Cause, Scope Determined for Deadly Winter Debris Flow in Uttarakhand, India The Uttarakhand region of…
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Declining Growth Rates of Global Coral Reef Ecosystems If the trend of declining coral growth…
Global experts identify key options for solutions; First-ever collaboration between IPBES- and IPCC-selected scientists. Unprecedented…
A new study by CLICCS finds that achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is not…
Popigai Is One of the Largest and Most Well-Preserved Impact Craters on Earth About 36…
Such detailed maps could help policymakers choose the most effective ways of cutting carbon emissions.…
A new forecasting method using simulated data from GEO infrared sounders improved weather model accuracy,…
Large-Scale Alkalinization Could Offset Reef Acidification New research has shown that by injecting an alkalinizing…
Physicists have confirmed that Alfven waves accelerate electrons toward Earth by a “surfing” mechanism, creating…
In 2021, Arctic sea ice tied for the seventh-lowest winter maximum, missing an area larger…
Model of how Earth’s inner core froze into solid iron implies it may be only…
A study found that scientists’ decisions impact climate reconstructions, despite using the same data—calling for…
SOFIA, once focused solely on space, now helps scientists measure atomic oxygen in Earth’s upper…
The Earth’s atmosphere has four primary layers: the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere. These layers…
New study shows that geological storage of low-purity carbon dioxide mixed with oxygen and nitrogen…
Launched in 2007, the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, mission is the…
Scientists discovered that ancient Antarctic cooling varied by region, refining climate models without lessening global…
Freshwater Oxygen Levels Plummet Outpacing Oceans Oxygen levels in the world’s temperate freshwater lakes are…