Researchers insert a vacuum line down a borehole in Megadunes, Antarctica, to pump air out of the snow pack. Researchers at UCI analyzed the “firn”…
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Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new insight into what caused one of the most rapid and dramatic instances of climate change in the history of…
Processes in Earth’s upper atmosphere create bright swaths of color known as airglow, as seen here in an image taken from the International Space Station.…
This composite image shows an infrared view of Saturn’s moon Titan from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA Titan, SaturnSaturn is the sixth planet from the…
Surface ocean temperatures simulated at unprecedented resolution using a coupled atmosphere-ocean model. The extensive wavy cold structure in the equatorial Pacific corresponds to a tropical…
The global distribution of the combined toxic-climate risk. The global distribution of the combined risk of toxic pollution (low or high ecosystem health) and climate…
The SAIL site in Gothic, Colorado. Credit: Ken Williams/Berkeley Lab First-ever “bedrock-to-atmosphere” observation system could allow scientists to predict the future of water availability in…
Princeton UniversityFounded in 1746, Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey and the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in…
Scanning electron microscopy image of SiC petrified corn husks. Credit: UC San Diego Salk scientists quantify process to permanently store plant-captured CO2 as SiC, a…
An international review study details for the first time how biochar improves the root zone of a plant. A product made from urban, agriculture, and…
The first land plants were thought to be non-vascular, like mosses. Geoscientific study traces carbon-silicon cycle over three billion years on the basis of lithium…
Tree stump in lignite deposits. Credit: Vittoria Lauretano New research led by the University of BristolThe University of Bristol, a red brick research university in…
The cold snap struck North America’s mid-west and deep south in February 2021, resulting in the coldest recorded temperatures in almost a century in Texas.…
Only around 17% of the carbon budget is now left. That is about 10 years at current emission rates. Credit: ESA/Planetary Visions The Paris Agreement…
A first global assessment using satellite observations shows that for two-thirds of the world, afforestation increases low-level cloud cover, with the effect being strongest over…
Interest in African dust began over 50 years ago when it was discovered that it was frequently transported across the Atlantic in great quantities. New…
Individual trees in urban areas provide cooling during evening, research shows. A single tree along a city street or in a backyard can provide measurable…
A scuba diver observes the purple, white and green microbes covering rocks in Lake Huron’s Middle Island Sinkhole. Credit: Phil Hartmeyer, NOAA Thunder Bay National…
Illustration of ESA’s Mars Express at Mars. Credit: ESA Long-term studies of ozone and water vapor in the atmosphere of Mars could lead to better…
The three main weather patterns on Venus. Researchers think the dayside poleward circulation and newly discovered nightside equatorial circulation may fuel the planetwide super-rotation that…