Carbon Emissions From Volcanic Rocks Can Create Massive Global Warming Effects
Greenhouse gas emissions released directly from the movement of volcanic rocks are capable of creating massive global warming effects — a discovery which could transform…
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Reindeer Herders at Risk From Vanishing Ice Due to Global Warming
Deep in the Sayan Mountains of northern Mongolia, patches of ice rest year-round in the crooks between hills. Locals in this high tundra call the…
Emperor Penguins Marching Towards Extinction Unless Warming Is Slowed
Emperor penguins are some of the most striking and charismatic animals on Earth, but a new study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has…
Sea-Level Rise From Antarctic Ice Cliffs May Be Overestimated Because of Faulty Assumptions
Study finds even the tallest ice cliffs should support their own weight rather than collapsing catastrophically. Antarctica’s ice sheet spans close to twice the area…
Global Airborne Mission Finds Tiny Particles Lead to Brighter Clouds in the Tropics
Global airborne mission finds a particle formation is brightening clouds. When clouds loft tropical air masses higher in the atmosphere, that air can carry up…
Researchers Warn: Extraordinarily Warm Temperatures Above Antarctica Cause Hot and Dry Extremes in Australia
Changes in springtime winds high above the South Pole are set to trigger higher than usual temperatures and fire-prone weather conditions in Australia, an international…
New Material Captures Carbon Dioxide and Efficiently Converts It to Useful Organic Materials
A new material that can selectively capture carbon dioxide (CO2) molecules and efficiently convert them into useful organic materials has been developed by researchers at…
Upside-Down “Rivers” of Warm Ocean Water Attacking Antarctic Ice Shelves [Video]
Newly understood factors make ice shelves more vulnerable to breakup according to College of Wooster, University of Colorado at Boulder study. Upside-down “rivers” of warm…
100 Years of Climate Change Visible in Aerial Photographs of Alpine Glaciers
In 1919, the Swiss pilot and photographer Walter Mittelholzer flew over Mont Blanc in a biplane photographing the alpine landscape. Exactly 100 years later, researchers…
Has Global Warming Stopped?
As a result of industrialization, the carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has increased continuously over the past 100 years, which is considered as the…
2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Tied for Second Lowest on Record [Video]
The extent of Arctic sea ice at the end of this summer was effectively tied with 2007 and 2016 for second-lowest since modern record keeping…
Evolution of Earth’s First Animals Caused Global Warming
The evolution of Earth’s first animals more than 500 million years ago caused global warming, new research shows. Some 520-540 million years ago, animal life…
Eocene Fossil Data Suggest Future Polar Warming Could Be Greater Than Expected
A new international analysis of marine fossils shows that warming of the polar oceans during the Eocene, a greenhouse period that provides a glimpse of…
NASA and NOAA Show Long-Term Global Warming Trend Continues
A new analysis by NASA shows that Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since 1880. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming…
HELIX Projects Warns Some Climate Change Impacts Locked In, Worst Can Still Be Avoided
The HELIX project warns that some impacts of global warming (such as sea level rise and coastal flooding) are already locked in and unavoidable, but…
SMU Study Shows Carbon Dioxide Link to Global Warming 22 Million Years Ago
New research from Southern Methodist University reveals a link between high carbon dioxide and climate change 22 million years ago. Fossil leaves from Africa have…
Initial Pulse of Siberian Traps Sills Triggered End-Permian Extinction
New research from MIT reveals that about 251.9 million years ago, in a region that today is known as the Siberian Traps, a huge pulse…
MIT Study Predicts Frequency of Heavy Precipitation with Global Warming
Researchers from MIT reveal that extreme precipitation events should become more frequent as the Earth’s climate warms over this century. On December 11, 2014, a…