Research & Innovation

Scientists find climate change intensifies drought severity across Europe, worsening water scarcity and ecosystem stress

BloombergNEF raises U.S. data center electricity demand forecast 83% to 194GW by 2035, enough to power every U.S. household; AI chip growth could push demand to 229GW

Energy analysts at BloombergNEF predicted last year that U.S.

Rutgers-led study finds Europa’s subsurface ocean may not feed shallow ice reservoirs, complicating direct access for future missions

Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons, has long fascinated scientists because of what may lie beneath its frozen shell: a global ocean of liquid water.

Lake Powell, a vital reservoir, plunges toward unprecedented low levels as water crisis deepens in US west

Experts say the critical reservoir system is careening toward a breaking point as the US west’s climate warms and dries Lake Powell, US’s second-largest reservoir, threatens to plunge to unprecedentedly low levels this year after a historically bleak snowpack failed to raise its water level, scient…

National Academies endorses rapid advances in climate change attribution science, affirming stronger links between emissions and extreme weather events

Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said.

Shinshu and Chiba universities develop hydrogel electrode to stabilize insect antennae odor sensors, extending biohybrid drone sensor recording time

Drones are increasingly being used for disaster response, infrastructure inspection and environmental monitoring.

France records over 5,700 excess deaths in June-July heat wave, its deadliest in 20 years; EuroMOMO reports 10,000+ excess deaths across Europe, mostly seniors

More than 5,700 excess deaths were recorded in France during this summer’s record-breaking heat wave, the country’s health agency announced today.

Chang'e-6 lunar far side samples reveal gradual asteroid bombardment, revising timing and intensity of early solar system impacts, Science Advances reports

Ancient samples from the moon's far side are helping scientists uncover how asteroid impacts shaped the early solar system.

Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf demonstrate that the quantum Zeno effect can nearly halt computations in adiabatic quantum computers as qubit numbers increase

The promise of quantum computing is to solve complex problems faster and more energy-efficiently than today's supercomputers—from optimizing logistics to simulating molecules.

Review finds lack of evidence as to whether planting around our homes reduces the pollution we breathe

A new review led by the University of East London (UEL) has uncovered a major blind spot in air pollution research.

Study finds trust and knowledge sharing among farmers crucial to scaling climate-smart agriculture innovations amid rising climate risks

As the climate becomes increasingly variable and extreme events become more frequent, accelerating the use of innovations that can strengthen agricultural resilience has become a priority for agrifood systems.

This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’

Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02293-y Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.

Stockholm University study finds severe droughts 3,200 years ago in Eastern Mediterranean caused by coinciding natural climate cycles linked to Late Bronze Age collapse

The most severe droughts in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean arose when multiple natural climate cycles coincided, according to a new study from Stockholm University published in Science Advances.

University of Birmingham study finds human-driven extinctions wiped out 75% of island endemic species globally, introduced species now match or exceed natives on many islands

A new study reveals that human activities have fundamentally reshaped biodiversity patterns on islands across the globe, with important implications for how scientists understand ecology, evolution and conservation.

CSU researchers develop AI framework generating multiple rainfall scenarios to improve precipitation forecasts up to two weeks ahead, enhancing uncertainty quantification

Haonan Chen, a CSU associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his team have published research that could improve the accuracy of precipitation forecasts up to two weeks in advance.