
Animals
Palm-size marsupials may face extinction from wild ‘house’ cats
After surviving Australian bushfires, the Kangaroo Island dunnart is losing ground as it's targeted by hungry predators.
By Asa Stahl
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After surviving Australian bushfires, the Kangaroo Island dunnart is losing ground as it's targeted by hungry predators.
More than half the global ocean sees temperature extremes that 100 years ago were rare.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies exist only online. Yet the environmental impacts of their networks affect the real world.
Tornadoes are often spawned by thunderstorms — but can also emerge from hurricanes and wildfires.
When heat waves and droughts collide, water is precious. Some thirsty plants try to cool off by opening tiny pores — only to lose water even faster.
Smoke drifts. Fish eggs float downstream. Where such drifting things end up may seem a mystery. But research can predict where they’ll end up.
A new model suggests that 58 percent of coral reefs and 88 percent of seagrass beds are exposed to excess nitrogen from wastewater.
Studies now show that most wildfires don’t kill microbes. That’s fueling worries about what risks these smoke hitchhikers might pose to people.
Scientists are seeking to understand why and how to mop up excess precipitation.
It links extreme weather around the globe to Earth’s changing climate.