils for the First Time

Scientists have found evidence of microplastics and nanoplastics in remote soils of Antarctica.

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Analysis: Rapidly Thawing Permafrost is Acidifying Streams Across North America

Streams are abruptly acidifying and turning orange or milky-white across vast regions of North America’s northwest.

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