Study Shows Greenland’s Undercut Glaciers Melting Faster than Thought
In a newly published study, a team of researchers reveal that Greenland’s glaciers are likely melting faster than previously thought. Greenland’s glaciers flowing into the…
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Scientists Discover a New Source of Greenhouse Gases
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry reveal that lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria produce large amounts of nitrous oxide. Inconspicuous creatures surprise with a…
MIT Engineers Explain Why Puddles Stop Spreading
New research from engineers at MIT helps explain the science of why puddles stop spreading. When you spill a bit of water onto a tabletop,…
Yale Study Links Climate Change to the Decline of Bumblebee Species
A newly published study from Yale University links climate change to the decline of bumblebee species in North America and Europe. The study, published in…
Study Projects How Climate Change Will Affect the Functions Birds in Ecosystems Worldwide
New research from Yale University projects how climate change will affect the functions performed by birds in ecosystems worldwide. As changing climate reshapes the geographic…
New Detailed Global Climate Change Projections from NASA
A new dataset from the NASA Earth Exchange shows how temperature and rainfall patterns worldwide may change through the year 2100 because of growing concentrations…
New Image Shows the Advance of Hubbard Glacier
New data from the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 shows the advance of Hubbard Glacier. Since measurements began in 1895, Alaska’s Hubbard Glacier has…
Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf Will Disintegrate Before the End of the Decade
A newly published NASA study reveals that the last remaining section of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf is weakening and will likely to disintegrate completely…
Larsen C Ice Shelf is Thinning from Above and Below
Using satellite data and eight radar surveys captured during a 15-year period from 1998–2012, researchers reveal that the Larsen C Ice Shelf is thinning from…
Antarctic Ice Shelves Rapidly Thinning, Study Reveals 18 Percent Decrease in Thickness
New research shows that the Antarctic ice shelves are rapidly thinning, revealing an eighteen percent decrease in thickness over the course of roughly 20 years….
Future Supply Risks of Metals and Metalloids
New research from Yale University details the “criticality” of all 62 metals on the Periodic Table of Elements, providing key insights into which materials might…
New Research Shows the Rate of Temperature Change is Increasing
A newly published study from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory reveals that the speed with which temperatures change will continue to increase…
Archaeologists Reveal Factors that Contributed to the Demise of Early Rapa Nui Society
Using flakes of obsidian as a dating tool, a newly published study helps clarify the factors that contributed to the demise of early Rapa Nui…
First Comprehensive 3D Map of Layers Deep Inside the Greenland Ice Sheet
Using ice-penetrating radar data and data collected from earlier airborne campaigns, scientists have built the first-ever comprehensive map of layers deep inside the Greenland Ice…
MIT Research Reveals Natural Impediment to Long-Term Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
A new study reveals a natural impediment to the long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide, showing that as carbon dioxide works its way underground only a…
MIT Study Shows Rainfall Releases Aerosols on Impact
MIT scientists use high-speed cameras to show that when a raindrop hits a surface it traps tiny air bubbles at the point of contact and…
Tropical Forests May Be Absorbing More Carbon Dioxide Than Previously Thought
A newly published study from NASA scientists shows that tropical forests, like the one pictured above, absorb more atmospheric carbon dioxide than boreal forests. A…
NASA Satellites Show Arctic Ocean is Absorbing More of the Sun’s Energy
Using data from NASA satellite instruments, astronomers have observed a marked increase in solar radiation absorbed in the Arctic since the year 2000 – a…
