This dataset (blue points in the central map) was used for the parametric estimation and merged with the TREECHANGE occurrence-based data (purple points in the…
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200 million years from now Mogadishu and Mumbai will be neighbours along a large mountain range. Credit: Douwe van Hinsbergen Every geography schoolbook has them:…
Using data on glacier velocity, South America’s tropical Andes mountains were found to have up to 23% less ice and freshwater availability. Darker colors overlayed…
Ironstones deposited on the seafloor nearly two billion years ago now occur as rocky outcrops along the lakeshore of Tu Nedhé (Northwest Territories, Canada). Credit:…
Earth’s interior structure and superionic inner core. Credit: IGCAS Earth’s core, the deepest part of our planet, is characterized by extremely high pressure and temperature.…
The startup Loci Controls, begun at MIT, uses solar-powered devices to improve methane capture at gas collection wells in landfills. Credit: Courtesy of Loci Controls…
February 4, 2022 A blast of high-speed solar wind provoked dancing auroras in early February. Auroras are a brilliant reminder that Earth is constantly absorbing…
The coast of Balneário Camboriú in Brazil is an example of a coastal region that is under high levels of increasing pressure. Credit: Leonardo Felippi…
February 1, 2022 Sporting events in Beijing are clustered in three zones, each with distinct geography. Beijing, the host city for the 2022 Olympic Winter…
Rapid erosion of supermountains released large amounts of nutrients, which were eventually carried into the oceans. Giant mountain ranges at least as high as the…
This image of Batura Glacier, in the upper Hunza Valley, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, was captured on August 13, 2021, by the Copernicus…
Salmon can colonize newly created streams, but face many other challenges from climate change. Credit: Freshwaters Illustrated A study led by Simon Fraser University researchers…
An effort of 15 deep-sea international expeditions has allowed the analysis of abyssal sediments collected in all major oceanic regions, including the Arctic and Southern…
2019 – 2020 Heat and drought exacerbated fire season in 2020, but cattle grazing and other human activities also primed the region to burn. One…
Mariusz Potocki and Sherpa team drilling the highest ice core ever recovered at 8020m elevation with the summit of Mount Everest in the background. Credit:…
Researchers from Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo find that the occurrence of red snow is closely tied to the length of the…
Coral bleaching in Okinawa, Japan. Credit: Beger Lab Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels will still be catastrophic for coral reefs, new research…
A view of the Earth from space on September 21, 2005, with the full Antarctic region visible. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center AWI study provides…
Eliminating all animal agriculture within the next 15 years would drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A new…
July 23, 2017 – January 17, 2022 Researchers are using data from weather satellites to detect meteors entering Earth’s atmosphere. The new year began with…