Researchers are calling for stricter regulations on krill fishing in Antarctica as climate change shrinks the habitat of whales’ primary prey. By Teresa Tomassoni For the second year in a row, Antarctica’s industrial krill fishing fleet halted operations ahead of schedule after reaching its seasonal catch limit. Continue Reading
The world is entering a period in which abnormal water supplies are becoming the norm, with river flows, groundwater and glaciers all showing signs of sustained disruption, the UN weather agency warned on Thursday. Continue Reading
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From left, Expedition 75 crew members Sophie Adenot of ESA, Anna Kikina of Roscosmos, and Jessica Meir of NASA gather together for a portrait inside the Kibo laboratory module. Roscosmos Circuit board soldering, spacesuit maintenance, and cargo mission operations topped the schedule for the Expedition 75 crew aboard the InternationalContinue Reading
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on May 15, 2026, carrying about 6,500 pounds of science, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station during the company’s 34th commercial resupply mission for NASA. Credit: NASA Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investigations,Continue Reading
Scientists discovered a new frog species in the flooded forests of the western Amazon, distinguishing it from nearly identical relatives through DNA and its unique call. Adenomera varcena highlights how much Amazonian biodiversity remains hidden even as habitat loss and climate change threaten these poorly understood species., Read MoreContinue Reading
A Montana rancher wonders what is lost in her urge to share her Western life online. The post Even cowgirls get the Instagram blues appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
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By Simon Bélanger, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Québec, Canada What an extraordinary feeling it is to witness the beauty of these icy landscapes, where the ice sheet flows down to the sea through fjords with steep, towering walls—watching, in real time, as the ice sculpts this raw, mineralContinue Reading
The rollout ceremony for NASA’s first space shuttle, OV-101, coincided with Constitution Day of the nation’s bicentennial on Sept.17, 1976. Although the orbiter was originally planned to be named Constitution, Star Trek fans successfully convinced President Gerald Ford to name it Enterprise after the series’ fictional starship. NASA Fifty yearsContinue Reading
The thousands of square miles of mountain watershed around L.A. — the San Gabriels and the San Bernardinos — are as steep as roller coasters, and the rain funnels off them in tumults.Continue Reading