A team of researchers at the University of Michigan is looking to animals to find new ways for autonomous vehicles to navigate through the environment.Read More »Biogeosciences
A noxious weed’s success in Australia could indicate that some plants are benefitting from our carbon-rich atmosphere, becoming more invasive, competitive, and toxic.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
As Earth’s climate changes at an unprecedented rate, the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory is studying precipitation on an unprecedented scale.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
New research indicates the cooling effect of rare, large eruptions will increase, whereas the effects of more frequent, smaller eruptions will be reduced.Read More »Biogeosciences
Warfare exacerbates the impacts of drought to produce food insecurity crises that last long after the drought has passed, new research documents.Read More »Planetary Sciences
NASA’s recently announced DAVINCI+ mission to Venus will probe the planet’s atmosphere, hoping to shed light on the unknown dark patches that surround the planet.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
A new study uses modeling techniques to uncover how small incidents of warming may be turned into hyperthermal events lasting thousands of years.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Last winter, an unprecedented high-pressure system over the Arctic drove nearly a quarter of old sea ice into warmer waters, putting it at greater risk of melting.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Pressure from both magma and gas can trigger eruptions. Monitoring degassing can help predict eruptions but only if the magma system is well understood first.Read More »
