The Milky Way galaxy has long been considered the ideal model for studying galactic evolution, but three new studies co-led by Stanford scientists reveal that the birth of our home galaxy may not be typical of how other galaxies evolved.
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Lava Nears Iceland’s Blue Lagoon
After more than two months of quiet, a volcanic fissure once again burst open on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula on November 20, 2024.
UAF Enhances Seaglider Technology to Measure Carbon Dioxide
Scientists around the world rely on ocean monitoring tools to measure the effects of climate change.
Better Education can Mitigate Post-Harvest Food Losses, Increase Global Food Security
Better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses – which amount to one-third of global food production, worth US$1 trillion annually – would reduce global food insecurity, according to researchers at McGill University.
Unexplained Heat-Wave ‘Hotspots’ Are Popping Up Across the Globe
Earth’s hottest recorded year was 2023, at 2.12 degrees F above the 20th-century average. This surpassed the previous record set in 2016.
King Salmon Declines Linked to Climate, Smaller Size
King salmon have sustained people in Alaska for at least 12,000 years, but over the past three decades their populations have begun to dwindle.