Would Rewilding the Arctic With Mammals Really Slow Climate Change Impact?
A new study has shed new light on why large mammals died out at the end of the ice age, suggesting their extinction was caused…
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Deadliest Period in Earth’s History Was Also the Stinkiest – Toxic Microbe Burps Caused Mass Extinction
Tiny microbes belching toxic gas helped cause — and prolong — the biggest mass extinction in Earth’s history, a new study suggests. Generally, scientists believe…
Himalayan Glaciers Melting at “Exceptional Rate” – Water Supply for Millions of People Threatened
The accelerating melting of the Himalayan glaciers threatens the water supply of millions of people in Asia, new research warns. The study, led by the…
Neanderthals Changed Ecosystems 125,000 Years Ago – Were Not “Primal Hippies”
Hunter-gatherers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archaeologists from Leiden University in collaboration with other…
Earth’s Most Important Biochemical Reaction: Photosynthesis Breakthrough for Increasing CO2 Uptake in Plants
A group of proteins in plant cells plays a vastly more important role in regulation of photosynthesis than once thought, according to new research at…
Tornadoes and Climate Change: What a Warming World Means for Deadly Twisters and the Storms That Spawn Them
The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of Dec. 10-11, 2021, was so unusual in its duration…
Winter Is Coming Paradox: Researchers Uncover the Surprising Cause of the Little Ice Age
Cold era, lasting from early 15th to mid-19th centuries, triggered by unusually warm conditions. New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst provides a novel…
Trees Are Biggest Methane “Vents” in Wetland Areas – Significant Emissions Even When They’re Dry
Most of the methane gas emitted from Amazon wetlands regions is vented into the atmosphere via tree root systems – with significant emissions occurring even…
Exploring Earth From Space: Kourou – Home to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana [Video]
Ahead of the upcoming Ariane 5 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Kourou – home to Europe’s…
Derecho Sweeps Across Midwest – Hurricane-Force Winds, Dust Storms, Tornadoes, Wildfires, Snow Squalls, Heavy Rain, and Record-Breaking Heat
December 15 – 16, 2021 Hurricane-force winds, dust storms, tornadoes, wildfires, snow squalls, heavy rain, and record-breaking heat accompanied an unusual December storm system. An…
Super Typhoon Rai – Powerful Storm Is One of the Strongest Recorded on Earth This Year
Locally named Odette, the storm is one of the strongest recorded on Earth this year and the 6th to reach category 5. Typhoon Rai crossed…
Tornado Damage: Nighttime Satellite Images Detail Kentucky Blackout
Tornadoes and severe winds knocked out power to Mayfield and surrounding towns. On the night of December 10-11, 2021, a potent storm front and dozens…
New Research Shows Plants Are Photosynthesizing More in Response to More CO2 in the Atmosphere
Plants Buy Us Time to Slow Climate Change – But Not Enough to Stop It New research from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley shows that…
Shifting Sands, Creeping Soils – And a New Understanding of Landscape Evolution
A recent study published in Nature Communications finds that piles of sand grains, even when undisturbed, are in constant motion. Using highly-sensitive optical interference data,…
Disappearing Lake Tuz: Large Lake Is Now Just a Puddle
Once the second-largest lake in Turkey, it now rarely spans an area much larger than a puddle. Lake Tuz was once the second-largest lake in…
NASA To Launch 4 Fascinating Earth Science Missions in 2022 – Monitoring Our Changing Planet
The missions, including two led by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will help monitor our changing planet. Scientists will discuss them at the American Geophysical…
Soggy Autumn in the Pacific Northwest – Saturated Soil Across Western Washington and Southern British Columbia
Soils across western Washington and southern British Columbia were saturated for much of the season. As meteorological autumn came to an end in 2021, parts of western…
La Niña Returns for a Second Winter – El Niño’s Cooler Sister
This coupling of the atmosphere and ocean alters atmospheric circulation and jet streams in ways that intensify rainfall in some regions and bring drought to…