For years, pollinator declines have been a pressing issue for ecosystem health and food security in the face of climate change and human impacts on the environment.
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Amazon Deforestation Down 40 Percent So Far This Year
So far this year, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down 40 percent from the same period in 2022, according to government data.
Pacific Garbage Patch Gathering Place for Life Thanks to Currents
The North Pacific “Garbage Patch” aggregates an abundance of floating sea creatures, as well as the plastic waste it has become infamous for, according to a study published in PLOS Biology and co-authored by oceanographers in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).
Astronomers Reveal the Largest Cosmic Explosion Ever Seen
A team of astronomers led by the University of Southampton have uncovered the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed.
1950s Kīlauea Iki Lava Samples to Help Uh Scientists Understand Volcanic Eruptions
Earth scientists from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa were gifted a set of precious basalt samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from the Kīlauea Iki lava lake between 1959 and 1988.
Secrets to Southern Ocean’s Critical Role in Slowing Climate Change Revealed
A new paper provides insights on one of the most important factors in the Southern Oceanic carbon cycle, the “biological pump,” where carbon is utilized by organisms at the surface and transferred to ocean depths, away from contact with the atmosphere.
