Firefighters working on the nation’s largest current wildfire, burning in southern Utah, are being challenged by historic weather conditions. Extreme wildfire behavior is expected to continue through the weekend. (Image credit: Ty ONeil)Continue Reading
The capture of a juvenile great white shark in Spain has provided fresh evidence that the Mediterranean’s elusive “ghost” population of great whites still survives. Researchers reviewing 160 years of records say the discovery could even hint that the sharks are still breeding in the region., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Utah senator launched another unpopular assault on public lands. The post Sen. Mike Lee targets the Roadless Rule appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
A heat wave is hitting Central and Eastern Europe, with record temperatures in Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Denmark.Continue Reading
A new study reveals that goldfish can do far more than survive in the wild—they can fundamentally reshape freshwater ecosystems. Researchers found they cloud water, damage food webs, and hurt native fish populations, sometimes triggering major ecological shifts., Read MoreContinue Reading
A pilot program is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. As a bonus, the shade prevents water from evaporating.Continue Reading
Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.Continue Reading
The world is heading into another period of dangerous heat, a new UN report warns on Thursday, and it’s nearly certain global temperatures over the next five years will stay “at or near record levels” as climate change accelerates across land and sea.Continue Reading
Demand for lithium has surged in recent years as lithium-ion batteries power increasingly more of our world. And yet, even as places like the U.S., Europe, and Australia have abundant lithium resources within their borders, China dominates global lithium refining. The biggest hurdle to tapping into the U.S. and Australia’sContinue Reading
Scientists exploring ancient seafloor rocks in Morocco discovered mysterious wrinkle patterns where they were never expected to occur. These structures are normally linked to microbial mats in shallow, sunlit waters, yet the rocks formed hundreds of feet below the surface in darkness. Evidence indicates that chemosynthetic microbes created the wrinkles,Continue Reading
A century-old Oregon water law lets one wealthy region turn the desert green while water-starved ag fallows commercial crops. The post The Deschutes River goes to the water-rich few during drought. Farmers are paying the price appeared first on High Country News. Your browser does not support the video tag.Continue Reading
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a crackdown on pesticide smuggling into the United States.Continue Reading
Storytelling Kit Langley Science Personnel Our Impacts Data Center BalNeO : Balloon Network for stratospheric aerosol Observations Figure 1. Stratospheric Aerosol Optical Depth (SAOD) from the Global Satellite-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology (GloSSAC) The Stratospheric aerosol layer is a key component of the climate system with global implications on surface temperature and the hydrologicalContinue Reading