1+ hour, 20+ min ago   (387+ words) A giant iceberg measuring more than 76 square kilometers broke from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier in August 2026, marking the Arctic’s largest glacier calving event since 2020. The berg later slammed into Joe Island but survived without breaking apart, and satellites are now tracking…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago   (642+ words) For years, cities have been taking on efforts to reduce their carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Yet little has been done to verify if such work has the intended outcome. New research from the University of Kansas found…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago   (357+ words) New Stanford-led research reveals how water systems, from desalination plants to wastewater treatment facilities, could help make renewable energy more affordable and dependable. The study, published Sept. 27 in Nature Water, presents a framework to measure how water systems can adjust…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (381+ words) Morning glories may be getting caught in an evolutionary tug-of-war between surviving climate change and attracting increasingly scarce pollinators. Over just nine years, researchers found that the plants’ rate of adaptation plunged by 96%, even though they still had plenty of…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago   (233+ words) Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the composition of species communities is also changing. These are the findings of a study by Eawag and the University of…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago   (805+ words) Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a method to produce very low emission concrete at scale -- an innovation that could be transformative in the transition to net zero. The method, which the researchers say is "an absolute miracle,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (150+ words) Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico’s largest reservoir, plunged to just 1.4 percent capacity in July 2026 after years of extreme drought and record early snowmelt. The dramatic decline exposed long-submerged debris and underscored the growing strain on Rio Grande water supplies used…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (549+ words) A series of winter storms swept across northern Chile in August 2026, bringing an unusual covering of snow to parts of the Atacama Desert. Snowfall in this famously dry region is not unprecedented. Similar events occurred in 2025 and 2011. However, one of…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (793+ words) Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice fall from glaciers into the sea. Until now, only…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (263+ words) Efforts to tackle false information through fact-checking or media literacy initiatives increases the public's skepticism toward "fake news." However, they also breed distrust in genuine, fact-based news sources, a UZH-led study using online survey experiments in the US, Poland and…...