Johan Sjöström warns Europe’s wildfire “new normal” demands land management, not just weather fixes
The RISE scientist says fires in northern France fit a pattern, forcing regulators and boards to rethink vegetation and preparedness.

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The RISE scientist says fires in northern France fit a pattern, forcing regulators and boards to rethink vegetation and preparedness.
A Hillsborough meteorite fall on July 16, 2024 tracked by Doppler radar now offers unusually pristine clues to briny asteroid chemistry.
A new method shows microbes do not respond uniformly to viruses, giving researchers a sharper map of infection and destruction.
New Ecosphere research links winter snowfall to summer pond extremes that reshape alpine ecosystems.
When an unusual space rock crashed through the roof, the homeowners became critical partners in figuring out its makeup.
New Congo Basin colobus likweli is genetically distinct, tiny in range, and already facing poaching pressure.
The Congo’s orange-lipped, roar-and-snort monkey is described in PLOS One, and its DNA redraws African primate timelines.
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They detected the ultraviolet “Hawking partners” and the back reaction that reshapes the analogue event horizon.
A raspberry-like molecule in a molecular cloud could reshape origin-of-life chemistry, even if Earth never makes cosmic candy.
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A new result narrows the gap between truly random behavior and the structure that still leaks through.