The “Triaxus” towing platform breaks through the choppy surface of the ocean during a storm. By towing such a platform with monitoring instruments through the…
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July 6, 2020 A young volcanic island has been growing in the western Pacific Ocean since 2013. Since mid-June 2020, it has been going through…
Ecosystem ecologist and post-doctoral fellow Kyle Arndt checking on the measurement equipment set up by SDSU in Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska. New research finds that…
Noctilucent or ‘night shining’ clouds (NLC) are captured over Knowlton Church in Dorset, UK, by astrophotographer Ollie Taylor in the early hours of June 22,…
A new study by the University of Leeds and University of California at San Diego reveals that changes in the direction of the Earth’s magnetic…
Physicists Explain Why Changes to Earth’s Magnetic Field Are Weaker Over the Pacific A new study by University of Alberta physicists provides an explanation for…
The first comprehensive worldwide assessment of heatwaves down to regional levels has revealed that in nearly every part of the world heatwaves have been increasing…
In this photo, Alison Hoyt stands on top of a log during a research trip in a peat swamp forest in Borneo. Tropical peatlands are…
June 27, 2020 Winds routinely drive clouds of Saharan dust out of West Africa and across the Atlantic Ocean in the summer. But the intensity…
(Click image for full view.) NASA’s Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument imaged areas burned by the Bighorn Fire north of Tucson,…
Holocene global mean surface temperature. Credit: Victor O. Leshyk, Northern Arizona University Comprehensive compilation of pre-historic temperature records shows that global warming is reaching levels…
Douglas firs are the most abundant trees in North America. Their ecological niche spans Southern Mexico to the Northern Rockies. Warming Will Reduce Trees’ Ability…
Beavers Gnawing Away at the Permafrost The large rodents are massively changing landscapes in the Arctic, which could have serious consequences for the frozen soils…
Modeling of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago shows it created a world largely unsuitable for dinosaurs to live in. The asteroid, which…
This false-color image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission features the Andes mountains, in southern Peru. This image was processed in a way that makes…
New representations of clouds are making models more sensitive to carbon dioxide. As scientists work to determine why some of the latest climate models suggest…
June 22, 2020 The 2019-20 winter in Europe was the warmest on record, with little snow. The spring was also drier and warmer than normal,…
Artist’s rendering of the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite. The width of the region scanned on Earth’s surface during each orbit is about 620 miles.…
Scientists examined hundreds of samples taken along the global ridges that contain recycled ancient oceanic crust in variable amounts. “Depleted” segments of the ridge received…
MIT analysis uncovers the basis of the severe rainfall declines predicted by many models. Although global climate models vary in many ways, they agree on…