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Extreme urban flooding is a growing challenge under climate change, threatening residents, infrastructure and urban systems. However, traditional emergency planning often relies on static population data and fixed facilities, failing to capture how people move […]

Wetland restoration is often promoted as a definitive way to support wildlife, improve water quality and help store carbon. However, new research from McGill University suggests the overall climate picture is more complicated. In a […]

Just over half of England has been declared to be in drought after “record-low rainfall and exceptionally high temperatures,” the U.K. government said Wednesday.This post was originally published on this site

In a world searching for more sustainable ways to manage waste, the promise of turning “trash into treasure” is hard to ignore. Take nitrate pollution, for example. Every year, nitrogen fertilizers help feed billions of […]

The wildfire that engulfed Spain’s Ávila region, northwest of the capital, Madrid, is now considered the largest in the country’s modern history, with around 50,000 hectares (193 square miles) burned, the government said this week.This […]

Winters in Antarctica’s Ross Sea have become stormier in recent decades, affecting sea-ice conditions and field operations, new University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows.This post was originally published on this site

Landslides cause an estimated $3 billion to $6 billion in damage and multiple fatalities annually in the United States. Those numbers could easily increase as housing needs spur development in landslide-prone areas and climate change […]

It seems as if the world is afire this summer. But even as wildfires in Europe and North America grow more extreme, key worldwide burning statistics are at a record low largely because Africa and […]

On July 23, R/V Kronprins Haakon cast off from the coal quay in Longyearbyen. Around 30 researchers and 20 crew members will spend the next 50 days sailing toward the North Pole as part of […]

When the Palisades Fire tore through Los Angeles in January 2025, it didn’t only destroy homes. It took the Will Rogers Ranch House—a beloved California landmark—with it. Six months later, the Dragon Bravo wildfire burned […]