An unusually strong winter storm parked over California for several days in early February 2024, dropping a tremendous amount of rain that spurred widespread flash floods and hundreds of mudslides.
Potent Storm Drenches California
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Amid Record Drop in Fossil Power, Europe Sees Wind Overtake Natural Gas
Researchers led by University of Tsukuba, based on the internal nitrogen status of a leguminous plant, have discovered peptide factors that function in the shoot and root systems to transport iron into the root nodules colonized by nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Ice Cores Provide First Documentation of Rapid Antarctic Ice Loss in the Past
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey have uncovered the first direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrunk suddenly and dramatically at the end of the Last Ice Age, around 8,000 years ago.
Flying Green: The Pursuit of Carbon-Neutral Aviation Revs Up
Last September, a small white aircraft with an unusual design took off from Maribor Airport, in Slovenia.
Permafrost Restrains Arctic Rivers—and Lots of Carbon
New research from Dartmouth provides the first evidence that the Arctic’s frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth’s northernmost rivers.
Ancient Rocks Improve Understanding of Tectonic Activity Between Earthquakes
Rocks once buried deep in ancient subduction zones — where tectonic plates collide — could help scientists make better predictions of how these zones behave during the years between major earthquakes, according to a research team from Penn State and Brown University.
