A new study in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area reveals prior estimates may significantly underrepresent methane emissions, particularly from landfills and natural gas systems.Read More »Biogeosciences
Ocean animals at the top of the food chain recovered first after a cataclysm at the end of the Permian period. The extinction was triggered by events resembling the changes brewing in today's oceans.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
A newly discovered relationship between weather in India and Atlantic hurricanes could help scientists better predict the path of oncoming storms.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Researchers use a new approach to assessing the world’s largest aquifers in hopes of improving groundwater management during drought periods.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Scientists traveled to Kerala, a state in India recently devastated by severe monsoon rains. They found a vulnerable population that will soon face fresh landslide risks as a new monsoon approaches.Read More »Ocean Sciences
A different modeling approach fills large gaps in the U.S. government's flood risk estimates, revealing previously overlooked at-risk areas often surrounding small flood-prone streams.Read More »
The devastating 2017 Puebla quake provides an opportunity to assess how citizens perceive and use the Mexico City earthquake early warning system.Read More »
A new study simulating the effects of wildfire smoke on human health finds continued increases in wildfire activity in the continental United States due to climate change could worsen air quality over the coming decades.Read More »
