3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (153+ words) Worldwide patterns of increased plant water stress reveal water limits to vegetation greening. Leaf area index, which measures the ratio of leaf area to ground area, is commonly used by researchers to track foliage coverage and ecosystem health. One consequence…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (774+ words) This article was first published on the UNDRR PreventionWeb site. A hazard event occurs. Imagine that the first report says 20 people have died. By the evening, the number is 27. The following day, authorities report 23. A week later, some people initially…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (551+ words) The Arctic is often described as a distant frontier. In reality, it is one of the most consequential regions on the planet. For 2 decades, the Arctic Report Card (ARC) has provided an annual, peer-reviewed assessment of environmental conditions across the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (590+ words) The ozone paradox is especially relevant in Mexico City because the region has a long and complex history of air pollution management. The metropolitan area, located at high elevation and surrounded by mountains, has meteorological and topographic conditions that often…...

1+ week, 31+ min ago   (611+ words) Enough satellite and drone imagery is now available to allow some initial analysis of the landslide that started the 26 August 2026 debris flow in Nepal and Tibet. But it is interesting to note that little has been written about the landslide…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (425+ words) New research takes a high-resolution, hourly look at how natural and urban hydrologies interact on the island nation of Singapore. Here an aerial view shows the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, including the shell-like Cloud Forest and Flower Dome…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (115+ words) Emily Gardner, née Dieckman joined Eos as an associate editor in 2023, after nearly 6 years writing and editing at the University of Arizona College of Engineering. She has also won awards for her coverage of culture, human interest, and science stories…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (346+ words) Smoke from the Skinny’s Road Fire blurs spruce forest near Fairbanks, Alaska, in June 2013. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey/photo by Jeremy Littell Climate change is altering patterns of wildfire activity in Alaska, making fires larger and more common in some…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (380+ words) From wildfires and ocean temperatures to antimicrobials and mental health, scientists are uncovering more and more links between climate change and personal health. The health effects of our warming climate go far beyond heat illnesses and direct fallouts from more…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1448+ words) “I’m not going to live to be able to fight off these infections,” she remembers thinking. “Antibiotics aren’t working, and that’s all we have, so I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “Antimicrobial use remains one of the central…...