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From high-wind forecasts and wildfire behavior to floods, aviation hazards, air quality and space weather, science developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research informs decisions that aim to reduce risk.

Cheetahs vanished from Saudi Arabia half a century ago. Now long-dead mummified big cats may help herald their return.

Large subduction-zone earthquakes leave scars on the continental slope in the deep sea.

A new digital system allows operations on a chip to run in parallel, so an AI program can arrive at the best possible answer more quickly.

The map shows diverse geological features shaping Antarctic glaciers from below, which can improve climate models of ice melt.

A hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating earthquake risk at the Cascadia subduction zone.

New research finds that retinal diseases thought to map one-to-one to genetic mutations are more complicated than that.

Our best models of the cosmos don't add up — but that could change if the universe is actually made of a viscous 'fluid,' a new paper suggests.

The 2026 breeding season for endangered kākāpō could produce the most chicks in decades.

New photos show off NASA's newly constructed Roman Space Telescope, which will soon help researchers unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. Experts have also revealed when the next-gen spacecraft is set to launch and begin collecting data.

Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that require less water, making them potentially more resilient to climate change.