An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be ...

A major climate tipping point could be closer than we thought. Researchers say that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current (AMOC) could be closer to collapse than we previously believed. If this ...

Scientists modeled Europe's future if a key Atlantic current were to collapse and found that the continent faces a much drier future. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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The collapse of the world's most powerful radio and radar telescope didn't kill off science at the Arecibo Observatory, but the National Science Foundation (NSF) might. Puerto Rico's Arecibo ...

It has been one year since libertarian President Javier Milei took office in Argentina, and the nation’s science is facing collapse, researchers say. Milei’s agenda to reduce the country’s deficit and ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier got its nickname the “Doomsday Glacier” for ...

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine analyzes the causes of the 2020 collapse of the National Science Foundation’s telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in ...

The collapse of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age has been blamed on various factors, from war with other territories to internal strife. Now, scientists have used tree ring and isotope ...