11+ hour, 14+ min ago   (663+ words) Scientists have found that Arctic cyclones become especially destructive when several strike one after another. These storm clusters cause about twice as much sea ice loss as isolated cyclones, with impacts that persist roughly two and a half times longer....

15+ hour, 34+ min ago   (797+ words) Much of the ancient carbon released from thawing Arctic permafrost appears to end up trapped in seabed sediments rather than quickly returning to the atmosphere. The Arctic’s frozen ground holds an enormous reservoir of organic carbon. As permafrost thaws and…...

17+ hour, 32+ min ago   (262+ words) The Slapy reservoir on the Vltava River has dropped to its winter level far earlier than usual due to an extreme hydrological drought. The news was reported by Povodí Vltavy, the state company that manages the reservoir system along the…...

21+ hour, 14+ min ago   (359+ words) A natural cycle that sees lakes fluctuate, an increase in rainfall amounts that is being witnessed in the Eastern Africa region, coupled with degradation of the catchments is believed to be causing water levels in the rift valley lakes to…...

21+ hour, 39+ min ago   (682+ words) WorldAtlas Grand Mesa in western Colorado has a summit plateau of roughly 500 square miles, a tabletop broad enough to hold more than 300 lakes. Around the mesa, softer rock beneath its basalt cap has steadily eroded while the resistant summit has…...

21+ hour, 42+ min ago   (233+ words) Muscat – Researchers at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) have mapped a large wedge of seawater extending into a coastal aquifer in northern Oman, providing a new baseline for monitoring a threat that has damaged groundwater quality and affected agriculture. The study,…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (885+ words) (Gabrielle Kleber / SWNS) Melting Arctic glaciers are creating a climate “doom loop” by flushing out ancient methane from rocks beneath the ice, reveals new research. The more glaciers melt, the more of the greenhouse gas they are likely to release…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (736+ words) Rain has brought relief for a village's much-loved fish pond amid warnings the drought is not over yet. Locals launched a rescue mission to save carp by dredging an ancient stew pond at Great Massingham, near King's Lynn as levels…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (321+ words) Since the start of 2026, wildfires in the United States have burned more than 8.4 million acres — approximately 1.3 million acres above the average annual figure of the previous decade. As of September 9, major fires were continuing in at least 13 states, TIME reports....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (366+ words) ANCIENT wildfires near the South Pole once shaped a prehistoric rainforest into the earliest known peat bog. New research co-led by Professor Ulrich Salzmann from Northumbria University has revealed that wildfires around 90 million years ago played a crucial role in…...