Artificial glaciers boost water supply in northern Pakistan
At the foot of Pakistan's impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water ...
Torrential rains kill dozens in DR Congo capital
Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa have killed around 30 people while wreaking havoc ...
US storms, 'severe' flooding death toll climbs to 16
Violent storms battering the central-eastern United States have killed at least 16 people, officials said, with the National ...
Industrial chicken farms are trashing Britain's rivers—and planning reforms could make things worse
Once voted the UK's favorite river, the River Wye flows from the Welsh mountains to the Severn estuary—150 miles through an ...
Southern Ocean warming will mean a wetter West Coast
As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean—between Antarctica and other continents—will eventually release heat absorbed ...
Codex of Türi: Study traces origins of Estonia's oldest dated manuscript covers
A recent study by Dr. Alar Läänelaid and his colleagues has provided new insights into the creation of the oldest dated ...
Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating, research suggests
El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few ...
Study uses body's clock to deliver medication precisely when needed
Researchers at WashU Medicine have harnessed the internal circadian clock of the body to deliver medication for an ...
'Doom loops' are accelerating climate change—but we can break them
Vicious cycles are accelerating climate change. One is happening at the north pole, where rising temperatures caused by ...
Replacing gas vehicles with electric cars could prevent new cases of childhood asthma
Up to one-third of all new asthma cases each year are attributed to the harmful air pollutants that are emitted by ...
One trillion species, 3 billion years: How we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth
One thing geology teaches us about is the existence of another monumental event in the history of Earth, 2.4 billion years ...
It's not easy being a street tree, but this heroic eucalypt withstands everything we throw at it
Street trees usually grow in appalling soils, have little space for their roots, are rarely watered and often get ...