Creating an archive of derechos required applying this new definition to past events. Squitieri ensured that the criteria focused on the distinct physical atmospheric processes that lead to a derecho, ...

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Trump’s repeal of the mining ban is just the latest step in a yearslong battle over the future of mining in northeastern ...

CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 The Yilgarn Craton contains thousands of acidic and saline lakes that undergo repeated wet-dry cycles. The researchers sampled 40 lakes during both the wet and dry seasons to assess ...

A new study of the Seattle Fault Zone is revealing records of smaller, hidden earthquakes that could inform future hazard ...

Nearly all prior observations of Io’s heat have relied on infrared measurements that could detect temperatures only at the ...

When a local community gets involved in environmental monitoring, their efforts can build awareness of local environmental ...

A new study suggests an intervention aimed at cooling the planet could have the additional benefit of reducing aircraft ...

A community-led project in California shows how collaboration can reshape farmland to improve water resources, restore native plants, and create recreational space.

Solar eclipses are the result of a pleasant astronomical coincidence. Although the Sun’s diameter is almost 400 times that of the Moon’s, the Sun is also almost 400 times farther away, so the two ...