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'Is it really necessary to generate another image?': UN scientist explains how everyday people can limit AI's environmental impact12 Comments -
The 'Doomsday Glacier' is poised to lose its ice shelf this year. An Antarctic researcher explains what that means for global sea levels5 Comments -
War has brought Iran's water crisis to a breaking point: 'Things will collapse unless there is meaningful structural change'6 Comments
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Greenland meltwater will drive a 'strong weakening, but not a shutdown' of key Atlantic currents, study findsNew modeling suggests meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet has a big weakening influence on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but the runoff likely won't cause a complete and irreversible collapse.
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Giant, milky-green vortex swirls across massive 'cryptodepression' lake in Southern EuropeEarth from space A 2020 astronaut photo shows a massive, milky-green vortex in Lake Skadar, which lies on the border between Montenegro and Albania.
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What does 'autotroph' mean?Science word of the day Pronunciation: AW'-tuh-trohf
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'These are striking forecasts': Super El Niño keeps getting even more likely, and it could bring a humanitarian crisisForecasts point to the ongoing El Niño rapidly strengthening to a likely all-time record in the coming months, fueling temperature rises and extreme weather.
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Heaven Lake: China's deepest lake sits atop a colossal volcano and belongs mostly to North KoreaIncredible Places Heaven Lake is a body of water located 7,200 feet above sea level at the top of a volcano. It is the deepest lake in China as well as the highest and largest crater lake in Northeast Asia.
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'This was one of the most arduous expeditions I've ever done': Scientists confirm that 15-mile-wide pit found on Google Maps is ancient meteor craterJoël Lapointe was using Google Maps to plan a camping trail through Quebec's Côte-Nord region when he stumbled across a large indentation. Now, scientists have confirmed that the pit was indeed a meteor impact crater that dates back roughly 390 million years.
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'It affects your daily life suddenly': Sea level researcher explains why once-in-a-century floods could become the new normalInterview Live Science spoke with sea level expert Sönke Dangendorf about how human-caused sea-level rise is increasing extreme water levels, as once-in-a-century flooding events become decadal.
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Space shuttle photobombs Earth for the final time, 15 years agoEarth from space This 2011 astronaut photo captured one of NASA's iconic space shuttles passing between Earth and the International Space Station for the very last time.
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Venezuela's devastating 'earthquake doublet' holds a warning for California's San Andreas FaultAnalysis The Venezuelan earthquake doublet is a stark reminder that multi-fault systems may pose greater destructive power than some seismic models predict.
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