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Illinois removed dams from Brewster Creek in 2006; by 2014, surveys had found 14 fish species not previously recorded in the restored stretch, including catfish- In 2012, 18,000 volunteers classified 1 million cyclone images; their crowdsourced assessments helped scientists study past storms
- Since 2016, about 23,000 Plastic Pirates pupils have surveyed German rivers for litter; their data found plastic and cigarette butts among the most common items
- In 2009, Key West sank the 523-foot Vandenberg in 140 feet of water; one year later, REEF monitoring had documented 123 fish species on the former shipIn 2009, the retired missile ship Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg was deliberately sunk near Key West, giving rise to a significant artificial reef...01 Sep, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
- During Alaska stream research, teams developed an automated salmon-counting system to track fish in sonar video and reduce reliance on manual countingAlaska's manual salmon counting techniques are laborious and expensive. To improve efficiency, new computer vision algorithms are under dev...27 Aug, 2026, 02.40 PM IST
- In the 1950s, U.S. nuclear tests were conducted at Bikini and Enewetak; decades later, Guam corals preserved carbon-14 spikes linked to tests in 1954, 1956, and 1958Guam’s coral reefs act as natural historians, chronicling chemical footprints of Cold War-era nuclear tests. Distinct radiocarbon spikes fr...25 Aug, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
- NASA climate data copied to Swiss supercomputer for AI training amid US funding cutsResearchers have copied massive quantities of publicly-available climate and environmental data from NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to tra...20 Jul, 2026, 07.41 PM IST
- Why Geomagnetic Storms Can Disrupt Power Grids and What the Data ShowsSolar storms, releasing charged particles, can disrupt Earth's magnetic field, inducing damaging currents in power grids. These geomagnetic...17 Feb, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
- Europe is breaking its reliance on American scienceEuropean nations are working to reduce reliance on US scientific data. This follows US budget cuts impacting climate and weather research. ...01 Aug, 2025, 10.52 AM IST
- 2023 officially warmest year on record by a huge margin, WMO confirmsStrictly, the WMO found that the annual average global temperature was 1.45 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels. They consoli...13 Jan, 2024, 05.34 PM IST
- For third day, it was the hottest day on Earth, as global temperature reaches 17.18 CelsiusThe average global temperature was 17.18 Celsius (62.9 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the University of Maine's Climate Reanalyzer, a to...06 Jul, 2023, 11.47 AM IST
- 2017 may be among top three hottest years on record: UNThe first 11 months of 2017 were the third warmest on record, behind 2016 and 2015, with much-warmer-than-average conditions engulfing much...20 Dec, 2017, 11.53 AM IST
- 2016 on track to be hottest year ever: UNThe El Nino event, which turned up the Earth's thermostat, has now disappeared, but "climate change, caused by heat-trapping greenhouse gas...22 Jul, 2016, 03.19 PM IST
- Indian-American Dhanurjay 'DJ' Patil named first US chief data scientistAn Indian-American has been named the first chief data scientist by the White House to shape policies and practices that will help the US r...20 Feb, 2015, 10.00 PM IST
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