September 8, 2022. The scorching weather of summer 2022 has left much of the Northwestern United States primed to burn with wildland fire. In early September, the northern Rocky...
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September 6, 2022. In early September 2022, a long-lasting heat dome settled over the U.S. West and brought scorching temperatures that set all-time record highs. The extreme heat fueled wildfires and...
By, Sam Illingworth. Sep 2, 2022. Sleek frames glisten in the surf,iridescent blues and greysskimming waves withjutting beaksand toothy grins.Dorsal fins line up in pairsto start the dance,weaving overlapping...
Satellite image taken from International Space Station, on August 31, 2022. For most of 2022, the world’s ocean basins have been relatively quiet and free of tropical cyclones. This...
July 10, 2022 to August 27, 2022 Poyang Lake, in China’s Jiangxi Province, routinely fluctuates in size between the winter and summer seasons. In winter, water levels on the...
By Mischa Dijkstra, Science writer of Frontiers. Researchers show that the notes within duets between female and male Gursky’s spectral tarsiers on Sulawesi are taxing for the singers, presumably...
Left photo, July 2, 1986. AND Right Photo, August 22, 2022. The Tierras Bajas region in Bolivia is home to some of the most distinctive land-use patterns in the...
August 19, 2022. BY Prof. Sam Illingworth. You stand as the roofof the world,granting flowing giftsof streams,and lakes,and life.Hemmed in by rugged pathsyour body creakswith ridges,crests,and faults –beneath each...
August 9, 2022. Combine dissolved nutrients, abundant summer sunlight, and seasonally warm waters and you have the makings of a phytoplankton bloom in just about any sea in the world. In...
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Microbial ´dark matter’. Centuries-old Lava Caves of Hawaiʻi Island contain Thousands of Unknown Bacterial Species.
By K.E.D. Coan, science writer. Volcanic habitats in Hawaiʻi are rich in bacterial diversity, including many yet undiscovered species, shows a new study. These lava caves and geothermal vents...