Articles by

Carolyn Gramling

AI sniffs out whiskey flavor notes as well as the pros

Humans’ noses can be adept at detecting delicate hints of apple or smoke in a glass of...

The 2024 eclipse gave a rare view of the sun. Here’s a peek at early data

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scientists threw everything they had at the sky during the solar eclipse that swept...

The 2004 tsunami killed hundreds of thousands. Are we better prepared now?

Twenty years ago, the seafloor west of Indonesia abruptly pushed upward as a deep undersea fault, where...

Climate change made 2024 the hottest year on record. The heat was deadly

Over and over, the numbers tell the same story: 2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, knocking...

China’s famously rich dinosaur fossil beds get a new origins story

One of the most extraordinary fossil beds of Cretaceous creatures in the world formed about 125 million...

From electric cars to wildfires, how Trump may affect climate actions

If we learned anything from 2024, it’s that climate change is rapidly reshaping our world. We’re on...

Satellite space junk might wreak havoc on the stratosphere

Earth’s space junk may be wreaking havoc on the stratosphere. The rapid surge in satellite megaconstellations is...

Meet Chonkus, the mutant cyanobacteria that could help sink climate change

Stand back, ordinary ocean-dwelling, oxygen-spewing organisms: There’s a new green, hulkish mutant in town. And hefty UTEX...