Liam Cassidy, The University of Melbourne; Andrew King, The University of Melbourne; Josephine Brown, The University of Melbourne, and Tilo Ziehn, CSIRO Humanity’s emissions of greenhouse gases have caused rapid global warming at a rate unprecedented in at least the past 2,000…
Jaime Toro, West Virginia University Thousands of earthquakes in recent weeks have shaken the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of the capital Reykjavik. They have triggered evacuations and warnings that a volcanic eruption may…
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Erin L. Meyer-Gutbrod, University of South Carolina; Douglas Nowacek, Duke University; Eileen…
Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder and Philip Higuera, University of Montana…
Jamie Peeler, University of Montana The U.S. government is investing over US$7 billion in the coming years to try to manage the nation’s escalating wildfire crisis. That includes a commitment to treat…
Haiyan Jiang, Florida International University Forecasters expected Hurricane Idalia to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane as it headed over exceptionally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, on track for landfall…
Haiyan Jiang, Florida International University Forecasters were closely watching Tropical Storm Idalia as it passed Cuba and headed toward exceptionally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm was on track…
Justin Angle, University of Montana Humans have learned to fear wildfire. It can destroy communities, torch pristine forests and choke even faraway cities with toxic smoke. Wildfire is scary for good reason,…
Emily Lindsey, University of California, Los Angeles; Lisa N. Martinez, University of California, Los Angeles, and Regan E. Dunn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Over the past decade, deadly…
Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall on Mexico’s Baja peninsula and moved into Southern California with damaging wind and heavy rainfall on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Forecasters warned…
Daniel Billett, University of Saskatchewan https://narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-conversation-canada/this-solar-cycle-the-suns-activity-is-more-powerful-and-surprising-than-predicted What do you feel when you see the aurora? Otherwise known as the northern or southern lights, an aurora is light emitted by upper atmospheric particles…
Mike Emslie, Australian Institute of Marine Science; Daniela Ceccarelli, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and David Wachenfeld, Australian Institute of Marine Science The Great Barrier Reef is not dead. Nor is it…
Ivis García, Texas A&M University Wildfires destroyed the Hawaiian tourist town of Lahaina on Aug. 8 and 9, 2023, leaving many of its roughly 13,000 residents homeless. Fires also burned in other…
Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University Thousands of people were evacuated along Maui’s popular west coast on Aug. 8 and 9, 2023, as wildfires spread through buildings and hillsides, whipped by strong winds…
