To figure out how to save the wetland forests of the Amazon, an ecologist from Brazil led a massive series of expeditions to ...

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Andrew Wight is an Australian science journalist based in Cali, Colombia. He’s covered science and STEM in the Global South since 2019, with his work also appearing in Science, Nature and New ...

Millennium; and, OK, I can’t resist, watch the ensemble quietly wiggle as they wait in line to pee. O’Connor and musical ...

I t will take momentous shifts to ensure a reasonably safe climate future. How can we find the wherewithal and endurance to ...

Droughts in the coming decades could be longer than projected by current climate models, a new study published Wednesday in Nature warns. The international team of scientists examined potential ...

Just before fall hits its full stride, we encounter early bits of color — some to be celebrated, some to be admired, and some ...

The stubble helps protect the soil from wind erosion and keeps water from running off the field. (Shannon Mullane, The Colorado Sun) “If you’re holding more water, you’re building pest resistance, you ...

Australia is prone to drought partly because of its geography. Our continent spans the latitudes of the subtropical high pressure belt. This is an area of sinking, dry, stable air and usually clear ...

Drought is a prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was, much of inland Australia would ...