4+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1124+ words) You can tell a lot about a forest by the mosses, lichens and liverworts you find there. Some of these nonvascular plants, or bryophytes, even hint at changes to the towering geologic and ice formations to which they owe their…...

4+ hour, 11+ min ago  (925+ words) A recently published study adds more scientific weight to a claim the Trump administration is trying to discredit: The Rice’s whale, Earth’s only filter-feeding whale that lives exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico offshore Florida, is a species of its…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago  (506+ words) “Science” is not a monolithic set of truths that the general public should only eagerly await to be bestowed upon them by elites who supposedly know better. A more honest appraisal of science recognizes its limitations, its missteps, and its…...

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9+ hour, 26+ min ago  (367+ words) Scientists discovered that extreme deep-sea pressure squeezes valuable nutrients out of sinking organic particles, providing an unexpected food source for ocean microbes. The finding could rewrite our understanding of both deep-ocean ecosystems and how carbon is stored on Earth....

19+ hour, 47+ min ago  (633+ words) • CM announces specialised committee will draft authority’s framework• PMD warns of Glof risks in GB, KP amid fresh weather system; urges residents to avoid riverbanks, glacial lakes and vulnerable mountain areas; reports above-normal daytime temperatures in glaciated valleys• Disa­ster…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago  (710+ words) The Amarnath Yatra is witnessing an influx of devotees. More than a year after the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives in the Valley, devotees have begun trekking toward the shrine once again. As a record number of devotees…...

1+ day, 47+ min ago  (251+ words) The El Nino phenomenon is accelerating the decline of the Humboldt penguin, a species already affected by years of population decrease, Carlos Zavalaga, director of the Research Unit in Ecology and Conservation of Seabirds at the Universidad Cientifica del Sur,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (683+ words) A new study reveals that slow mantle waves pushed East Antarctica skyward over 100 million years, building the high terrain that triggered glaciation 34 million years ago. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Thirty million years separate the freezing of Antarctica from the glaciation of the…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (164+ words) East Kohler Glacier hasn’t just been casually picking up the pace. Its flow rate has shot up spectacularly—by about 560 meters (that’s roughly 1,837 feet) per year more in 2022 compared to 2005. This dramatic acceleration has led East Kohler to start absorbing…...