The summer 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano on the Island of Hawai’i was one of the most significant in the volcano’s history, collapsing a large portion of the summit caldera, erupting massively from its flank and triggering a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the process.
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Index Reveals Integrity Issues for Many of the World's Forests
Only 40 per cent of forests are considered to have high ecological integrity, according to a new global measure, the Forest Landscape Integrity Index.
When Strains of E.coli Play Rock-Paper-Scissors, It’s Not the Strongest That Survives
Bacteria is all around us—not just in bathrooms or kitchen counters, but also inside our bodies, including in tumors, where microbiota often flourish.
Nature Conservation Requires More Dynamic Approach to Weather Impacts of Climate Change
In a hard-hitting new paper leading ecologists and climate change specialists argue that current nature conservation practices are not sufficiently flexible and dynamic to weather the impacts of climate change.
A New Multitasking Microbe to Purify Wastewater
Researchers from NUS have developed a new way to treat sewage that is much simpler, cheaper and greener than existing methods.
Wildfire Risk Rising as Scientists Determine Which Conditions Beget Blazes
As wildfires burn more often across the Western United States, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are working to understand how extensively blazes burn.


