Researchers Investigate Giant Holes in Greenland Ice Sheet
Researchers climbed into moulins, which drain meltwater from the ice sheet, to better understand how volume relates to ice movement. Holes that carry surface meltwater…
Researchers climbed into moulins, which drain meltwater from the ice sheet, to better understand how volume relates to ice movement. Holes that carry surface meltwater…
Environmental conservation expert discusses how his new research will play a key role in promoting a greener future. For decades, scientists have been warning about…
Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a liquid window panel that can simultaneously block the sun to regulate solar transmission,…
Coral reefs are vibrant communities that host a quarter of all species in the ocean and are indirectly crucial to the survival of the rest….
Warm, moist rivers of air may have continent-wide effects and influence climate change. Warm, moist rivers of air in Antarctica play a key role in…
Repeated catastrophic ice discharges from western North America into the North Pacific contributed to, and perhaps triggered, hemispheric-scale changes in the Earth’s climate during the…
Computational models suggest that melting water originating in the deep interior of Greenland could flow the entire length of a subglacial valley and exit at…
Inaccessible for now, unique site may hold secrets of past. Scientists have detected what they say are the sediments of a huge ancient lake bed…
It was a sight you don’t normally see: a jellyfish lying dead in the middle of a parking lot partly submerged in water. But this…
Researchers in I2CNER, Kyushu University suggest the potential of the advanced gas separation membranes for CO2 extraction from ambient air. Climate change caused by emissions…
Researchers in Japan, the US, and China say they have found more concrete evidence of the volcanic cause of the largest mass extinction of life….
Carbon dioxide fuels photosynthesis, the process by which plants generate their food in the form of carbohydrates. The atmosphere’s carbon dioxide levels are rapidly increasing,…
The capacity of the Amazon forest to store carbon in a changing climate will ultimately be determined by how fast trees die – and what…
Fossil cranium suggests environmental conditions drove rapid changes. Males of the extinct human species Paranthropus robustus were thought to be substantially larger than females —…
A warming climate is taking its toll on Greenland and Antarctica glaciers, melting them from above and below the surface. The more they melt, the…
Mega-droughts – droughts that last two decades or longer – are tipped to increase thanks to climate change, according to University of Queensland-led research. UQ’s…
Including paleoclimate data in the development of climate models could help climate scientists predict scenarios for future climate and propose strategies for mitigation. An international…
Tropical fruit trees can improve health, reduce hunger, boost incomes and fight climate change; so why don’t we grow and eat more? Two of humanity’s…