Science & Earth

Fort Leonard Wood officials are urging readiness ahead of Missouri's tornado season and note the installation has more than 700 safety shelters; the National Weather Service reported 16 tornado-related deaths in Missouri in 2025.

A multi-day outbreak of severe storms, including strong winds, tornadoes and isolated flash flooding, is forecast across the Southeast, Midwest and Southwest over the next three days, and recent tornadoes in Michigan and Oklahoma have killed six people.

A large randomized trial (COSMOS) of about 21,442 older adults found that daily multivitamin use was associated with modest slowdowns in two DNA-based aging clocks over roughly two years.

A woman in Guernsey was fined after 23 AA batteries were found in her household waste, and regulators warn that batteries can leak harmful substances and pose fire risks; councils and retailers offer recycling collection options.

A study in Geophysical Research Letters reports that Earth's warming rate has increased over the past decade and that recent years have averaged about 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, linked to higher greenhouse gases, weakened carbon sinks, and reduced aerosol cooling.

A list highlights 10 rare shark and ray species that are described as among the least-seen and most-threatened, with population declines linked to overfishing, commercial fishing, international trade, habitat degradation and demand for shark fin soup.

A study in Geophysical Research Letters reports global temperatures rose about 0.35°C in the decade to 2025 and that the rate of warming since 2015 has accelerated, with 2024 exceeding 1.5°C for one year.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a revised Artemis schedule that adds an Earth-orbit mission in 2027 (designated Artemis III) and reassigns the first crewed lunar landing to Artemis IV in early 2028; the plan seeks a faster Space Launch System launch cadence by standardizing elements of the rocket. Responses range from skepticism to endorsement, and the Senate Commerce Committee has passed an authorization that supports the proposal.

Sunlight rises rapidly in March as the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun; daylight saving time on March 8 shifts the clock but does not change how much sunlight there is.

NASA announced a major restructuring of its Artemis lunar program: Artemis 3 will shift to a 2027 mission focused on rendezvous and docking tests, while the crewed lunar landing is now slated for Artemis 4 in 2028; Artemis 2 remains a planned crewed lunar flyby with repairs underway.

The article reports President Trump pledged federal help for the Great Salt Lake, and experts say restoring the lake will likely require billions of dollars as it sits near historic low levels.

At least eight people were killed in tornadoes and severe storms in Oklahoma and southern Michigan on March 5–6, and the National Weather Service warned of additional severe weather for March 7.

A new analysis reports that global warming accelerated around 2015 and that the authors say the warming rate nearly doubled after 2014; other scientists have questioned aspects of the methods and remain cautious.

Researchers used synchrotron X-rays and supercomputer imaging to digitally restore the crushed skull of Little Foot, a roughly 3.67-million-year-old Australopithecus specimen, revealing the upper face and eye sockets for the first time.

At least six people were reported killed after storms produced a confirmed tornado in southern Michigan and tornado-related events in Oklahoma; state and federal agencies are coordinating response and damage assessments.

Mission Barns served meatballs made with cultivated pork fat blended with plant protein at tasting events outside Berkeley Bowl, and the company holds U.S. clearance to sell cultivated pork fat while several red states have enacted bans and face legal challenges.

At least four people were killed in southern Michigan after storms that included a confirmed tornado near Union City, and officials said additional possible tornadoes and storm damage were being investigated across the central U.S.

TGI Solar Power Group announced a Letter of Intent to acquire XGC Corp, valuing XGC's platform and intellectual property at $1.8 million USD, with plans to deploy national carbon registry infrastructure intended for Paris Agreement Article 6.4 markets.

The LIGO‑Virgo‑KAGRA collaboration released GWTC-4, a catalog of 128 gravitational-wave sources detected during the fourth observing run (May 2023–Jan 2024), roughly doubling the published list of black hole and neutron star mergers; the dataset includes very massive and fast-spinning black hole collisions and two new mixed black hole–neutron star mergers.

A team of Ukrainian university students developed a process to turn recycled plastic into 3D‑printed medical training tools, and their project has drawn interest from dental associations and other universities.

A study in Science Advances confirms NASA's 2022 DART mission altered the orbit of an entire two-asteroid system, measuring a center-of-mass speed change of about 11.7 microns per second. Researchers report that debris from the impact added momentum beyond the spacecraft's strike.

Researchers report the pygmy long-fingered possum (Dactylonax kambuayai) was observed alive in Indonesia’s Vogelkop Peninsula, and the team also identified a previously unknown genus of gliders called Tous with help from local elders.

New research reports that DART's 2022 impact on the moonlet Dimorphos shortened its orbit around Didymos and also shifted the binary system's 770-day orbit around the Sun by about 0.15 seconds.

The article reports that the U.S. withdrew from UNFCCC-related climate agreements and cites studies and IPCC commentary that question some long-term model predictions and the pace of local sea-level change.

A lab study found Deinococcus radiodurans survived pressures up to about 3 gigapascals—conditions similar to those during asteroid ejecta—and the authors say this finding supports the idea that microbes could survive interplanetary transfer.

NASA announced changes to Artemis to speed SLS launches and emphasize surface activity, and said Artemis III will be used next year to test lunar landers; SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's Blue Moon MK2 are under contract to develop the required crewed landers, but their readiness and the timing of a crewed landing remain uncertain.

A Johns Hopkins team reported that Deinococcus radiodurans survived lab impacts producing pressures similar to asteroid strikes, with survival near 95% at 1.4 GPa, about 60% at 2.4 GPa and under 10% at 2.9 GPa.

Scientists, Indigenous communities and citizen scientists confirmed live sightings of the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider in New Guinea, species previously known only from fossils dated over 7,000 years ago.

A study in Geophysical Research Letters reports a statistically significant acceleration in global surface warming over the past decade and says this change could bring the 1.5°C threshold sooner than earlier projections.

Venus and Saturn will appear about one degree apart in the western sky after sunset on Sunday, March 8; no telescope is required, though clouds or a bright, nearly full moon could affect visibility.