Tajikistan possesses vast water reserves yet struggles with shortages
Tajikistan, home to more than 60% of Central Asia’s freshwater, faces a crisis as aging irrigation canals lose up to 60% of water, threatening power and farming
Category: Earth
Supercomputer models reveal secrets of subducted oceanic slabs
Supercomputer models reveal secrets of subducted oceanic slabs An international research collaboration has harnessed supercomputing power to better understand how…
Blue Plastic’s Trojan Horse: Pigment That Harms—and Reveals—Nanoplastics
A recent study has revealed a dual nature in the ubiquitous blue plastics that litter the world’s oceans. Scientists have…
Typhoon Bualoi Death Toll Rises to 51 in Vietnam as Flooding and Damage Mount
Typhoon Bualoi struck northern central Vietnam, killing 51 and injuring 164 with 14 missing as floods damaged 230,000 homes and about $435 million in losses
Scientists say fixing food can prevent 15 million annual deaths and climate disaster
Scientists say transforming global food systems to the planetary health diet could avert up to 15 million deaths annually and cut emissions by more than half
Study finds damaging global fires have surged since the 1980s
Global analysis shows the most damaging wildfires have increased 4.4 times since the 1980s, with 43% of the 200 costliest fires since 1980 in the last decade
Unexpected winter carbon uptake discovered in the Arctic
New research reveals a startling shift in the Arctic’s carbon cycle, indicating that the region is releasing significant amounts of…
New framework balances clean energy development with river protection
Researchers have developed a new planning model that integrates energy system analysis with river sediment modeling, offering a guide for…
Ancient plankton suggest a steadier future for ocean life
New analysis of microscopic fossils from millions of years ago offers evidence that vital ocean ecosystems may be more resilient…