Christina Patricola, Iowa State University The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and forecasters are keeping a close eye on rising ocean temperatures, and not just in the Atlantic. Globally, warm sea surface temperatures that can fuel hurricanes have been off…
Albert C. Lin, University of California, Davis The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Sackett v. EPA that federal protection of wetlands encompasses only those wetlands that directly adjoin rivers, lakes and other bodies of water. This is an extremely…
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Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School and John Dernbach, Widener University…
Andrew King, The University of Melbourne One year in the next five…
Mike Sori, Purdue University On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a spacecraft destined for Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – or JUICE…
Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University On April 3, 2023, NASA announced the four astronauts who will make up the crew of Artemis II, which is scheduled to launch in late 2024. The…
Frank Jotzo, Australian National University and Mark Howden, Australian National University The world is in deep trouble on climate change, but if we really put our shoulder to the wheel we can…
Sophie Ritson, The University of Melbourne and Niels C.M. Martens, Utrecht University In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration produced the first-ever image of a black hole, stunning the world. Now,…
John Tobin, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Without water, life on Earth could not exist as it does today. Understanding the history of water in the universe is critical to understanding how planets…
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington For more than six decades, Alaska’s North Slope has been a focus of intense controversy over oil development and wilderness protection, with no end in sight.…
Chris Impey, University of Arizona and Connie Walker, National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory For most of human history, the stars blazed in an otherwise dark night sky. But starting around the Industrial…
Ellie Broadman, University of Arizona and Darrell Kaufman, Northern Arizona University Over the past century, the Earth’s average temperature has swiftly increased by about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The evidence…
Harold Tobin, University of Washington Almost like aftershocks, questions about earthquake prediction tend to follow disasters like the Feb. 6, 2023, Turkey-Syria quake. Could advance notice have prevented some of the devastation?…
Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University Headaches and lingering chemical smells from a fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have left residents worried about their air and water – and misinformation on…
