Rainy, with a chance of rockfalls: New landslide forecasting system debuts in Rio
Landslide “nowcasts” could give residents of Rio de Janeiro extra time to escape disaster
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A mysterious disease is striking American beech trees
Researchers debate whether a tiny worm is to blame -
New reactor could halve carbon dioxide emissions from ammonia production
Device combines three reactors into one -
Unprecedented drought in an artificial ecosystem may reveal how rainforests will cope with climate change
Researchers at Biosphere 2 are tracing carbon through trees and soils to monitor effects of water stress -
Dismissed EPA science advisers gather in ‘unprecedented’ challenge to Trump administration
Ousted air quality experts stage their own review of agency’s particulate science -
Rick Perry’s most surprising legacy as energy secretary could be bigger science budget
Artificial intelligence became a bigger DOE priority under Perry -
Indonesia’s fires are bad, but new measures prevented them from becoming worse
Policies to preserve and restore waterlogged forest help mitigate blazes, scientists say -
Connecting fragmented pieces of habitat can help endangered species recover
Study finds that “corridors” are much more beneficial than once believed -
‘There’s no scenario that stops sea level rise in this century,’ dire U.N. climate report warns
Warming will drive catastrophic storm surges, slumping permafrost, and shrinking fish in the oceans and poles -
Three billion North American birds have vanished since 1970, surveys show
Even common birds are in steep decline, spurring hunt for causes -
‘A little bit of everything is burning.’: A NASA scientist dissects Amazon fires
Science chats with remote sensing specialist Douglas Morton -
EPA’s controversial ‘secret science’ plan still lacks key details, advisers say
Transparency proposal has been widely lambasted by research groups -
There’s no doubt that Brazil’s fires are linked to deforestation, scientists say
Number of blazes has almost doubled compared with last year, satellite data show -
Scientists say sustainable forestry organizations should lift ban on biotech trees
Prohibition by the Forest Stewardship Council and others has hampered research -
Arctic researchers will lock this ship in ice for a year to study the changing polar region
German icebreaker will lead unprecedented $134 million effort -
Vanishing Arctic ice will open the way for more science voyages, analysis suggests
Vessel traffic in U.S. Arctic has doubled since 2008
