After heating up the eastern Pacific Ocean for about a year, El Niño finally died out in May 2024.
El Niño Exits
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2023 Rolling Hills Estates Landslide Likely Began the Winter Before
Californians are familiar with landslides that occur around storms, when saturated soil and rock loses its grip and slips from its perch on the substrate.
Wild Plants and Crops Don’t Make Great Neighbors
Native plants and non-native crops do not fare well in proximity to one another, attracting pests that spread diseases in both directions, according to two new UC Riverside studies.
Complex Impact of Large Wildfires on Ozone Layer Dynamics
In a revelation highlighting the fragile balance of our planet's atmosphere, scientists from China, Germany, and the USA have uncovered an unexpected link between massive wildfire events and the chemistry of the ozone layer.
Study Finds Natural Selection Favors Cheaters
Mutualisms, which are interactions between members of different species that benefit both parties, are found everywhere — from exchanges between pollinators and the plants they pollinate, to symbiotic interactions between us and our beneficial microbes.
Forest Carbon Storage Has Declined Across Much of the Western Us, Likely Due to Drought and Fire
Forests have been embraced as a natural climate solution, due to their ability to soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they grow, locking it up in their trunks, branches, leaves, and roots.
