Earth Science
Rare New Neodymium Mineral Unearthed at Canada’s Legendary Mont Saint-Hilaire
A new neodymium-dominant carbonate mineral, piilonenite-(Nd), has been described from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, revealing a unique crystal structure and rare...
New Flood Risk Model Puts a Price Tag on Flood Defenses Under Uncertainty
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have developed a computationally efficient probabilistic flood risk model that quantifies the benefit...
Scientists map West Africa’s dams and reservoirs in unprecedented detail
Researchers have compiled and field-validated the most complete harmonized dataset of dams and reservoirs in West Africa, revealing systematic gaps...
Ancient Sea Levels Leave Fingerprints in Japan’s Soft Riverbeds, Refining Erosion Models
A study of Japan's Kamikita Coastal Plain provides the first robust estimates of river incision parameters for soft sedimentary rocks,...
Swiss Farms Cut Nitrogen Pollution for 40 Years, But Their Soils Are Quietly Paying the Price
Four decades of high-resolution modeling show that Swiss agricultural policies dramatically improved nitrogen use efficiency and cut pollution, but at...
Wetlands Turn Up the Heat: New Climate Model Adds Natural Methane Feedback
A new version of the widely used MAGICC climate model incorporates a temperature-driven wetland methane feedback, raising projected warming slightly...
Ancient Climates Reveal a World Split Between Wet and Dry as Warming Intensifies
A new study combining 191 paleoclimate records with global climate simulations shows that wetting and drying since the Last Glacial...
Skills That Change Lives: What 57 Studies Reveal About Women’s Empowerment Under SDG 5 and SDG 8
A systematic thematic review of 57 peer-reviewed studies finds that integrated, multi-component skill development programmes deliver stronger empowerment and livelihood...
Cholera, Pipes and Evidence: Doing Rigorous Water Research Inside a Complex Emergency
Researchers working inside a large water infrastructure programme in cholera-endemic South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, show how pragmatic,...
Clever Data Trick Doubles the Sharpness of Deep Seismic Images in South China
A new processing strategy that interpolates irregular seismic shot points onto a regular 100-meter grid has dramatically sharpened deep crustal...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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