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Residents of the world’s driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow.This post was originally published on this site

As dangerously high temperatures sweep across parts of the United States and southern Europe this week, emergency workers are racing to mitigate the public health risk of heatstroke.This post was originally published on this site

Japan’s rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country’s western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as climate change makes global weather patterns less predictable.This post was originally published on this site

A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology and led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health identifies the hidden geological mechanisms behind widespread uranium contamination in Eastern Karnataka, […]

NOAA and its research partners are forecasting a mild to moderate harmful algal bloom (HAB) in western Lake Erie this summer. This year’s bloom is expected to measure 3 on the HAB severity index, with […]

When an extreme weather event occurs, the probability or risk of other events can often increase, leading to what researchers call “cascading” hazards.This post was originally published on this site

At this year’s Living Planet Symposium, attendees heard how ESA’s Next Generation Gravity Mission could provide the first opportunity to directly track a vital ocean circulation system that warms our planet—but is now weakening, risking […]

Scientists for the first time have detected a slow slip earthquake in motion during the act of releasing tectonic pressure on a major fault zone at the bottom of the ocean.This post was originally published […]

You probably know the feeling. It’s been a few days since you last washed your hair, and it feels greasy, heavy, and tangled. You hop in the shower and apply a generous amount of shampoo […]