Globorataloides hexagonus shell recovered from a deep-sea sediment core in the tropical Pacific ocean. Credit: Catherine Davis Scientists have mapped out oceanic “dead zones” from…
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These images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite show the before and after of the massive slab of ice that broke away from the Brunt Ice…
The minimal variation in CO2 levels may indicate that the climate is more responsive to alterations in atmospheric CO2 concentrations than previously thought. The emergence…
Research ship the Nathaniel B Palmer at the Thwaites Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Credit: Aleksandra Mazur A process that can contribute to the melting of…
According to recent research, elephants play a crucial role in the development of forests that store large amounts of carbon and preserving the biodiversity of…
A new study suggests that building infrastructure for cleaner energy generation will by itself create carbon emissions, but the faster it happens, the fewer they…
Western edge of the Sahara Desert captured by NASA’s Terra satellite on December 14, 2022. The conveyor belt helps transport an essential agricultural fertilizer from…
Trade-wind clouds near Barbados: one plane was used to drop hundreds of atmospheric probes from an altitude of nine kilometers. Credit: MPI-M An airborne campaign…
Direct or indirect interaction with nature is particularly important during childhood. Credit: Gladys Barragan-Jason A review of scientific literature suggests that urbanization is leading to…
One year ago, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted, causing widespread destruction to the Pacific Island Nation of Tonga, spewing volcanic material up to 58…
Seeding the oceans with nano-scale fertilizers could create a much-needed, substantial carbon sink. Credit: Illustration by Stephanie King | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Iron-based fertilizer…
Risk of intact forest landscape loss goes beyond global agricultural supply chains. Credit: One Earth/Kan et al. Intact forests are important climate regulators and harbors…
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2023), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Europe has kicked off the new year with an intense winter…
Topographical map of the world, with higher mountain ranges in dark brown and lower areas in green. The Northern Hemisphere has more land mass and…
A raging wildfire in a forested area with a responding helicopter in the sky. Credit: IOP Publishing Over 80% of premature deaths caused by small…
The samples were collected on the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Sea on an ambitious trans-Arctic expedition in 1994. Credit: US Coast Guard Princeton scientists…
ARCTIC2018 expedition. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Andreas Rogge Scientists discover a new pathway for the movement of carbon-rich materials from productive Arctic coastal waters to the…
Location of identified multi-species ecological linkages and wilderness areas and ungulate migratory routes that intersect linkages between Yellowstone and Glacier park assemblages in the northern…
A recent study has detailed a method of converting plastic waste into a highly porous form of charcoal that has a large surface area of…
An ice age is a period of time when the Earth’s climate is characterized by much cooler temperatures, with large ice sheets and glaciers covering…