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 ...

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 ...

Very heavy rainfall across Nepal, NE. India and Bhutan has triggered landslides that have killed at least 60 people. Over the last few days, parts of the Himalayas have been hit by very high levels of ...

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 ...

Long-term weather forecasting is a difficult task, partly because weather systems are inherently chaotic. Though mathematical equations can approximate the underlying physics of weather, tiny ...

The aftermath of the landslide dam breach at Matai'an in Taiwan. Image by the Forest Protection Department. At least 15 people are known to have been killed by the debris flow and flood from the ...