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- Gene-edited tomatoes could soon be sold in EnglandA bill is to be introduced in Parliament in two days' time to allow the commercial growing of gene-edited crops in England.
- Future foods: What you could be eating by 2050Scientists say we need to future-proof our diets in a warming world by eating little-known plants.
- What is biodiversity and how are we protecting it?The planet is experiencing its sixth mass extinction event, but it is hoped action can be agreed.
- Why is climate 'doomism' going viral – and who's fighting it?Climate "doomers" believe it’s far too late to do anything about climate change - but they're wrong.
- Cyber security: Global food supply chain at risk from malicious hackersThe growth of "smart" farm machinery is increasing the risk of hacking of food and farming systems.
- Extinction: Why scientists are freezing threatened species in 'biobanks'Conservation scientists hope that preserving genetic material offers future insurance against extinction
- Mary Anning: Lyme Regis fossil hunter's statue unveiledThe artwork stands in her hometown of Lyme Regis thanks to a teenager's four-year campaign.
- Boeing's Starliner astronaut capsule launches on test flightThe aerospace company sends up its Starliner vehicle on a mission to prove its capabilities in orbit.
- EU reveals its plans to stop using Russian gasIt will invest in pipelines in other countries but will speed up a shift to green energy.
- Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwavesA UK study says record-breaking temperatures in NW India and Pakistan are now 100 times more likely.
- Girls see physics as for white men only, MPs told"If you are black or a woman, you don't see yourself fitting in," a leading female physicist says.
- Farm machinery exacting heavy toll on soil - studyMassive tractors and combine harvesters could be having a lasting impact on soil, a study suggests.
- Full lunar eclipse creates rare super blood MoonIts hue was created by sunlight being projected through the Earth's atmosphere onto the Moon.
- How much plastic do you use in a week?Participants will be given their personal plastic footprint at the end of the week.
- Nature loss: Watchdog highlights 'precarious state' of environmentA new report says the government must do more to protect the land, the air and waters.
- Beaver engineering in the Arctic to be studiedThe mammals are moving further north into the Arctic and having an impact on landscape and people.
- Boy, six, finds giant megalodon shark tooth on Bawdsey beachThe tooth of the world's largest-ever shark could be up to 20 million years old, an expert says.
- Record number of polluters set CO2 emissions targetsThe number of big firms setting climate targets reaches a 'critical mass' say UN-backed researchers.
- Climate change: 'Fifty-fifty chance' of breaching 1.5C warming limitScientists say there's now a strong chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C by 2026.
- Climate change: Airlines miss all but one target - reportCampaigners say the aviation industry cannot be relied on to tackle their role in climate change.
- Climate change: Don't let doom win, project tells worriersThe BBC gets an exclusive look at a new project to help students deal with rising climate anxiety.
- Extreme weather: What is it and how is it connected to climate change?Heatwaves, wildfires, floods and droughts highlight how extreme weather is linked to climate change.
- Sir David Attenborough named Champion of the Earth by UNThe broadcaster is recognised for his devotion to telling stories about the natural world.
- Scottish spaceport's prototype rocket unveiledThe final version of the 19m-long Prime rocket is to be launched from a site in Sutherland.
- Moon soil used to grow plants for first time in breakthrough testThe research is an important step towards making long-terms stays on the moon possible.
- Rocket Lab: Helicopter catches returning booster over the PacificThe US-New Zealand Rocket Lab firm takes a big step forward in its quest to re-use launch vehicles.
A bill is to be introduced in Parliament in two days' time to allow the commercial growing of gene-edited crops in England.
Scientists say we need to future-proof our diets in a warming world by eating little-known plants.
The planet is experiencing its sixth mass extinction event, but it is hoped action can be agreed.
Climate "doomers" believe it’s far too late to do anything about climate change - but they're wrong.
The growth of "smart" farm machinery is increasing the risk of hacking of food and farming systems.
Conservation scientists hope that preserving genetic material offers future insurance against extinction
The artwork stands in her hometown of Lyme Regis thanks to a teenager's four-year campaign.
The aerospace company sends up its Starliner vehicle on a mission to prove its capabilities in orbit.
It will invest in pipelines in other countries but will speed up a shift to green energy.
A UK study says record-breaking temperatures in NW India and Pakistan are now 100 times more likely.
"If you are black or a woman, you don't see yourself fitting in," a leading female physicist says.
Massive tractors and combine harvesters could be having a lasting impact on soil, a study suggests.
Its hue was created by sunlight being projected through the Earth's atmosphere onto the Moon.
Participants will be given their personal plastic footprint at the end of the week.
A new report says the government must do more to protect the land, the air and waters.
The mammals are moving further north into the Arctic and having an impact on landscape and people.
The tooth of the world's largest-ever shark could be up to 20 million years old, an expert says.
The number of big firms setting climate targets reaches a 'critical mass' say UN-backed researchers.
Scientists say there's now a strong chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C by 2026.
Campaigners say the aviation industry cannot be relied on to tackle their role in climate change.
The BBC gets an exclusive look at a new project to help students deal with rising climate anxiety.
Heatwaves, wildfires, floods and droughts highlight how extreme weather is linked to climate change.
The broadcaster is recognised for his devotion to telling stories about the natural world.
The final version of the 19m-long Prime rocket is to be launched from a site in Sutherland.
The research is an important step towards making long-terms stays on the moon possible.
The US-New Zealand Rocket Lab firm takes a big step forward in its quest to re-use launch vehicles.
National Geographic©
- Chemical Exposure Linked to Billions in Health Care CostsChemicals that mimic estrogen and other hormones are costing the EU $175 billion per year in health care, according to new research.
- As Smog Thins in L.A., Dramatic Evidence of Kids' Healthier LungsNew study shows Los Angeles-area kids have fewer breathing problems now than they did in the 1990s.
- Lack of Snow Leaves California's 'Water Tower' Running LowRising temperatures and declining snowpack in the mountains mean that the drought across the western U.S. is about to get even worse.
- Arctic Ship Breaks Free of Ice for Historic Expedition A Norwegian research vessel will spend six months on the sea ice to study the changing Arctic.
- How Geothermal Could Cleanly Power the Planet: Indonesia's TaleThe Earth's heat could power homes and businesses worldwide, but it's barely been tapped. Indonesia is trying to change that.
- Dramatic New Video Shows Volcano Forming an IslandA fast growing island off Japan is seen in new video from the Japanese Coast Guard.
- Corn for Home Heat: A Green Idea That Never Quite Popped Some enterprising Americans burn kernels to keep warm in winter, but there's a reason the green heating concept hasn't taken off.
- What You Don't Know About History's Most Famous ScientistsIn the 11th and 12th centuries, Muslim scientists were way ahead of contemporaries in Christian Europe.
- New Theory Behind Dozens of Craters Found in SiberiaScientists say melting pingos, and not methane hydrates, are likely to blame for the dramatic craters.
- Miami's Choice: Bigger Ships or Coral Reefs?Dredging in Biscayne Bay inflicts heavy damage on North America's only coral reef tract.
- Quirky Winds Fuel Brazil's Devastating Drought, Amazon's Flooding With severe water shortages in Brazil's cities and destructive floods in the Amazon, the boom-and-bust phenomenon may be South America's new normal.
- 'Shark Lady' Eugenie Clark, Famed Marine Biologist, Has DiedEugenie Clark, a marine biologist and ichthyologist, who died on Wednesday, helped the public understand and appreciate the much maligned shark.
- Canadian First Nations Seek to Protect Forest HomelandBy winning protection for their boreal forest, indigenous Canadians help slow global warming.
- Panama Canal: Superhighway for Invasive Species?The Panama Canal is being widened. That means bigger ships and more cargo for Gulf and East Coast ports-and more alien species too.
- 'This Is Really Extreme Science': Adrift in the Arctic Ice With a Shipload of NorwegiansOur correspondent reports from a Norwegian research ship that's drifting inside the Arctic ice cap, gathering data needed to predict its future.
- Two Reasons Why Obama's Keystone Veto Won't Decide PipelineThe never-ending saga of the Keystone XL pipeline gets new twists with potential problems in Nebraska and South Dakota.
- New U.S. Dietary Recommendations First to Consider Environmental Impact"Linking health, dietary guidance, and the environment will promote human health," new guidelines say.
- Ancient Fellowship of Fishermen, Dolphins at Risk in MyanmarFishing gangs on the Irrawaddy River use electricity to illegally increase their catch.
- Nearly 200 Whales Stranded on New Zealand BeachNearly 200 pilot whales are stranded on a New Zealand beach, prompting a massive rescue effort.
- 100 Years Later, Antarctic Explorers' Huts Look Frozen in TimeWhiskey and all, the wooden dwellings of early explorers now look as they did during the first treks to the continent, thanks to a decade-long restoration effort.
- New Study Shows Plastic in Oceans Is on the RiseThe amount of trash flowing into the world's oceans is worse than thought—eight million tons a year, says new study.
- Mysterious Sea Lion Die-Off Strikes Again on California CoastTiny sea lion pups are washing up on beaches in unusually high numbers—for the third winter in a row.
- Fighting Over Herring—the Little Fish That Feeds MultitudesPacific herring stocks are shadows of their former abundance. But the Canadian government wants to reopen fishing off British Columbia.
- To Save Coral Reefs, First Save the MangrovesCoral reefs are in danger of bleaching in open water, but in the sheltering roots of mangroves, some have found a home.
- National Academy: There’s a Good and a Bad Way to “Geoengineer” the PlanetWe should be figuring out how to pull CO₂ back out of the atmosphere, says a National Research Council report. But we should be wary of launching a planet-cooling chemical sunshade.
Chemicals that mimic estrogen and other hormones are costing the EU $175 billion per year in health care, according to new research.
New study shows Los Angeles-area kids have fewer breathing problems now than they did in the 1990s.
Rising temperatures and declining snowpack in the mountains mean that the drought across the western U.S. is about to get even worse.
A Norwegian research vessel will spend six months on the sea ice to study the changing Arctic.
The Earth's heat could power homes and businesses worldwide, but it's barely been tapped. Indonesia is trying to change that.
A fast growing island off Japan is seen in new video from the Japanese Coast Guard.
Some enterprising Americans burn kernels to keep warm in winter, but there's a reason the green heating concept hasn't taken off.
In the 11th and 12th centuries, Muslim scientists were way ahead of contemporaries in Christian Europe.
Scientists say melting pingos, and not methane hydrates, are likely to blame for the dramatic craters.
Dredging in Biscayne Bay inflicts heavy damage on North America's only coral reef tract.
With severe water shortages in Brazil's cities and destructive floods in the Amazon, the boom-and-bust phenomenon may be South America's new normal.
Eugenie Clark, a marine biologist and ichthyologist, who died on Wednesday, helped the public understand and appreciate the much maligned shark.
By winning protection for their boreal forest, indigenous Canadians help slow global warming.
The Panama Canal is being widened. That means bigger ships and more cargo for Gulf and East Coast ports-and more alien species too.
Our correspondent reports from a Norwegian research ship that's drifting inside the Arctic ice cap, gathering data needed to predict its future.
The never-ending saga of the Keystone XL pipeline gets new twists with potential problems in Nebraska and South Dakota.
"Linking health, dietary guidance, and the environment will promote human health," new guidelines say.
Fishing gangs on the Irrawaddy River use electricity to illegally increase their catch.
Nearly 200 pilot whales are stranded on a New Zealand beach, prompting a massive rescue effort.
Whiskey and all, the wooden dwellings of early explorers now look as they did during the first treks to the continent, thanks to a decade-long restoration effort.
The amount of trash flowing into the world's oceans is worse than thought—eight million tons a year, says new study.
Tiny sea lion pups are washing up on beaches in unusually high numbers—for the third winter in a row.
Pacific herring stocks are shadows of their former abundance. But the Canadian government wants to reopen fishing off British Columbia.
Coral reefs are in danger of bleaching in open water, but in the sheltering roots of mangroves, some have found a home.
We should be figuring out how to pull CO₂ back out of the atmosphere, says a National Research Council report. But we should be wary of launching a planet-cooling chemical sunshade.
The American Meteorological Society©
- Even without a White Christmas….Snow Measurements Must Go OnThe Pacific Northwest still is one of the few shining spots on the snow map for this holiday, but if Seattle is waiting with bated breath (and outstretched tongue) for a big, beautiful White Christmas, Cliff Mass throws a bucket of cold (flakes?) on hopes for deep cover. He explains how numerical prediction models can […]
- Derecho Possible in the Upper Midwest TodaySevere thunderstorms are expected to erupt late this afternoon in the upper Midwest and, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), they could organize into a single, large bowing line capable of widespread damaging winds called a derecho tonight. Last summer a very destructive derecho blitzed Iowa with wind gusts over 100 mph. SPC’s Day 1 […]
- Southeasterners Perceive Tornado Risk Dangerously Different Than They Should, Especially at NightWhile a major winter storm last month was plastering the United States from Texas and New Mexico to New England with heavy snow and ice, volatile conditions in the Southeast (SE) spawned damaging and deadly tornadoes. One of these overnight Monday, February 16, tragically took the lives of 3 people and injured 10 in coastal […]
- The 101st AMS Annual Meeting: Find Your (Virtual) Pathways of Major ThemesWe’re on the verge of the first ever all-virtual AMS Annual Meeting—yet another milestone in a time of milestones, but nonetheless our 101st Annual Meeting. And like all of the mega-gatherings AMS has held for the weather, water, and climate community in the past, this coming week (starting Sunday, January 10th), promises many opportunities to […]
- AMS Annual Meeting: Choose Your Own (Virtual) Pathway. Part 5: Community EngagementAs we mentioned in the first post in this series of potential “Virtual” Pathways through the rich AMS Annual Meeting program of parallel conferences, this year’s overarching theme is especially powerful: “Strengthening engagement with communities through our science and services.” This is a statement of needs, accomplishments, and future priorities all in one. After the […]
- AMS Annual Meeting: Choose Your Own (Virtual) Pathway. Part 4: Social JusticeAfter a year of substantial social injustice-fueled upheavals, the 101st AMS Annual Meeting builds on social justice themes all week and you could make social justice the theme of you own virtual programming, picking and choosing your way through the sessions if you’re so inclined, right from the centerpiece Presidential Forum on Sunday, “Building a […]
- Annual Meeting: Choose Your Own (Virtual) Pathway. Part 3: Pandemic TopicsOften our Annual Meeting week feels like a chance to get away from some of the day-to-day issues of work to focus on exchanging scientific ideas with colleagues. This year, the AMS Annual Meeting is a virtual gathering, however, so there’s little chance any of us will escape entirely the everyday concerns of COVID-19 this […]
- Annual Meeting: Choose Your Own (Virtual) Path- way. Part 2: Weather Extremes and Climate ChangeAs we noted in the previous blog post, there are multiple ways to navigate an AMS Annual Meeting, even though we’re usually channeled into separate rooms devoted to parallel conferences, each focused on an area of specialization. But this year’s all-virtual conference, during the coming week, offers unusual prospects for hopping from conference to conference, […]
- The 101st AMS Annual Meeting: Find Your (Virtual) Pathway of Major ThemesWe’re on the verge of the first ever all-virtual AMS Annual Meeting—yet another milestone in a time of milestones, but nonetheless our 101st Annual Meeting. And like all of the mega-gatherings AMS has held for the weather, water, and climate community in the past, this coming week (starting Sunday, January 10th), promises many opportunities to […]
- Not Just in Their Heads: New Research Confirms Connection Between Weather and Chronic PainStormy weather increases pain. That fact is actually good news for people suffering from chronic pain whose complaints are often dismissed by family, their friends, and even their doctors. Speaking, and likely complaining, about the effect of weather on their pain for millennia, chronic pain sufferers finally have a large-scale scientific study to back up […]
The Pacific Northwest still is one of the few shining spots on the snow map for this holiday, but if Seattle is waiting with bated breath (and outstretched tongue) for a big, beautiful White Christmas, Cliff Mass throws a bucket of cold (flakes?) on hopes for deep cover. He explains how numerical prediction models can […]
Severe thunderstorms are expected to erupt late this afternoon in the upper Midwest and, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), they could organize into a single, large bowing line capable of widespread damaging winds called a derecho tonight. Last summer a very destructive derecho blitzed Iowa with wind gusts over 100 mph. SPC’s Day 1 […]
While a major winter storm last month was plastering the United States from Texas and New Mexico to New England with heavy snow and ice, volatile conditions in the Southeast (SE) spawned damaging and deadly tornadoes. One of these overnight Monday, February 16, tragically took the lives of 3 people and injured 10 in coastal […]
We’re on the verge of the first ever all-virtual AMS Annual Meeting—yet another milestone in a time of milestones, but nonetheless our 101st Annual Meeting. And like all of the mega-gatherings AMS has held for the weather, water, and climate community in the past, this coming week (starting Sunday, January 10th), promises many opportunities to […]
As we mentioned in the first post in this series of potential “Virtual” Pathways through the rich AMS Annual Meeting program of parallel conferences, this year’s overarching theme is especially powerful: “Strengthening engagement with communities through our science and services.” This is a statement of needs, accomplishments, and future priorities all in one. After the […]
After a year of substantial social injustice-fueled upheavals, the 101st AMS Annual Meeting builds on social justice themes all week and you could make social justice the theme of you own virtual programming, picking and choosing your way through the sessions if you’re so inclined, right from the centerpiece Presidential Forum on Sunday, “Building a […]
Often our Annual Meeting week feels like a chance to get away from some of the day-to-day issues of work to focus on exchanging scientific ideas with colleagues. This year, the AMS Annual Meeting is a virtual gathering, however, so there’s little chance any of us will escape entirely the everyday concerns of COVID-19 this […]
As we noted in the previous blog post, there are multiple ways to navigate an AMS Annual Meeting, even though we’re usually channeled into separate rooms devoted to parallel conferences, each focused on an area of specialization. But this year’s all-virtual conference, during the coming week, offers unusual prospects for hopping from conference to conference, […]
We’re on the verge of the first ever all-virtual AMS Annual Meeting—yet another milestone in a time of milestones, but nonetheless our 101st Annual Meeting. And like all of the mega-gatherings AMS has held for the weather, water, and climate community in the past, this coming week (starting Sunday, January 10th), promises many opportunities to […]
Stormy weather increases pain. That fact is actually good news for people suffering from chronic pain whose complaints are often dismissed by family, their friends, and even their doctors. Speaking, and likely complaining, about the effect of weather on their pain for millennia, chronic pain sufferers finally have a large-scale scientific study to back up […]
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