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'Extreme heat is already reaching the limits of our societies' ability to cope,' as a result of climate change, one expert group said.

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Glaciers and ice sheets are in trouble. Worldwide, glaciers (not including the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets) lost 273 billion tonnes of ice from 2000-2023, with the second decade (2012-2023) increasing by 36% compared with the first1. In 2025 alone, glaciers lost 408 billion tonnes of ice, equivalent to 1.1 mm sea level rise2.

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As the 2026 FIFA World Cup plays out in North America, M.A. in Climate and Society graduates are working behind the scenes to drive sustainability efforts in sporting events....

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Southern California's largest faults have been unusually quiet over the last century. More than 165 years have passed since the great 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake ruptured the southern San Andreas Fault. During that time of relative seismic quiescence, tectonic forces have continued to load both the San Andreas and neighboring San Jacinto faults in the Cajon Pass area (Figure 1).

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A couple of dudes on Dude Mountain

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Fossil Whale Skeleton, Wadi Al-HitanEgypt's Eocene limestones captivate geologists and paleontologists from around the world. These pale, fossil-rich rocks hold the story of an ancient sea and the remarkable creatures that once swam through it...

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Over a year later, I still question if taking our Queer Climate Justice StoryMaps private was the right choice, especially as a new season of El Niño storms threatens our communities. While rising persecution made protecting our data feel necessary, Audre Lorde's words still haunt me: "When we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak, knowing we were never meant to survive."

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I will be giving some public talks on shark science and conservation this summer. Here's how to find me! Tuesday, July 7th, Silver Spring, Maryland (Wheaton Library, 5:30 P.M.) This talk is kid friendly, and is an overview of shark science and cons...

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Our ELI today is 'Lost at sea - the amazing journeys of rubber ducks around the world; studying ocean currents following the Friendly Floatees ocean spill'.

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These observations prompt­ed Renergen to apply for a natural gas exploration per­mit across Welkom, Virgin­ia and Theunissen in Free State, South Africa. They soon discov­ered that apart from methane, the gas also contained high concentrations of helium, an opportunity that could po­tentially double their income stream. LNG production for the local market came online in...

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The story of sheep begins long before shepherds, wool sweaters, and stone fences. It starts in the rugged mountains and open grasslands of Eurasia, where their wild ancestors evolved into some of the most sure-footed herbivores on the planet.Mod...

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I always like studies that use authentic data from out in the wild. I think it is so elegant to look at what is happening in real life rather than trying to generate data and then having people not respond leading to too small sample sizes, people mi...

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I am taking a break this week and plan to post again on Sunday, July 5....

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When it comes to temperature in Europe, there is absolutely no doubt -- unless you are a complete idiot or outright liar (or both) -- that this is not "just summer." Europe is sweltering through its worst heat wave ever. ... Continue reading ??...

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I loved the book "Designing and Facilitating Workshops with Intentionality" by Tolu Noah (2025) so much when I read it last summer! I have very fond memories of sitting in my parents' garden with the book, working through it by applying everyth...

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Waco Mammoth National Moment Fossil SiteIf you've ever wondered what happens when a herd of Columbian mammoths, a flash flood, and 21st-century paleontologists all meet in Waco, Texas... well, Waco Mammoth National Monument has your answer: deep ti...

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In June of 2025 heat waves combined with limited winter snowpack set the stage for significant glacier loss, 3% of the volume of Swiss Glacier. This followed on the exceptional losses in 2022 and 2023. This same story in playing out through Ju...

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Some fault systems in the world are well known for their destructive potential. Examples are Turkey's North Anatolian fault and California's San Andreas. In both cases, large events in the not-too-distant future are widely predicted. In Turkey, t...

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I am thinking about this for students in year 4/5 in the context of a sustainability course where we challenge them to question a lot of assumptions that they have met throughout most of their studies. We want a course-wide code of conduct, and then ...

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Be sure to vote for Group L in the poll at the bottom! England - 18/14/10/9 - Saunders Landsat false color image of Bristol Island erupting in 2016. The red glow at the summit is the new hot lava. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory. Tackling...

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This is intended to be the third and final installment in this series, and I'll probably forget something in here - but here goes! The Xenorophus monograph was a monumental task to write and publish, and this "cliff notes" version will probably fail to cover everything. There's a LOT of meat in there, so who knows how many additional posts I'll have to make. To see part 1, click here, and for part 2, click here.

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A planet's path around the Sun, a quasi-moon tagging along, and your name a million miles away....

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