Note: I reserve the right to make posts NOT about climate change. Like this one. My wife and I watched Christopher Nolan's new movie "Odyssey" last weekend. We liked some of it, disliked some of it, and had a lot ... Continue reading ??'...

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See Mars from Viking 1 and Psyche, or with your own two eyes....

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Look how epic this little guy is! He is a crab -- and if you asked him, the fiercest warrior that ever lived. While that may not be strictly true, crabs do have the heart of a warrior and will raise their claws, sometimes only millimetres ...

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Guinea-Conakry is among the West African countries actively developing its offshore prospects. Encouraged by discoveries in other parts of MSGBC basin, the country is now gearing up for the next phase. The progression is driven by improved geological understanding, strengthened institutional capacity, and a landmark development: ENI's acquisition of exploration rights for 15 offshore blocks....

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We want to make this our most successful season of hurricane reporting to date, and that's why we're asking for your help today.

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Several members of the group were at the Goldschmidt Conference in Montréal, Canada, last week. Now they are back from their adventures and recovered from the jetlag, we've some photos to share. A list of all abstracts by group members is in t...

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This Sunday, July 26, marks the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem. We are currently experiecing critical crossroads globally, where groundbreaking data on global forest recovery collides with the immediate threats of an escalating climate crisis.El Niño is pushing Pacific sea surface temperatures toward levels that rank among the highest on record, and climate specialists expect damaging marine heat reaching almost half of the globe till the end of 2026. In the past, this kind of climatic settings have tipped mangroves' resilience almost to a collapse point. So continue reading to learn about how these significant coastal buffers are faring on the front lines, and why our approach to protecting them must urgently evolve.

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A long time ago, bored with painting exploding spacecraft for others, I started painting alien creatures for my own pleasure.

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Lower Curtis Glacier terminus in 2025 with overall results of our work 1984-2025. 2026 Field Season: For the 43rd consecutive summer we are heading into the field to measure and communicate the impact of climate change on North Cascade glaciers. T...

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Let's be honest. Most of us got into conservation science because we wanted to save something. We envisioned conducting science that would be serving as a shield, protecting a fragile ecosystem or an endangered species from the relentless march of ...

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An effective Ebola response depends on knowing not only where cases are being reported, but also where people live, where health facilities are located and which health areas are responsible for reaching them....

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Dodo Birds by Daniel EskridgeTwo dodo birds--one warm brown like sun-baked coconut husk, the other a pale, ghostly white with hints of grey--stand beak-deep in the shallows of a river that winds like a silver serpent through the tropical jungles of...

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So, as most of you know, it has been a rough few years in the realm of science, education and journalism. I won't get into the big picture issues individually, but they are the backdrop for this post. More or less, I think I need to walk away from ...

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This blog post and the "Deep Dive" podcast, created by NotebookLM, are based on "Recent equatorward shift of the summer North Atlantic jet dominated by internal climate variability" by Sheng et al. (2026). Sheng et al. (2026) explores why ...

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We are excited to be working in partnership across sectors to inspire the next generation of environmental scientists and explore how we can build more inclusive routes into environmental careers. We will be bringing together schools, teachers, parents, researchers and environmental employers from across the East Midlands to showcase the breadth of environmental careers and the importance of environmental knowledge in responding to real-world challenges.

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It's been a while since my last post in VolcanoCafe. I have been working on multiple ideas and gathering data, but not been able to finish anything. Today, I bring something exciting. I'm using  GIS data (Geographic Information Systems) to explo...

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I hold a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. Throughout my career, I've developed and implemented communication strategies that translate scientific knowledge into clear and engaging narratives. Currently, I'm the Project Communications Officer for the MOSMIN (Multiscale Observation Services for Mining-related Deposits) project.

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By Dingyu Xuan Are glaciers the lifeline of high-mountain wetlands? High-mountain wetlands are essential yet vulnerable ecosystems. They support local communities, regulate water supplies, and sustain biodiversity1,2, but their future under cli...

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Floods are shaped by complex and nonlinear interactions between weather patterns, rainfall, soil properties, topography, land cover, and how wet a catchment already is. This complexity is one reason machine learning (ML) is increasingly used in hydrology. ML models can learn patterns from large and complex datasets with many variables. 

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In basic terms, acoustic impedance is a measure of how resistant a material is to sound waves passing through it. When that resistance changes across a lithological boundary, some of the seismic energy bounces back, creating a reflection. Because different rock types and sedi­ments have different densities and velocities, it makes sense to assume that...

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Wandering the uplands of Upper Swaledale in search of millstones and chert. A landscape of man-made ravines and blasted crags, of spoil heaps and bell pits, crushing floors and flues. Moulds Old ...

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The wind shear-battered storm has kept the highest rainfall away from land, but also triggered dangerous heat across the South.

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In this slightly-delayed-by-the-heatwave episode, Gemma, Marc and Natee finally get around to discussing some of the best-known and most widely reproduced and copied palaeoart of all time - Neave Parker's monochrome saurians as published in the N...

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Let's not mince words: current federal ocean conservation policy is a cocktail of chaos and disaster, with a generous sprinkle of incompetence. Following a brutal stretch of legislative and regulatory rollbacks (including the completely indefensibl...

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