Josie Garthwaite-Stanford

  • A group of researchers in a square hole dug into ice and snow, with cube-like chunks lifted out and thrown to the side.
    glaciers

    ‘Doomsday glacier’ widening could speed up ice loss soon

    Thwaites Glacier’s main trunk may widen in a way that could speed up ice loss within 20 years, researchers report.
  • A whale statue stands on land behind a chain fence.
    whales

    Some whales eat 10 million pieces of microplastic a day

    Whales eat more tiny specks of plastic than previously thought. And nearly all of it comes from the animals they eat, not the water they gulp.
  • A young student wearing a face mask does schoolwork at a classroom desk.
    children's health

    Wildfire smoke can harm kids’ ability to learn

    Pollution from wildfire smoke can affect children's ability to learn and possibly their future earning power.
  • A group of lightbulbs glowing orange against a black background.
    electricity

    High energy use doesn’t lead to happier people in rich countries

    How much energy is enough for each person to live a happy healthy life? New research finds it's a lot less than people use in many richer countries.
  • person in yellow stands with yellow umbrella
    climate change

    Climate change may bungle weather forecasts

    "Our results show the state of the climate in general has implications for how many days out you can say something that's accurate about the weather."
  • A massive dark cloud on the horizon with orange sunlight below it in the distance
    weather

    Mystery solved: Why icy plumes come before supercell storms

    Icy plumes that precede devastating storms called supercells may be tied to "hydraulic jumps," something Leonardo Da Vinci observed over 500 years ago.
  • premature baby with canula
    premature babies

    Wildfire smoke boosts risk of premature births

    Wildfire smoke may have contributed to as many as 7,000 extra preterm births in California, a new study shows. "There's no safe level of exposure."
  • Smoke rises from the lave lake at the summit of Kilauea, with red lava visible in the crater
    earthquakes

    Erupting volcano’s collapsing crater confirms friction ideas

    Examining the collapse of the erupting volcano Kīlauea's caldera allowed researchers to confirm current ideas about friction's role at earthquake faults.
  • muskrat swims with grass in mouth
    rivers

    Muskrats signal future trouble for freshwater deltas

    Muskrats are a sort of "canary in the coal mine" for one of the world's largest freshwater deltas, research finds.
  • Canada

    Yukon fossils reveal 120 million years of evolution and O2

    A trove of fossils from the Yukon sheds light on the time when land plants and complex animals first evolved on Earth.
  • A volcano spews smoke while surrounded by a field of lava with orange skies in the background
    Venus

    NASA mission will search for volcanoes on ‘hellish’ Venus

    "If you send a spacecraft to the surface of Venus, which has been done several times, they only last a few minutes until the hot acid burns them up."
  • aerial view of cement mixer and excavator pouring foundation
    global warming

    For ‘greener’ concrete, use volcanic rock?

    Concrete gave us the Pantheon and the Hoover Dam, but it's a huge contributor to global warming. Replacing just one ingredient could change that.