Period of Extreme Cold in Ancient Rome Linked to Eruption of Alaska’s Okmok Volcano
Ice core samples provide new evidence of a massive volcanic eruption in 43 BCE. An international team of scientists and historians has found evidence connecting…
Ice core samples provide new evidence of a massive volcanic eruption in 43 BCE. An international team of scientists and historians has found evidence connecting…
Shrinkage due to COVID-19 may provide case in point. Volcanic eruptions and human-caused changes to the atmosphere strongly influence the rate at which the ocean…
Half of the world’s population is exposed to increasing air pollution, new research has shown. A team of researchers, led by Professor Gavin Shaddick at…
To tackle COVID-19 and climate change, government spending must deliver jobs and growth alongside deep decarbonization. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have led to…
Oxygen first accumulated in the Earth’s atmosphere about 2.4 billion years ago, during the Great Oxidation Event. A long-standing puzzle has been that geologic clues…
Coral reef islands across the world could naturally adapt to survive the impact of rising sea levels, according to new research. The increased flooding caused…
IUPUI-led study is the first to find satellite data can detect fog’s impact on vegetation levels under climate change. A new study led by ecohydrologists…
An atmospheric region in the Southern Ocean unchanged by human-related activities. Colorado State University Distinguished Professor Sonia Kreidenweis and her research group identified an atmospheric…
Tracking Fossil Fuel Emissions With Carbon-14 Researchers from NOAA and the University of Colorado have devised a breakthrough method for estimating national emissions of carbon…
The effect of nitric acid on aerosol particles in the atmosphere may offer an explanation for the smog seen engulfing cities on frosty days. Under…
PNNL-led researchers: Conditions that started decades ago are changing forests and are likely to continue. Ongoing environmental changes are transforming forests worldwide, resulting in shorter…
New simulations from Imperial College London have revealed the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs struck Earth at the ‘deadliest possible’ angle. The simulations show that…
Research on Russian drill core challenges long-standing models of oxygenation on Earth. Earth may have been far more oxygen-rich early in its history than previously…
To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space radiation, we ideally need to be able to test the…
In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger. That is according to a new study by…
Radioactive period following nuclear bomb tests changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles from the detonation sites. Nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War may have…
US Gulf Coast among regions hit with conditions not expected for decades. Most everyone knows that humid heat is harder to handle than the “dry”…
An important new tool to combat climate change is now available. Using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, this new technology makes it possible to…