2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Tied for Second Lowest on Record [Video]
The extent of Arctic sea ice at the end of this summer was effectively tied with 2007 and 2016 for second-lowest since modern record keeping…
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Why Are Mountains So High? Mysterious Anomaly Exposes Limits of Conventional Theory
Over millions of years, Earth’s summits and valleys have moved and shifted, resulting in the dramatic landscapes of peaks and shadows we know today. Mountains…
Colorful New Bee Species Discovered in Fiji, but Extinction From Climate Change Feared
Bee biodiversity barometer on Fiji — New species described as environment changes The biodiversity buzz is alive and well in Fiji, but climate change, noxious…
Student Discovered Strange New Mineral Inside a Diamond
Discovery of unusual new mineral called goldschmidtite poses curious questions about Earth’s mantle. A new and curious mineral has been discovered by University of Alberta…
Research Finds Gigantic Masses in Earth’s Mantle Untouched for More Than 4 Billion Years
Ancient, distinct, continent-sized regions of rocks, isolated since before the collision that created the Moon 4.5 billion years ago, exist hundreds of miles below the…
Long Before Dinosaurs, a Giant Asteroid Crash Caused an Ancient Ice Age
About 466 million years ago, long before the age of the dinosaurs, the Earth froze. The seas began to ice over at the Earth’s poles,…
Princeton Experts: Controlling Methane Is a Fast and Critical Way to Slow Global Warming
In independent studies, two Princeton University research teams recently identified surprisingly large sources of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, being leaked into the atmosphere. Pound…
Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Faster Towards the Ocean Due to Surface Melting
Study shows for the first time a direct link between surface melting and short bursts of glacier acceleration in Antarctica During these events, Antarctic Peninsula…
Due to Climate Change the Landscapes We Are Familiar With Are Disappearing
Agnes Anderson, doctoral student of the School of Natural Sciences and Health of Tallinn University, recently defended her doctoral dissertation, in which she explores how…
Sesame Crop Yields Stable in Drought Conditions
Texas has a long history of growing cotton. It’s a resilient crop, able to withstand big swings in temperature fairly well. However, growing cotton in…
Study Links the Explosive Eruption of Mount Tambora and the 1816 ‘Year Without a Summer’
A new study has estimated for the first time how the eruption of Mount Tambora changed the probability of the cold and wet European ‘year…
Nature Documentaries Don’t Show Threats to Nature, but Increasingly Talk About Them
Researchers analyzing recent BBC and Netflix nature documentaries found that although they increasingly mention threats to nature, visual depictions of these threats remain scarce, potentially…
“Different Than Previously Thought” – Geochemists Measure Composition of Earth’s Mantle
Researchers suspect greater dynamics than previously assumed between the Earth’s surface and its mantle. What is the chemical composition of the Earth’s interior? Because it…
More Realistic Experiments Needed on the Impact of Climate Change
When it comes to the impact of climate change on ecosystems, we still have large knowledge gaps. Most experiments are unrealistic because they do not…
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: The Future of Phosphorus in Agriculture
When Hennig Brandt discovered the element phosphorus in 1669, it was a mistake. He was really looking for gold. But his mistake was a very…
Environmental Pollution in China Finally Begins Decreasing
For decades pollution in China has paralleled economic growth. But this connection has been weakened in recent years, according to a new international research study…
‘Earth’s Heartbeat’ – Do Animals Control Earth’s Oxygen Level?
For the first time, researchers have measured how the production of algae and the Earth’s oxygen level affect each other – what you might call…
Four Billion Microplastic Particles Discovered in the Waters of Tampa Bay
While collecting water samples and plankton in Tampa Bay, researchers discovered a high concentration of microplastics, which are known to disrupt the marine food chain….