A groundbreaking University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study on the freezing of water droplets suspended in air sheds light on a key process in Earth’s water cycle: the transformation of supercooled water into ice.
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How Tearing Down Small Dams Is Helping Restore Northeast Rivers
The glass eels, 3 inches long with skin so translucent it reveals the beating of their tiny hearts, writhe with unexpected strength in the palm of a hand.
Burn Grasslands to Maintain Them: What Is Good for Biodiversity?
As grasslands get abandoned, controlled burning is discussed as a labor-saving method of keeping forests at bay.
Groundwater in the Arctic is Delivering More Carbon into the Ocean Than Was Previously Known
A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska’s tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new research out of The University of Texas at Austin.
Life Cycles of Some Insects Adapt Well to a Changing Climate. Others, Not So Much.
Grasshoppers that overwinter as juveniles have a head start on those that emerge in the spring.
Not-so Snowy Alaska
A spell of unseasonably warm weather in winter 2024–2025 has meant less snow for parts of the normally frozen state of Alaska.