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Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists ...

President Donald Trump is waging a holy war against “climate ideologies” while making it easier to “Drill, baby, drill.” ...

Scientists are raising concerns about free-living amoebae, resilient microbes that can survive in water systems and enable ...

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Many tipping elements are now well-known: the Amazon rainforest, the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning ...

The board heard a presentation on new classes that will be offered starting with the 2026-27 school year. Background: Earlier ...

For centuries, scientists have known that plants "breathe" through microscopic pores on their leaves called stomata. These tiny valves ...

Scientists discovered massive hydrothermal vents off Greece's Milos—underwater chimneys and cracks that spew boiling hot, gas ...

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said.

Eli Greenbaum's new page-turner from UNM Press, Venomous River (2025), draws attention to the importance of protecting the ...