2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (805+ words) Researchers have found that animals capable of flexible behavior tend to slow the evolution of their bodies when environments change." That pattern reframes slow physical change as a sign of resilience rather than vulnerability in shifting climates. In computer simulations,…...

13+ hour, 47+ min ago  (781+ words) A new study has found that foxes and birds in northern Italy carry a hospital-linked bacterium that resists some of medicine's most important antibiotics. The discovery places dangerous resistance in places with no direct drug use, widening the map of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (903+ words) Bottom trawling has a reputation as one of the ocean's bluntest tools: a heavy net dragged across the seafloor, scooping up whatever lives there and often leaving damaged habitat behind." But for all the attention it gets, there's been a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (872+ words) Wildfires aren't just getting worse in places that already burn. They're also showing up in regions that used to be relatively protected, including areas closer to the poles. A new study argues that this shift is becoming a serious and…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (865+ words) A new analysis has found that climate change will push summer air pollution high enough for about 100 million Americans to regularly face unhealthy conditions by 2100. That shift turns what were once occasional smog warnings into a near-daily risk for people…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (816+ words) Hot weather doesn't just make cities uncomfortable " it changes how people move through them. New data from Spain shows that as temperatures rise, people begin skipping trips, avoiding busy streets, and cutting back on everyday routines. At first, those changes…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (781+ words) Plants can take in nutrients directly from atmospheric dust through their leaves, not just through their roots, according to a new study. The research turns a passing dust event into a direct source of nourishment and changes how plant nutrition…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (798+ words) Each spring, pollen season sweeps in and turns mild, sunny days into a struggle for millions of people with allergies. What should feel like a welcome change in the weather often brings sneezing, itchy eyes, and constant congestion instead. Now,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (796+ words) Researchers report that a large reservoir of heat moving beneath the tropical Pacific has begun reorganizing surface conditions toward a developing El Ni'o." That emerging pattern is already raising the odds of a stronger event later this year, with potential…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1113+ words) Sea ice may look like a solid frozen sheet, but it's anything but simple. Beneath the surface, it's filled with tiny pockets and channels of salty liquid " and whether those pathways connect or stay blocked can completely change how the…...