This artist’s illustration of Yamatosaurus izanagii (center) represents its ancestry to more advanced hadrosaurs (in the background). Credit: Artwork by Masato Hattori An international team…
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Two of the most destructive forces of nature — earthquakes and tsunamis — might actually be more of a threat than current estimates according to…
UC undergraduate research assistant Jacob Hoschouer takes samples from an inactive oil well. Credit: UC Geology Geologist studies greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped, idle wells…
April 22, 2021 Numerous fires have filled skies with smoke, causing air quality issues in Omsk. Russian emergency services have reported an abnormally high number…
This was taken in the Scotia Sea during the coring campaign in 2007. Credit: Michael Weber New calculations show the rise due to warming would…
Researchers from the US and Canada found evidence in mineral deposits from caves in Canada that permafrost thawing took place as recently as 400,000 years…
Rapid glacier melt: A roaring meltwater stream connects the Morteratsch and Pers Glaciers (r.), Engadine, Switzerland. A few years ago, the glaciers were connected. Credit:…
Researchers from the US and Canada found evidence in mineral deposits from caves in Canada that permafrost thawing took place as recently as 400,000 years…
Destruction of the Larsen B platform in Antarctica, images from January 31 to April 13, 2002. Credit: NASA Fractures from melting and run-off will indirectly…
Iran’s Lake Urmia — a sister to Utah’s Great Salt Lake — has lost nearly 95 percent of its volume in the span of two…
The first TanSat global SIF map was constructed using a data-driven method based on the SVD (singular value decomposition) technique. Credit: TanSat team Solar-induced chlorophyll…
December 3, 2020. (Click image for high-resolution view.) The Bay Area has several famous landmarks that stand out from the Space Station. The winter months…
SIIOS demobilization team in Greenland. (left to right) Natalie Wagner, Juliette (Bella) Broadbeck, Dani DellaGiustina, Namrah Habib, Susan Detweiler, Angela Marusiak, and pilot Sebastian Holst.…
This April full moon is known as the pink moon because it heralds the arrival of spring flowers. A “super full moon” is coming on…
An artist’s conception of the early Earth, showing a surface bombarded by large impacts that result in the extrusion of magma onto the surface. At…
The global population could reach 10 billion by 2050; explosive population growth is contributing to a broad array of other challenges for the planet. The…
September 2020 – March 2021 There were no records set in 2020-21, but the downward trends in polar ice continue. The amount of sea ice…
More than 30 years ago, wilderness areas — natural areas that have not been considerably modified by humans — were identified as priorities of conservation…
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage could help stabilize the climate without breaking the bank. Negative Emissions, Positive Economy The long-term goals of the Paris…
Loss of water on land through ice melting and human-caused factors is changing the movement of the North and South poles. Glacial melting due to…