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As of January 2026, US atmospheric distillation capacity stands at 18.2 million b/d, marking a 1% decrease from the previous ...

A plant that has been quietly growing on Earth for over 400 million years long before the dinosaurs has just done something ...

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The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), long considered the crown jewel in the U.S.’s earth science infrastructure. Scientists who study climate, ...

The Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program joins forces with research programs across the world to improve forecasts of extreme weather events “We know that better measurements of atmospheric rivers ...

A strong-to-extreme atmospheric river will stretch 7,000 miles from the Philippines to the Pacific Northwest this week, bringing significant rainfall, high-elevation snow and strong winds to ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a chatbot earlier this year called R1, which drew a huge amount of attention. Most of it ...