(Click image for full view.) The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Kuwait in the Middle East. With a total area of around 17 800…
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A previously unknown significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists marveling at a once overlooked contributor to local coastal ecosystems —…
This image, using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, shows the nitrogen dioxide emissions over China from 7 to 16 March 2020. Credit: Contains modified…
Stratospheric aerosol geoengineering is the idea that adding a layer of aerosol particles to the upper atmosphere can reduce climate changes caused by greenhouse gases…
Opening plastic packaging, such as plastic bags and bottles may contribute to the generation of small amounts of microplastics — small plastic particles less than…
Tropical forest ecosystems are an important part of the global carbon cycle as they take up and store large amounts of CO2. It is however…
The 2019 ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles (16. 4 million square kilometers) on September 8. Abnormal weather patterns in…
Herds of herbivores, such as horses, preserve the permafrost — even under strong global warming. Credit: Pleistocene Park New Mitigation Strategy Bears Great Potential Permafrost…
Recent seafloor drilling has revealed that the ‘hidden continent’ of Zealandia — a region of continental crust twice the size of India submerged beneath the…
Japan’s risk of giant tsunamis may have grown when the angle of a down-going slab of ocean crust declined. In this image the ocean crust…
In this image, captured on July 27, 2019, sea ice can be seen in the waterways of the Canadian Archipelago, as well as broken-up sea…
[embedded content]Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO New data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal the decline…
The rock is composed mainly of the mineral olivine. These oldest preserved mantle rocks of the Earth provide new evidence that water and other elements…
Greenland. Credit: I. Joughin, University of Washington According to a new report, Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than in the 1990s…
A sediment core sample from an aquifer in Vietnam shows orange, arsenic-bearing iron oxides and black NOM. Credit: Andreas Kappler Millions of people worldwide consume…
According to calculations based on real-world data, large ecosystems, such as the Amazon rainforest, will collapse and disappear alarmingly quickly, once a crucial tipping point…
Underwater coral drilling start. Credit: Jason Turl New international research has found a worrying change in the Indian Ocean’s surface temperatures that puts southeast Australia…
Photo of the Biofuels Cropping System Experiment in Michigan, taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Research conducted by Ben-Gurion University and Michigan State University.…
This map shows the increase or decrease of the total burned area in 2019 compared to the 2001-2018 average. Credit: Lizundia-Loiola, J., Pettinari, M.L., &…