Tracking the Demise of One of the World’s Largest-Known Icebergs
Researchers recently chronicled the death throes of A-68A, one of the world’s largest-known icebergs. As soon as an iceberg is born it starts to die….
Researchers recently chronicled the death throes of A-68A, one of the world’s largest-known icebergs. As soon as an iceberg is born it starts to die….
Dubai’s coast has some of the largest and most recognizable land reclamation projects on Earth. There are no other coastlines on Earth quite like the…
Ice shelves are floating extensions of glaciers. A new study, published in Nature Communications, found that if Greenland’s second-largest ice shelf breaks up, it may…
For the first time, an entirely new class of super-reactive chemical compounds has been found under atmospheric conditions. Scientists from the University of Copenhagen, in…
A new study has revealed super cyclones, the most intense form of tropical storms, are likely to have a much more devastating impact on people…
Experts detail the abundance of diverse “unconventional water sources.” Tapping a fraction can help meet fast-growing global freshwater needs. UN and partner water experts say…
The top ten percent most valuable residences in the western United States are 70% more likely to be in high wildfire hazard areas than median-value…
Planting a tree appears to be a generally positive thing to do for the environment. After all, trees take in carbon dioxide, offsetting some of…
Kavachi Volcano in the Southwest Pacific Solomon Islands—where hammerhead sharks prowl—has entered an active phase of eruption. The Solomon Islands’ Kavachi Volcano is one of…
The speed and intensity of the Black fire grew quickly, producing a pyrocumulonimbus cloud and crossing the Continental Divide, to become the second-largest fire in…
New research led by the University of Cambridge is the first to obtain a detailed ‘image’ of an unusual pocket of rock at the boundary…
ESA’s Living Planet Symposium – one of the largest Earth observation conferences in the world – is being held on May 23–27, 2022, in Bonn,…
The yellow-billed hornbill, cousins of fan-favorite Zazu from The Lion King, faces local extinction due to the climate crisis. Between 2008 and 2019, researchers investigated…
Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal health outcomes…
Oldest continuous arctic record is a step toward understanding dramatic shift in glacial cycles. New research is the first to provide a continuous look at…
At least eight major events in Iraq have darkened skies and sickened people in the past six weeks. Iraq and other countries of the Middle…
Ancient microorganisms found in halite may have implications for search for both terrestrial and extraterrestrial life. Primary fluid inclusions in bedded halite from the 830-million-year-old…
Internationally comparable data on biodiversity is needed to protect threatened ecosystems, restore destroyed habitats and counteract the negative effects of global biodiversity loss. Current biodiversity…