Credit: University of British Columbia Findings could help explain how air pollutants interact with the atmosphere. Researchers at the University of British Columbia, University of…
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Researchers from the US and Canada found evidence in mineral deposits from caves in Canada that permafrost thawing took place as recently as 400,000 years…
Rapid glacier melt: A roaring meltwater stream connects the Morteratsch and Pers Glaciers (r.), Engadine, Switzerland. A few years ago, the glaciers were connected. Credit:…
The first TanSat global SIF map was constructed using a data-driven method based on the SVD (singular value decomposition) technique. Credit: TanSat team Solar-induced chlorophyll…
Illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover at work within Mars’s Jezero Crater. Credit: NASA and JPL-Caltech Simulation led by University of Chicago geoscientist finds missing piece…
Climate “Tipping Points” Need Not Be the End of the World – Disastrous Consequences Could Be Averted
Climate “Tipping Points” Need Not Be the End of the World – Disastrous Consequences Could Be Averted
The disastrous consequences of climate “tipping points” could be averted if global warming was reversed quickly enough, new research suggests. Once triggered, tipping points may…
An international climate intervention workgroup publishes paper exploring the potential risks and benefits of a proposed high-tech climate intervention. Nine of the hottest years in…
Surprisingly, exposure to a high background radiation might actually lead to clear beneficial health effects in humans, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and…
For the first time, researchers have been able to obtain data from underneath Thwaites Glacier, also known as the “Doomsday Glacier.” They find that the…
Published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, researchers in the Climate Intervention Biology Working Group — including Jessica Hellmann from the University of…
Earth’s energy budget describes the balance between the radiant energy that reaches Earth from the sun and the energy that flows from Earth back out…
A NASA supercomputer model shows how greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) – a key driver of global warming – fluctuate in Earth’s atmosphere throughout…
Sea-level rise leads to increased flooding at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey. The photos show approximately the same view in…
People living in South Asia already experience potentially deadly heat waves, but these events will likely become more commonplace in the coming decades even if…
Changes in average start dates and lengths of the four seasons in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes for 1952, 2011 and 2100. Credit: Wang et al…
Fireworks are used in celebrations around the world, including Independence Day in the U.S., the Lantern Festival in China and the Diwali Festival in India.…
Dr. Ines Zucker. Credit: Tel Aviv University Studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 remains active on aerosols and surfaces for between several hours and several days,…
Ancient kauri tree log from Ngawha, New Zealand. Credit: Nelson Parker Radiocarbon measurements on the remains of 42,000-year-old New Zealand kauri trees provide the basis…
(Left) Predicted change of ocean surface temperature in 2050-2099 relative to 1950-1999 using an ensemble of climate models. (Right) Predicted change in amplitude of rainfall…
MARSBOx payload in the Earth’s middle stratosphere (38 km altitude). The shutter is open exposing the top layer samples to UV radiation. Credit: NASA Study…