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Soil on a chip experiments conducted by Princeton researchers mimic the interactions between soils, carbon compounds and soil bacteria, producing new evidence that large carbon…
A recent study focusing on “the L.A. megacity” — an area encompassing all of Los Angeles County and areas beyond — found that urban greenery…
Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands eruption in 2006. Volcanism is one of the main carbon dioxide sources in the long-term carbon cycle balanced by weathering sinks,…
Full moon in Tromsø, Norway. Credit: Maja Sojtaric High tides may even counter the potential threat of submarine methane release from the warming Arctic. It…
Left: (a) Collection location of the sclerosponge specimen LSI?4 (Lee Stocking Island, The Bahamas). (b) Slab of the sclerosponge analyzed with the shaded region indicating…
New study unravels long-standing climate mystery and provides insight into how our planet may change in the future. Scientists claim to have found the “missing…
Image of archaea. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library A group of international scientists, including an Australian astrophysicist, has used know-how from gravitational-wave astronomy (used to…
A Galápagos Toroise. Credit: Alexander Forryan New research has unlocked the mystery of how the Galápagos Islands, a rocky, volcanic outcrop, with only modest rainfall…
The stratospheric potential vorticity field on February 10, 2018. The Stratospheric Polar Vortex is about to split in two, and the weakening of the vortex…
Sea level could rise higher than current estimates by 2100 if climate change is unchallenged, according to a new assessment. Its authors say understanding the…
Aleutian Islands are an archipelago comprising dozens of islands with 40 active and 17 dormant volcanoes. A researcher from MIPT has proposed a new explanation…
Map showing the exact locations of Caspian Sea surface change. Credit: Prange et al. The water levels of the Caspian Sea will be 9 to…
Artistic diagram of the subsea and coastal permafrost ecosystems, emphasizing greenhouse gas production and release. Credit: Original artwork created for this study by Victor Oleg…
Dead tree trunk in Peru rainforest. Credit: Roel Brienen For the first time scientists have provided clear evidence that tropical tree lifespan decreases above a…
Jackson School Assistant Professor Daniella Rempe (in white hat) and colleagues from the Eel River Critical Zone Observatory and Ben Gurion University install specialized sampling…
The Pacific Ocean’s currents support a diverse ecosystem, seen here from space with green indicating blooms of photosynthesizing plankton. Warmer currents during the ice age…
Spectators gather around a bonfire at Himley Hall near Dudley, on November 6, 2010. Credit: SJNikon – Sam Roberts CC BY 2.0 Bonfire Night celebrations…
A recent study examining carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forests demonstrated that although large-diameter trees (21 inches) only comprised 3% of total stems, they accounted…
Credit: ACS / Environmental Science & Technology Letters Some people refer to the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau as the “third pole” because the region has the largest…