“Turning to Stone” paints stones as storytellers and mentors

Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard

Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting readers’ questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? Bjornerud is exhausted and dizzy. She is dealing with the collapse of her department, the sleep deprivation of early motherhood, … Read more

Jurassic Park inspires a new way to store DNA data

A close-up illustration of a translucent amber-colored rock with a DNA double helix held inside

Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting readers’ questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? The storage density of DNA is many times higher than that of any device humans have created. For example, if … Read more

Scientists find long-sought electric field in Earth’s atmosphere

A rocket takes off from a field of ice and snow.

Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? “It’s essential to the DNA of our planet,” says Collinson, who reported the new measurement in Nature August 28. … Read more