Using instruments onboard the International Space Station, researchers have observed millisecond pulses of gamma-rays produced by thunderstorms, clarifying the process by which these flashes are…
Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s and is tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s high-end climate warming scenario, which…
New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space – some spanning nearly 50 years – are providing scientists with new…
In a new study published today (December 9, 2019) in Nature Climate Change, scientists show how specific wave patterns in the jet stream strongly increase…
New findings further our understanding of extreme climate change and evolution. How did life survive the most severe ice age? A McGill University-led research team…
Breathing? Thank Volcanoes, Tectonics and Bacteria Earth’s breathable atmosphere is key for life, and a new study suggests that the first burst of oxygen was…
The discovery of gases released from deep beneath the Earth’s crust could help to explain Southern Africa’s unusual landscape, a study suggests. Scientists have long…
A joint research team led by MAO Fangyuan from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and MENG…
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…