Toussaint et al 2021 – Examples of threatened species supporting unique functional traits. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The number of vertebrate species inhabiting the different regions…
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August 13, 2021 The eruption of an underwater volcano near South Iwo Jima sent a plume soaring into flight paths and created an expansive raft…
NASA’s MISR instrument captured smoke plumes from five fires burning in northern California. The highest plume reached about 19,685 feet (6,000 meters) in altitude. Credit:…
The global distribution of the combined toxic-climate risk. The global distribution of the combined risk of toxic pollution (low or high ecosystem health) and climate…
Scientists say it is extremely challenging to try and predict when a supervolcano might erupt again due to the sheer diversity of events that have…
Scanning electron microscopy images of foraminifera from different angles. Credit: Northwestern University Shelled organisms helped buffer ocean acidification by consuming less alkalinity from seawater. Third…
August 19 – 23, 2021 Intense rain fell on Northeast U.S. soils that were already saturated. Henri did not reach the northeast U.S. coast at…
The Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland. Credit: Thomas Overly A new study predicts that any sea level rise in the world’s most southern continent will be countered…
The SAIL site in Gothic, Colorado. Credit: Ken Williams/Berkeley Lab First-ever “bedrock-to-atmosphere” observation system could allow scientists to predict the future of water availability in…
Hydrohematite (right) is a brighter red than anhydrous hematite (left). Credit: Si Athena Chen, Penn State A combination of a once-debunked 19th-century identification of a…
A relatively new way of analyzing tree rings has allowed researchers to reconstruct temperatures in Mongolia since 1269 C.E. The new reconstruction confirms that since…
August 12, 2021 August 15, 2021 The island’s vast ice sheet underwent multiple bouts of widespread melting this summer, exacerbated in August 2021 by rain.…
A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder reveals the complex history behind one of the Grand Canyon’s most well-known geologic features: A…
August 19, 2021 Several destructive fires have charred landscapes in northern California, and their emissions are adding up. The worst of California’s fire season typically…
August 20, 2021 The strengthening storm could reach southern New England with hurricane or near-hurricane strength winds. Heavy winds, rain, and storm surge threaten the…
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice. Credit: NOAA July 2021 has earned the…
Backscattered-electron (BSE) image of a botryoidal Pt-Pd nugget. Credit: Rogerio Kwitko-Ribeiro International drilling efforts over the last decades into the seafloor have provided increasing evidence…
A global inventory has revealed that CO2 emissions from oil refineries were 1.3 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018 and could be as large as 16.5 Gt…
An illustration of the structure of the Earth from a research simulation to investigate the composition of the planet’s outer core. Dark spheres in the…
Scientists prepare to collect near-bottom water aboard the R/V Pelican to verify oxygen measurements used to determine the size of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic…