Researchers developed a new forensic tool for tracing the origins of timber that could enable enforcement of antideforestation legislation in the European Union.
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Protecting the Ozone Layer Is Delaying Arctic Melting
The Montreal Protocol has unintentionally slowed global warming and pushed back the first ice-free Arctic summer by 15 years, according to new research.
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Colombian City Pioneers Path to “Early Warnings for All”
Medellín alerts citizens to floods, landslides, fires, lightning, and poor air quality.
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Where Does Fire Retardant Fall in a Forest? Ask a Satellite
Knowing where fire retardant lands once it’s dropped from a plane is hard to pin down. A new remote sensing approach offers clues.
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Summer Heat Waves Could Cause Blackouts Across the Country
Higher than normal temps could strain grids that are not used to unprecedented heat waves.
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Spacecraft to Swing Past Mercury for Third Time
With each flyby, the BepiColombo mission gets another boost of energy for its eventual orbital insertion around Mercury.
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As Wildfires Grow, So Could Methane Emissions
Wildfires that wreaked havoc on California in 2020 filled the atmosphere with a potent greenhouse gas.
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Mounds of Ancient Ocean Floor May Be Hiding Deep in Earth
A mysterious seismic feature at the bottom of Earth’s mantle is more widespread than previously thought.
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Warming Waters Drive Some Mariners to Piracy
As fish production waxes and wanes with climate change, so too does the risk of maritime piracy in East Africa and the South China Sea.
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Forecasting Earthquake-Induced Floods
Surface-rupturing earthquakes can abruptly reroute rivers when fault scarps function like dams. Researchers have now successfully modeled such an event that occurred in New Zealand.