World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns
The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, but could trim half a degree of that projected future heating if…
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Hong Kong discovers dinosaur fossils for the first time
This undated handout photo shows Zhang Pengjie, an expert from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as he cleans and prepares a…
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Carbon removal industry calls on U.S. government for regulation in new industry report
The unregulated carbon dioxide removal industry is calling on the U.S. government to implement standards and regulations to boost transparency and confidence in the sector that’s been flooded with billions…
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Giant fish thought to be extinct is spotted
WASHINGTON — A huge fish in the Mekong River thought to be extinct has been spotted three times in recent years. “The giant salmon carp is like a symbol of…
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Researchers in a lab near Lake Erie study how toxic algae can damage health
TOLEDO, Ohio — Steven Haller remembers the look of fear on people’s faces when toxic algae in Lake Erie made it into his community’s water supply 10 years ago, shutting…
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On Lake Erie, getting rid of problem algae starts with giving it less food
OREGON, Ohio — On a warm late-summer evening, a small speedboat motored across a pea-green stretch of Lake Erie past a beach where a child sat splashing and a pair…
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Scientists show how sperm and egg come together like a key in a lock at the beginning of life
New life begins with the meeting of sperm and egg. But how they fuse together has long been a mystery. New research by scientists in Austria provides tantalizing clues, showing…
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Moonlight may hamper views of the Orionid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet
WASHINGTON — The Orionids — one of two annual meteor showers from Halley’s comet — peak early Monday. A bright waning moon may make them difficult to spot. The Orionid…
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A brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago is actually twins circling each other
NEW YORK — A celestial object discovered decades ago is actually twins orbiting each other, a new study confirms. Scientists have puzzled over the object known as Gliese 229B, the…
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