University of Delaware study finds direct links between old carbon, graphite, and seafloor hydrothermal vents. For years, researchers looking at seafloor sediments would find bits…
World-renowned climate scientist J. Shukla calls the new paper by University of Maryland scientists ‘a very important paper in the history of predictability research.’ University…
Greenhouse gas emissions released directly from the movement of volcanic rocks are capable of creating massive global warming effects — a discovery which could transform…
Researchers from Tohoku University have discovered a new petit-spot volcano at the oldest section of the Pacific Plate. The research team, led by Associate Professor…
Most researchers believe that the mass extinction 201 million years ago was caused by release of CO2 by volcanism with global warming as a consequence….
Coal use is down dramatically in the United States and the European Union, and renewable energy is gaining traction. But rising natural gas and oil…
Drone images show Greenland ice sheet becoming more unstable as it fractures. The world’s second-largest ice sheet, and the single largest contributor to global sea-level…
How ancient microbes created massive ore deposits, set the stage for early life on Earth. New research in Science Advances is uncovering the vital role…
An international team of researchers led by the University of Leeds have revealed for the first time that Amazon forests with the greatest evolutionary diversity…
More than half of the climate tipping points identified a decade ago are now “active,” a group of leading scientists have warned. This threatens the…
Test under Monterey Bay shows undersea fiber-optic cables can detect quakes, fault systems. Fiber-optic cables that constitute a global undersea telecommunications network could one day…
Burning of the rainforest in southwestern Amazonia (the Brazilian, Peruvian and Bolivian Amazon) may increase the melting of tropical glaciers in the Andes, according to…
Sharks, penguins, turtles and other seagoing species could help humans monitor the oceans by transmitting oceanographic information from electronic tags. Thousands of marine animals are…
International study quantified and characterized charcoal and soot produced by incomplete burning of trees and transported by river to the Atlantic. Besides swathes of destroyed…
There’s chaos in the night sky, about 60 to 600 miles above Earth’s surface. Called the ionosphere, this layer of Earth’s atmosphere is blasted by…
Carbon dioxide makes up 0.04% of the world’s atmosphere. Not 0.4% or 4%, but 0.04%! How can it be so important in global warming if…
Earth’s climate is changing, and the study of oceans is vital to understanding the effects of those changes on our future. For the first time,…
Compelling Hard Evidence: El Nino Swings More Violently in the Industrial Age El Ninos have become more intense in the industrial age, which stands to…
