The refrigerants and gases brought in to protect the ozone layer have been quietly producing a persistent forever chemical called TFA that's now turning up everywhere from rainwater to Arctic ice
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A new study explores a previously overlooked relationship between fossil fuel infrastructure and renewable energy systems, but what does it mean for the future?
A recent study suggests that the signs heralding an El Niño event may appear much earlier than current forecasting systems use. The key lies in the "memory" of the tropical ocean.
New research suggests Earth’s earliest complex life forms lived in shallow, oxygen-rich coastal seas around 1.7 billion years ago. The findings challenge previous theories and offer new clues about life’s evolution.
Scientists have gathered unprecedented evidence showing how surface melting may accelerate Antarctic glacier movement, offering new insights into ice loss and its potential consequences in a warming world.
The Chicxulub asteroid impact is well-known for wiping out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, but scientists have discovered it may also have had a hand in creation too.
Researchers have mapped the optical properties of a crystal that has both glass and metal-like properties – and it bends light more powerfully than any natural material ever recorded
An instrument installed on the International Space Station by NASA has made it possible to determine the mineral composition of deserts with unprecedented precision and significantly improve estimates of the impact of atmospheric dust on the global climate.
Researchers from the University of Iowa have published a new study in Science on how ozone pollution is worsening over the continental United States due to wildfires and the long-distance transport of unhealthy air.
How Big Cities are Creating their own Weather: Asphalt and Pollution are Causing more Violent Storms
A new study found that urban areas are influencing thunderstorms. Certain types of storms can strengthen over cities and produce more rain. The researchers analyzed over 40,000 storms over a 22-year span in Texas.
The Asian tiger mosquito is spreading across Europe – and with it, the Chikungunya virus. Central Europe is therefore becoming a potential transmission area for a disease that has until now been mainly confined to tropical and subtropical regions.
Researchers have created a particle that blends light with matter and can perform computing operations using almost no energy, which could matter a lot for AI's growing power problem