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Snow Cover on Greek Mountains has More Than Halved in Four Decades, Study Finds

Snow cover in the mountains of Greece – an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during the dry summer months – has more than halved over the past four decades, a study has found.

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As Oceans Warm, Great White Sharks Are Overheating

The evolutionary edge that fueled great white shark dominance for millions of years could soon become its greatest downfall.

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A Faster way to Estimate AI Power Consumption

Due to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, it is estimated that data centers will consume up to 12 percent of total U.S. electricity by 2028, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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New Method to Raise Investment Funds for Projects that Restore Coastal Wetlands for Climate Adaptation

The Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has partnered with The Nature Conservancy to develop a new tool for funding wetland conservation and restoration projects through verifiable “Coastal Resilience Assets.”

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The Colorado River Disappeared From the Geological Record for 5 Million Years. Scientists Now Know Where it Went

When drought grips the African savanna, an aging elephant matriarch leads her herd to water she remembers from decades past.

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Better Weather Forecasts and Climate Models Could Come From New Desert-Dust Research

Atmospheric dust plays a dual role in Earth’s climate: it reflects some sunlight back into space while also absorbing and retaining the planet’s heat like an insulating blanket.

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Deep-Ocean Heat has Been Marching Closer to Antarctica, Study Reveals

The study, led by the University of Cambridge with collaborators from the University of California and published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, compiled long-term ocean measurements collected by ships and robotic floating devices to show that a warm mass called circumpolar deep water has expanded and shifted toward the Antarctic continental shelf over the past 20 years.

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Amazon Understory Forests Show Short-Term Boost in Co₂ Uptake – But This Comes at a Cost

Experimental increases in CO₂ stimulated plant growth are facilitated by re-distributed root systems to extract nutrient resources more efficiently.

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In Eastern Africa, the Cradle of Humankind Is Tearing Apart

Eastern Africa’s Turkana Rift is both a hotbed for fossil discoveries of our earliest ancestors and a literal hotbed of volcanic activity caused by shifting tectonic plates. 

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To Restore an Island Paradise, Add Fungi

For the last two decades, conservationists on the remote Pacific atoll of Palmyra have been working to uproot invasive palm trees and restore native wildlife. 

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