The ocean has helped mitigate global warming by absorbing around a quarter of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions, along with more than 90% of the excess heat those emissions generate. This ...

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Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. The “Compact for Academic ...

Coral reef growth rates in the tropical western Atlantic have slowed to a fraction of what they once were, erasing coastal ...

Hotel Termas de Rupanco., which was destroyed by the landslide-induced tsunami 1960. Image from Enterreno., posted by Francisco Vidal Guzmán under a by-nc licence. Reconstruction of landslides on the ...

Meteorologist and atmospheric scientist Neil Jacobs, perhaps best known for his involvement in “Sharpiegate,” was confirmed as the new leader of NOAA on Tuesday evening. Credit: Senate.gov Research & ...

A major slope collapse in frozen sediments in Canada highlights the role of progressive failure. Back in January of this year, I posted fascinating a piece by Derek Cronmiller of the Yukon Geological ...

In July 2025, I recorded 71 fatal landslides worldwide, with the loss of 214 lives. Each year, July is one of the key months for the occurrence of fatal landslides globally as the Asian monsoon season ...

Storm Agnes is seen over the Bay of Biscay offshore western Europe on 27 September 2023 in this image captured by the Flexible Combined Imager on the Meteosat Third Generation satellite. Credit: ...

A new study mapped the ages of forests around the world. Forests in the Congo Basin, as seen in this image, were found to be younger at the end of the study than they were at the beginning. Credit: ...

Good digital data is now being published that presents the scale of landscape change that occurred as a result of the Matai’an landslide hazard cascade. There is also interesting information about the ...

The federal government shut down just after midnight on 1 October. Credit: Beth Bagley/AGU Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law ...