A new study documents the formation of a 3,000-square-kilometer rift in the oldest and thickest Arctic ice.
Scientists Discover Large Rift in the Arctic's Last Bastion of Thick Sea Ice
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Seismic Forensics and Its Importance for Early Warning
The scientific description of the catastrophic rockslide of February 7, 2021, in India’s Dhauli Ganga Valley reads like a forensic report.
The Climate-Driven Mass Extinction No One Had Seen
Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after Earth’s climate shifted from swampy to icy.
Street-Level Maps to Help Plan For Floods, Disasters
A tool that generates street-level maps of areas with high flood risk promises to aid future disaster planning as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.
Feather Phenomenon: Radar Indicates Stronger Hurricanes Trap, Transport More Birds
Whether birds get caged in the eye of a hurricane may depend on the intensity and totality of the chaos beyond the calm, says a novel study from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Matthew Van Den Broeke.
New Limits on Water Use Spur Conservation Measures Among Farmers in California’s Central Valley
A 2014 California law intended to protect the state’s depleted aquifers is going into effect, requiring farms not to pump groundwater faster than it can be replenished.
