Summers May Last Nearly Half the Year in the Northern Hemisphere by 2100
Without efforts to mitigate climate change, summers spanning nearly six months may become the new normal by 2100 in the Northern Hemisphere, according to a…
Without efforts to mitigate climate change, summers spanning nearly six months may become the new normal by 2100 in the Northern Hemisphere, according to a…
Astronaut Andrew Morgan used a fisheye lens to capture the intersection of two continents. Astronaut Andrew Morgan shot this wide-angle photograph from the central Cupola…
Using a 25-year record of satellite observations over the Getz region in West Antarctica, scientists have discovered that the pace at which glaciers flow towards…
Colorado State University researchers provide the most detailed accounting to date of the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. It’s no secret that the United States’ $13…
Model predicts probability of plastic debris being transported from one ocean surface region to another. Tons of plastic debris get released into the ocean every…
New study on submarine permafrost suggests locked greenhouse gases are emerging. Something lurks beneath the Arctic Ocean. While it’s not a monster, it has largely…
A digital twin of our planet is to simulate the Earth system in future. It is intended to support policy-makers in taking appropriate measures to…
Despite a cold snap in February, low ice cover prevailed across the lakes in winter 2020-2021. In any given year, the formation, movement, and timing…
Using “Curie” — Google’s 10,000-kilometer-long (6,200 miles) underwater fiber-optic cable connecting Los Angeles, California and Valparaiso, Chile — researchers have demonstrated a novel method for…
Two astronauts. Two clear days. Two gorgeous views around the roof of the world. Astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot these photographs of…
A new global ice sheet reconstruction for the past 80,000 years. During ice ages, the global mean sea level falls because large amounts seawater are…
Volcanic eruptions, not natural variability, were the cause of an apparent “Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation,” a purported cycle of warming thought to have occurred on a…
A large iceberg finally split from the Antarctic ice shelf, but another piece stubbornly hangs on. Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf finally calved a large iceberg…
A giant iceberg, approximately 1.5 times the size of Greater Paris [or about 10 times the size of San Francisco], broke off from the northern…
Hours before the 2018 eruption of Sierra Negra, the Galápagos Islands’ largest volcano, an earthquake rumbled and raised the ground more than 6 feet in…
The modern oasis of Jubbah sits within the wind shadow of historic mountains and the basin of an ancient lakebed. Long-sustained westerly winds shaped the…
Vancouver, visible at the top of the image, lies between the Burrard Inlet, an arm of the Strait of Georgia, to the north, and the…
Just like in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the answer was 42. The temporary breakdown of Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago sparked major…