After seven months of waiting, La Niña—the cooler sister of El Niño—finally showed up in the eastern Pacific Ocean in early December 2024.
La Niña Is Here
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New Agroforestry Maps Plot Environmental, Social, and Economic Benefits of Trees
There’s a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don’t mix.
Air Pollution Clouds the Mind and Makes Everyday Tasks Challenging
People’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the weekly supermarket shop, more challenging, a new study reveals.
Vanilla Farmers Search for a Crop and Conservation Sweet Spot
Vanilla is vital to the livelihoods of farmers in Madagascar, where the globally popular dessert ingredient is the country’s No. 1 export.
Paving the Way to Quantum Supercomputers
In a milestone that brings quantum computing tangibly closer to large-scale practical use, scientists at Oxford University Physics have demonstrated the first instance of distributed quantum computing.
Ice Streams Move Due to Tiny Ice Quakes
Forests flanking Brazil’s rivers act as “highways” that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests for millions of years, new research shows.
