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Ownership of cars and light trucks are on the upswing, says a University of Michigan researcher.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-road-vehicle-ownership-miles-driven.html

"When it comes to sustainability, I think the train left the station. We didn't do it. So now I'm more concerned with resilience and adaptation."

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-networking-urban-climate.html

Researchers say almost half of Australian families tracked in a 30-year study have experienced poverty at least once.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-poverty-life-sentence-australia.html

If you shop online or swipe a credit or debit card when out to eat, you've likely received a notice your personal information was compromised in a data breach. And if you're like most consumers, chances are you did nothing in response, says an Iowa State University researcher.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-combating-breach-fatigue.html

Ships churning through the Atlantic Ocean produced this patchwork of bright, criss-crossing cloud trails off the coast of Portugal and Spain. The narrow clouds, known as ship tracks, form when water vapor condenses around tiny particles of pollution that ships emit as exhaust or that form from gases in the exhaust. Ship tracks typically form in areas where low-lying stratus and cumulus clouds are present.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-image-ships-clouds.html

A new study has found that dust, not spring warmth, controls the pace of spring snowmelt that feeds the headwaters of the Colorado River. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the amount of dust on the mountain snowpack controls how fast the Colorado Basin's rivers rise in the spring regardless of air temperature, with more dust correlated with faster spring runoff and higher peak flows.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-springtime-river-west.html