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The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said.Continued global heating could…

Warming is accelerating, threatening a cascade of tipping points that destabilize the climate. In a new paper, scientists say the risk of “hothouse Earth” is greater…

Food is fuel. It sounds like a cliché, but if you are a Winter Olympian, that phrase is more like a mantra. And with every Olympic…

Two yellowing street lamps cast a pool of light on the dark road winding into the woods outside Mazée village. This scene is typical for narrow…

February 11, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHow ‘effectively zero-knowledge’ proofs could transform cryptographyA new tool expands the ways people can prove they’ve solved…

After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes…

February 9, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmAncient seafarers helped shape Arctic ecosystemsHumans might have been sailing the sea between Greenland and Canada as…

In what is set to be its most audacious anti-environment move yet, the Trump administration on Thursday will roll back the mechanism allowing the government to…

February 10, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThe quirky geology behind Olympic curling stonesThe rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from…

A gray wolf wandered into Los Angeles county for the first time in more than a century on Saturday morning.“This is the most southern verified record…