The Geological Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that its History and Philosophy of Geology Division has officially changed its name to the History, Philosophy, and Geoheritage (HPG) Division. The decision, approved by an overwhelming majority of the Division’s members, reflects a broadened mission that embraces geoheritage as a vital pillar of the geosciences.

Early online research in journals of the American Meteorological Society features topics including the relationship between hot, dry air and gun violence in New York City; the importance of NOAA research flights to improve hurricane track forecatss; lightning-initiated wildfires; and studies on how personal experience of extreme weather interacts with political preferences to shape views on climate change.

To help understand air pollution health effects, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis quantify how the amount of submicron particles in the air has changed over the past 25 years.

In a recent study published in New Phytologist, researchers at Michigan State University have uncovered how Amazon rainforest canopy trees manage the intense sunlight they absorb — revealing resilience to hot and dry conditions in the forest canopy while also offering a way to greatly improve the monitoring of canopy health under increasing extreme conditions. The study was made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation and NASA.

Researchers from the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the University of South Alabama recently completed their annual presentation to the leadership at Alabama Marine Resources Division on the condition of fish populations around the more than 10,000 artificial reefs off Alabama’s coast.

13 June 2025 / Kiel. Methods to enhance the ocean’s uptake of carbon dioxide (CO₂) are being explored to help tackle the climate crisis. However, some of these approaches could significantly exacerbate ocean deoxygenation. Their potential impact on marine oxygen must therefore be systematically considered when assessing their suitability. This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers led by Prof. Dr Andreas Oschlies from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. The findings were published yesterday in the journal Environmental Research Letters.