Stone forests — pointed rock formations resembling trees that populate regions of China, Madagascar, and…
Browsing: Climate Change
Climate change refers to the long-term alteration of Earth’s climate patterns—primarily driven by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial emissions that increase greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It affects global temperatures, weather systems, ocean currents, and ecosystems, leading to rising sea levels, more intense storms, droughts, wildfires, and biodiversity loss. Climate science combines atmospheric physics, oceanography, geology, and ecology to understand these shifts and predict future impacts. Ongoing research focuses on mitigation strategies like renewable energy, carbon capture, and reforestation, as well as adaptation efforts to protect communities, agriculture, and natural systems from escalating climate risks.
A continuous record of the past 66 million years shows natural climate variability due to…
New research from an international team of evolutionary geneticists, bioinformaticians, and paleontologists suggests that dramatic…
Global warming is dramatically increasing the risk of extreme hurricanes in the Caribbean, but meeting…
A global analysis reveals for the first time that across almost all tree species, fast-growing…
A recent report confirms that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, whose mass-loss rates have…
At the turn of the 21st century, unbeknownst to the world, the Greenland ice sheet…
Our Energy Hunger Is Tethered to Our Economic Past Just as a living organism continually…
Almost 100 years ago, there was a strange, slow-motion takeover of the Great Plains. During…
Over the past months, the Arctic has experienced alarmingly high temperatures, extreme wildfires and a…
Ocean Carbon Uptake Widely Underestimated The world’s oceans soak up much more carbon than most…
Chaos paper by RIT Assistant Professor Nishant Malik applies method to Indus Valley Civilization. A…
New ancient DNA study finds that Northern mastodon populations were less genetically diverse and more…
In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data…
Researchers’ hybrid dataset includes satellite images, modeling, and air samples. It is not unusual to…
Chilled panels use less energy than conventional A/C and work in open spaces. Many people…
Scientists’ ice age ‘hindcast’ may shed light on future climate. A University of Arizona-led team…
First estimate of the point at which areas of the world’s oceans will show evidence…