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- Climate change will bring global tension, US intelligence report saysCountries will argue over a response and the poorest will suffer most, US intelligence says.
- COP26: PM warned over aid cuts ahead of climate summitGovernment advisers express "deep concern" at planned reductions in aid spending before COP26.
- COP26: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate reportCountries are asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.
- Kenyan northern white rhino Najin retired from breeding schemeNajin, 32, has been part of a programme in Kenya trying to save her species from extinction.
- Vikings settled in North America in 1021AD, study saysScientists say they have precisely dated a camp in Newfoundland, Canada, thanks to a new technique.
- Orion: Nasa's Moon-ship is attached to SLS megarocketNasa's next-generation spaceship is attached to the rocket that will launch it to the Moon.
- Is the UK's green plan enough to halt climate change?Support for roads, aviation and fossil fuel drilling could undermine UK's green credentials at COP26.
- Climate change: Fossil fuel production set to soar over next decadeGovernment plans to extract coal, oil and gas are incompatible with safe temperatures, says the UN.
- South Korea launches first homegrown space rocket NuriThe launch completes all its stages but fails in its goal of putting a dummy satellite in orbit.
- Covid vaccine pioneer: Lives depend on science fundingSir Andrew Pollard warns against possible moves to reverse planned investment in science.
- Environment Bill: MPs reject tougher air quality targetMinisters say the Environment Bill shows global leadership, but critics accuse them of "inaction".
- Net zero announcement: UK sets out plans to cut greenhouse gas emissionsThe government reveals its long-awaited strategy days before global leaders meet for COP26 in Glasgow.
- Climate plan urging plant-based diet shift deletedA research paper recommending people shift towards plant-based foods is not policy, the government says.
- Heat pump grants worth £5,000 to replace gas boilers not enough, say criticsThe England and Wales subsidies cover just 90,000 gas boilers out of more than 20 million households.
- What is Climate Justice?Who is responsible for climate change and who should take the lead in trying to fix it?
- Ros Atkins on… Europe's climate challengeRos Atkins looks at how Europe is getting to grips with its emissions problem.
- COP26: 'Hate tells scientists their work is important'Prof Phil Jones, portrayed in BBC drama The Trick, says climate scientists must be protected.
- COP26: Russia's Vladimir Putin will not attend climate summitNo reason was given for the Russian leader's decision not to attend the conference in Glasgow.
- What is net zero and how are the UK and other countries doing?Experts have recommended developed countries adopt targets to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050.
- COP26: Does a climate summit need 25,000 people? And more questionsBBC science correspondent Matt McGrath answers your questions about Glasgow's COP26 climate summit.
- Tips on how to save energy at home and help the planetWhat can homeowners do to reduce their energy consumption?
- Heat pumps: How much do they cost and how do they work?The government wants people to replace gas boilers with heat pumps.
- Russian team back on Earth after filming first movie in spaceThe Russian film crew return after an ISS shoot that had its own moments of drama.
- Star Trek's William Shatner blasts into space on Blue Origin rocketThe actor who played Captain Kirk in the classic TV show is the oldest person ever to go to space.
- Prince William: Saving Earth should come before space tourismThe prince says great minds should focus "on trying to repair this planet" not exploring space.
- Russian film team boldly shoot towards space stationAn actress and film director dock with the International Space Station in a first for Russia.
- The battle to make lighter life-saving body armourNew materials are making body armour lighter but nanotechnology could provide a breakthrough.
- Earthshot Prize: Costa Rica wins £1m from William's Earthshot prizeTwo friends growing coral and the country of Costa Rica are among five winners receiving £1m each.
- Nebra Sky Disc: British Museum to display world's 'oldest map of stars'The Nebra Sky Disc is dated 3,600-years-old and considered one of the most important archaeological finds.
- Prof Sarah Gilbert, Covid vaccine creator: Now let’s take on 12 more diseasesProf Dame Sarah Gilbert says medical science has transformed ambitions for new vaccines.
- How energy flexibility can save us money and cut carbonMaking energy supply to homes and businesses more flexible could help the UK meet its climate goals.
- Black scientists say UK research is institutionally racistSenior black scientists tell the BBC they believe UK science to be "institutionally racist".
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year: 'Explosive sex' wins top prizeAn image of a bursting cloud of eggs and sperm as groupers mate in the Pacific is the judges' pick.
Countries will argue over a response and the poorest will suffer most, US intelligence says.
Government advisers express "deep concern" at planned reductions in aid spending before COP26.
Countries are asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.
Najin, 32, has been part of a programme in Kenya trying to save her species from extinction.
Scientists say they have precisely dated a camp in Newfoundland, Canada, thanks to a new technique.
Nasa's next-generation spaceship is attached to the rocket that will launch it to the Moon.
Support for roads, aviation and fossil fuel drilling could undermine UK's green credentials at COP26.
Government plans to extract coal, oil and gas are incompatible with safe temperatures, says the UN.
The launch completes all its stages but fails in its goal of putting a dummy satellite in orbit.
Sir Andrew Pollard warns against possible moves to reverse planned investment in science.
Ministers say the Environment Bill shows global leadership, but critics accuse them of "inaction".
The government reveals its long-awaited strategy days before global leaders meet for COP26 in Glasgow.
A research paper recommending people shift towards plant-based foods is not policy, the government says.
The England and Wales subsidies cover just 90,000 gas boilers out of more than 20 million households.
Who is responsible for climate change and who should take the lead in trying to fix it?
Ros Atkins looks at how Europe is getting to grips with its emissions problem.
Prof Phil Jones, portrayed in BBC drama The Trick, says climate scientists must be protected.
No reason was given for the Russian leader's decision not to attend the conference in Glasgow.
Experts have recommended developed countries adopt targets to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050.
BBC science correspondent Matt McGrath answers your questions about Glasgow's COP26 climate summit.
What can homeowners do to reduce their energy consumption?
The government wants people to replace gas boilers with heat pumps.
The Russian film crew return after an ISS shoot that had its own moments of drama.
The actor who played Captain Kirk in the classic TV show is the oldest person ever to go to space.
The prince says great minds should focus "on trying to repair this planet" not exploring space.
An actress and film director dock with the International Space Station in a first for Russia.
New materials are making body armour lighter but nanotechnology could provide a breakthrough.
Two friends growing coral and the country of Costa Rica are among five winners receiving £1m each.
The Nebra Sky Disc is dated 3,600-years-old and considered one of the most important archaeological finds.
Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert says medical science has transformed ambitions for new vaccines.
Making energy supply to homes and businesses more flexible could help the UK meet its climate goals.
Senior black scientists tell the BBC they believe UK science to be "institutionally racist".
An image of a bursting cloud of eggs and sperm as groupers mate in the Pacific is the judges' pick.
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©
- 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 […]
- An Anticipated Increase in Earth’s Strongest StormsA little more than two weeks ago, Supertyphoon Goni blasted ashore in the Philippines with top sustained winds of 195 mph, becoming the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record. It topped STY Haiyan’s 190 mph land strike just seven years ago. With Hurricane Iota in the Caribbean explosively intensifying 100 mph in under 24 hours […]
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 […]
A little more than two weeks ago, Supertyphoon Goni blasted ashore in the Philippines with top sustained winds of 195 mph, becoming the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record. It topped STY Haiyan’s 190 mph land strike just seven years ago. With Hurricane Iota in the Caribbean explosively intensifying 100 mph in under 24 hours […]
