Although nitrogen is essential for all living organisms — it makes up 3% of the…
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.
More than half of the climate tipping points identified a decade ago are now “active,”…
Burning of the rainforest in southwestern Amazonia (the Brazilian, Peruvian, and Bolivian Amazon) may increase…
New University of Arizona research investigates what proportion of the world’s land plants are exceedingly…
The migratory routes of a small seabird: Bulwer’s petrel can fly more than 1,800 kilometers…
The beloved anemone fish popularized by the movies “Finding Nemo” and “Finding Dory” don’t have…
Carbon dioxide makes up 0.04% of the world’s atmosphere. Not 0.4% or 4%, but 0.04%!…
Deep in the Sayan Mountains of northern Mongolia, patches of ice rest year-round in the…
What does the term crocodylian bring to mind? A big reptile with a chomping jaw?…
Earth’s climate is changing, and the study of oceans is vital to understanding the effects…
Compelling Hard Evidence: El Nino Swings More Violently in the Industrial Age El Ninos have…
When scientists discovered a worm deep in an aquifer nearly one mile underground, they hailed…
A new study from an international group of scientists finds we are releasing more of…
Two fundamental goals of humanity are to eradicate poverty and reduce climate change, and it…
Every drop of fresh water contains thousands of different organic molecules that have previously gone…
Arctic regions have captured and stored carbon for tens of thousands of years, but a…
The impact of losing intact tropical forests is more devastating on the climate than previously…
The fires that raged across the Brazilian Amazon this summer were not ‘normal’ and large…