Warming Seas and Melting Ice Sheets
Sea level rise is a natural consequence of the warming of our planet. We know this from basic physics. When water heats up, it expands. So when the ocean warms, sea level rises. When ice is exposed ... more
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The Fingerprints of Sea Level Rise
When you fill a sink, the water rises at the same rate to the same height in every corner. That's not the way it works with our rising seas. According to the 23-year record of satellite data from NA ... more
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Is too much fresh water used to water Florida lawns
Wasting fresh water is a real concern. A recent study conducted with homeowners in central Florida found that, on average, 64 percent of the drinking water used by homes went to irrigation. In the s ... more
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How plant sensors detect pathogens
In the mid-20th century, an American scientist named Harold Henry Flor helped explain how certain varieties of plants can fight off some plant killers (pathogens), but not others, with a model calle ... more
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A community of soil bacteria saves plants from root rot
Root bacteria are known to form symbiotic relationships with plants by improving the plants' supply of nutrients. Yet as scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, ... more
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ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS's path with data from Mars
Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission achieves key flyby milestones
Reading a quantum clock costs more energy than running it, study finds
