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Studies of the Atlantic's circulation find signs of both weakening and unexpected stability in the face of global warming

Enhanced cryo–electron microscopy promises to bring previously elusive proteins into view

Previous brain-wide association studies (BWAS) have linked specific environmental and behavioral variables to brain variability. In this work, we mapped 649 variables to children’s brains and compared the resultant BWAS maps with each other and with ...

The transformation of the Roman world [fourth to ninth centuries common era (CE)], culminating in the Western Roman Empire’s fall, marked a fundamental transition in European history. Key questions persist regarding the regionally specific nature of this ...

Wildfires are reversing decades of air quality improvements across much of the US. Expanded use of prescribed fire is a primary proposed solution, but air quality trade-offs—more initial smoke for less smoke later—remain poorly quantified. Using two ...

Genetic introgression from Neanderthals and Denisovans shaped modern human genomes; however, introgressed structural variants (SVs ≥ 50 base pairs) remain challenging to discover. We integrated high-quality phased assemblies from four new Papua New ...

Large-scale artificial intelligence training demands ultralow-latency, energy-efficient interconnects for massive graphics processing unit clusters. In intensity-modulation/direct-detection links, digital signal processing (DSP) equalization is limited ...

Near Oceanic populations harbor substantial cultural, phenotypic, and genetic diversity yet are drastically underrepresented in human genomics. We generated 177 high-coverage Near Oceanian whole genomes and analyzed them alongside 1284 worldwide genomes, ...

Over decades, I have learned that innovation in agriculture and food systems often looks different from a distance than it does on the ground. Today, some of the most creative, climate-resilient innovations are emerging not from insulated laboratories, but from the regions experiencing the greatest challenges of climate volatility, biodiversity loss, and food insecurity.

Anthropogenic ocean warming affects ecosystem functioning but is not necessarily the primary climate driver regulating tropical seas. Tropical semi-enclosed marine ecosystems are poorly understood, geographically distinct, and influenced by compounding ...

Spontaneous emission is inherently associated with spectral broadening mechanisms, resulting in finite bandwidth in the emitted light. Narrowing this linewidth toward the monochromatic limit has long been a central pursuit in photonics, as it determines ...

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These substances have minimal direct climate effects but trigger chemical reactions that can lead to warming

The Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) is in force (1, 2). Yet marine spatial planning, licensing, and environmental assessment still divide the sea on two-dimensional (2D) maps, even though ecological risk and economic use are distributed through depth and time. Industrial fisheries increasingly extend into deeper waters, but marine protection remains focused in shallower zones (3). Regulators must move beyond planar zoning to effectively manage competition among energy, food production, transport, conservation, and seabed extraction.

Reflect Orbital, a California-based company, plans to deploy 4000 mirror satellites designed to reflect sunlight to Earth’s night side for nighttime lighting and supplementary solar power generation. Although such orbital solar reflector systems offer promising energy and lighting applications, they introduce severe ecological disturbances by altering natural diel light cycles (1). The US government should withhold authorization until ecological assessments have been completed and should regulate the use of the satellites once they have been deployed.

HomeScienceVol. 392, No. 6803Safeguard heritage in the Bolivian AmazonBack To Vol. 392, No. 6803 Full accessLetter Share on Safeguard heritage in the Bolivian AmazonCarla Jaimes Betancourt, Maria Luz Endere, [...] , Geraldine Fernandez, Nahir Cantar, [...] , Zulema Lehm, and Rob Wallace+3 authors +1 authors fewerAuthors Info & AffiliationsScience11 Jun 2026Vol 392, Issue 6803p. 1131 PREVIOUS ARTI…

Water isotope measurements are used to model surface water nitrogen flows on a continental scale

NAD+ depletion triggers a countdown to birth in mice

Rapid cell wall relaxation initiates the snap of the Venus flytrap