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Bees congregate on a tropical tulip ginger flower.
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El Niño May Be Driving Insect Decline in the Tropics

by Roberto González 15 September 202515 September 2025

Stronger and more frequent El Niño events are contributing to a decline in arthropod diversity and population, as well as to a reduction in the ecological services the animals provide.

A leafy plant is silhouetted against an orange Sun and red sky.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

In the Arctic, Consequences of Heat Waves Linger

by Saima May Sidik 22 August 202521 August 2025

The aftermath of a historic 2020 heat wave could still be felt in Siberia a year later.

Photo of a tree with water running down its bark.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Waterworks on Tree Stems: The Wonders of Stemflow

by Gabriel G. Katul, Bavand Keshavarz, Amirreza Meydani and Delphis F. Levia 21 August 202520 August 2025

Stemflow hydrodynamics offers rich physics that seeks to describe water and matter cycling within the atmosphere-biosphere-geosphere with implications for water resources planning.

An image of a slab of coral. Dark and light bands can be seen, which correlate with growing seasons.
Posted inNews

Coral Cores Pinpoint Onset of Industrial Deforestation

by Grace van Deelen 7 August 20257 August 2025

Trace elements in coral reefs provide a timeline of how Borneo’s rainforests have been altered by industry.

A woman carries a watering can on her head as she walks along a dirt path running between a crop field and natural vegetation.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

When Rain Falls in Africa, Grassland Carbon Uptake Rises

by Saima May Sidik 30 July 202530 July 2025

Satellite data suggest an explanation for the continent’s high year-to-year variability in carbon uptake.

An 8-centimeter-long metric ruler has silhouetted images of the classic “evolution of man.” The ruler is next to a fossil of a leaf.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Early Apes Evolved in Tropical Forests Disturbed by Fires and Volcanoes

by Madeline Reinsel 12 June 202511 June 2025

Fossils discovered at an early Miocene site in Kenya include a new type of early ape and offer clues about the environment inhabited by human ancestors.

Photo of a person in front of large trees.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Old Forests in a New Climate

Eric Davidson, president-elect of AGU by Eric Davidson 15 May 202514 May 2025

It’s usually cooler under a forest than outside the forest, but that natural temperature buffering didn’t make global warming any less strong during the last 45 years in an old-growth forest of Oregon.

Wide view of a mountainside city in the foreground with snow-capped mountains in the background
Posted inOpinions

Beyond Majesty and Myths: Facing the Realities of Mountainside Development

by Shashank Anand 4 April 202519 May 2025

Expansive construction in fragile mountain environments is often pursued without adequate consideration of heightened hazards and local concerns, putting people and infrastructure at greater risk.

Diagram from the study.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Peatland Plantations in Southeast Asia are Carbon Hotspots

by Valeriy Ivanov 26 March 202526 March 2025

A new study reports a rare set of data on greenhouse gas production and transport for a tropical peatland plantation showing exceptionally high concentrations of dissolved organic carbon.

绿油油的森林地面上生长着白色的桦树,许多树都伸出了照片的框架之外。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

科学家公布欧洲新的温室气体收支

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 14 February 202514 February 2025

为欧洲制定的温室气体收支突出了整个大陆的碳源和碳汇,可作为未来几年的基准。

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