Geoengineering Antarctica: Can Aerosol Injection Save the Ice?
Climate Engineering Could Slow Antarctic Ice Loss Scattering sunlight-reflecting particles in the atmosphere could slow rapid melting in West Antarctica and reduce the risk of…
Climate Engineering Could Slow Antarctic Ice Loss Scattering sunlight-reflecting particles in the atmosphere could slow rapid melting in West Antarctica and reduce the risk of…
EMIT delivers first-of-a-kind maps of minerals in Earth’s dust-source areas, enabling scientists to model the fine particles’ role in climate change and more. NASA’s EMIT…
Two years after the eruption of Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands, some roads have been reconstructed. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS)…
After weeks of warnings, a new fissure has opened on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland. The waiting is over. After weeks of ominous earthquake…
A spate of solar activity produced widespread auroras across Canada. A flurry of solar activity in mid-December 2023 sent energized particles crashing into Earth’s magnetosphere,…
What Is Earth’s Magnetosphere? Enveloping our planet and protecting us from the fury of the Sun is a giant bubble of magnetism called the magnetosphere….
A new solver algorithm for the MPAS-Ocean model significantly enhances climate research by reducing computational time and improving accuracy. This breakthrough, integrating Fortran and C++…
Building up wetlands that are drowning under rising oceans remains a challenge, but scientists are now one step closer to identifying solutions. Amid climate change,…
Phenomena called “Steve” and “picket fence” are masquerading as auroras, graduate student argues. The shimmering green, red, and purple curtains of the northern and southern…
Scientists flip the script, revealing trees in wetter regions are more sensitive to drought. This holiday season brings surprising news about your Christmas tree. Scientists…
Even in a quiet dormant phase, a volcano can rapidly become active and its eruption can pose a previously unknown threat to the surrounding area….
WashU researchers, who quantified changes in air pollution from 1998 to 2019, state that further mitigation is still necessary. Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is…
In the Salt Lake Valley, cars equipped with advanced air quality measurement tools, similar to Google Street View vehicles, traversed neighborhoods to gather highly detailed…
Researchers have determined that human activity has shaped the environment as significantly as the glacial retreat at the end of the Ice Age. Scientists have…
Research in climate science reveals new insights into the relationship between surface temperature and outgoing longwave radiation, challenging conventional models and deepening our understanding of…
Data spanning 40 years shows changes in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean near the island of Bermuda, including warming by 1°C. Oceans are constantly changing….
Renewable resource has potential to revolutionize our energy system. In an indication of growing interest in the holy grail of geothermal energy—tapping into the superhot…
The first storm of the Australian tropical cyclone season aimed for Port Douglas. The 2023 tropical cyclone season in the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific oceans…