Startling ‘Flammable Ice’ Discovery Offers Up Clue to Life on Other Planets
Scientists studying so-called ‘flammable ice’ in the Sea of Japan have made a startling discovery — the existence of life within microscopic bubbles. The microhabitats…
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NASA Finds Arctic Ice Melt Is Changing Ocean Currents
Using 12 years of satellite data, NASA scientists have measured how the influx of cold, fresh water is affecting the Beaufort Gyre, a major Arctic…
Conflict Between Ranchers and Wildlife in Chile Intensifies As Climate Change Worsens
Scientists from the University of La Serena, Newcastle University, UK, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile surveyed ranchers to find out what they thought…
Australian Meteor Crater Is the Oldest Known According to NASA Analysis
The Earth is pocked with roughly 190 major meteor craters, yet scientists only know the age of just a few. Recently, A NASA scientist analyzed…
Ocean Gnawing Away at Glaciers Is Intensifying Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet
The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster today than it did only a few years ago. The reason: it’s not just melting on the surface…
Vast Amounts of Valuable Energy, Nutrients, Water Lost in World’s Wastewater
Enough energy to power all households in the USA and Mexico; enough nutrients to meet ~13% of world fertilizer needs; enough water to fill Lake…
International Scientists on Red Alert As Arctic Grows Greener
New research techniques are being adopted by scientists tackling the most visible impact of climate change — the so-called greening of Arctic regions. The latest…
CryoSat Discovers Antarctica’s Biggest Glacier’s Ice Loss Pattern Is Evolving
Ice loss from Pine Island Glacier has contributed more to sea-level rise over the past four decades than any other glacier in Antarctica. However, the…
Boom of Vegetation, Fueled by Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Absorbs Carbon and Cools Our Planet
As Our Planet Gets Greener, Plants Are Slowing Global Warming But an international team of researchers, including Ranga Myneni and Chi Chen from BU, say…
Earth From Space: Lake George, Uganda – A Center for Biological Diversity [Video]
World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year on 2 February. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International…
How a Kitchen Oven Helped Recover Pre-Eruption Seismograms for Mount St. Helens
Nearly 40 years ago, analog data tapes faithfully recorded intense seismic activity in the two months before the historic eruption of Mount St. Helens in…
Microplastic Pollution Found in Deep Sediments on the Ocean Floor
Microplastic pollution in the world’s oceans is a growing problem, and most studies of the issue have focused on land-based sources, such as discarded plastic…
Amateur Photographers Have Discovered a New Form of the Northern Lights
Working together with space researchers, Finnish amateur photographers have discovered a new auroral form. Named ‘dunes’ by the hobbyists, the phenomenon is believed to be…
NASA Renamed New Ocean Studying Satellite for This Noted Scientist
The joint U.S.-European mission to study the effects of global warming on the oceans, has a new name to honor NASA’s Michael Freilich. NASA and…
Perfect Storm Causing a Collapse in Global Biodiversity
Earth’s Most Biodiverse Ecosystems Face a Perfect Storm A combination of climate change, extreme weather, and pressure from local human activity is causing a collapse…
Reducing Man-Made Ozone: A ‘Win-Win’ for Both Human Health and the Planet
Lehigh University scientist Benjamin S. Felzer calls new research showing that cleaning up ozone precursors within energy, industrial and transportation sectors could mitigate climate change,…
Oceanographers Predict Phytoplankton Increase by 2100, Contrary to Common Belief in Environmental Science Community
Machine learning Earth system model projects higher numbers in low-latitude regions. A neural network-driven Earth system model has led University of California, Irvine (UCI) oceanographers…
Antarctica’s Biggest Glacier Is Thinning in Patterns Opposite to Previously Observed
Using the latest satellite technology from the European Space Agency (ESA), scientists from the University of Bristol have been tracking patterns of mass loss from…
