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The Critical Zone, extending from the top of the vegetation canopy to the bottom of groundwater, plays a fundamental role in regulating water, energy, and ...

A switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds.

The curtain is falling on the world's most expensive soap opera. For decades, a cast of unelected bureaucrats and subsidized academics fought to keep the production alive, but the audience has finally ...

The four types of precipitation are rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain. The factor that drives which type of precipitation ...

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

Morgan Underwood receives funding from NASA-funded CLEVER Planets (Cycles of Life-Essential Volatile Elements in Rocky Planets) research project. When astronomers search for planets that could host ...

A recent study shows that 80% of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites are facing climate stress, with wood and stone constructions susceptible to a range of threats from extreme heat, humidity, ...

If new statewide fire safety regulations go into effect, many Los Angeles County residents who live in fire hazard zones will have to remove most plants from the areas closest to their homes. The ...