Ozone Depletion in the Lower Stratosphere Due to Iodine From Oceans
Air pollution and iodine from the ocean contribute to damage to Earth’s ozone layer. A new paper quantifying small levels of iodine in Earth’s stratosphere…
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Origins of the Solar System’s ‘Great Divide’ Sheds New Light on How Life Originated on Earth
Scientists, including those from the University of Colorado Boulder, have finally scaled the solar system’s equivalent of the Rocky Mountain range. In a study published…
Scientists Discover Structure of Mysterious Protein Central to the Functioning of DNA
Scientists Now Know What DNA’s Chaperone Looks Like Researchers have discovered the structure of the FACT protein—a mysterious protein central to the functioning of DNA….
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…
“Deeply Problematic” – Facial Recognition Software Has a Gender Problem
Services often mischaracterize trans and non-binary individuals. With a brief glance at a single face, emerging facial recognition software can now categorize the gender of…
Gap in Fossil Record Filled by Find From School Class Hike – Ancient Rhinos Roamed the Yukon
In 1973, a teacher named Joan Hodgins took her students on a hike near Whitehorse in Canada’s Yukon Territory. In the process, she made history…
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…
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…
Global Climate Catastrophe If Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan
Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals in Pakistan and India portend regional and global catastrophe. With ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan raising concerns about the possibility…
Study Shows More Than 100 Million Dead If India and Pakistan Wage Nuclear War
Nuclear war between India and Pakistan could kill millions worldwide. Mass starvation may occur with less sunlight reaching Earth’s surface. More than 100 million people…
India-Pakistan Nuclear War Could Kill 125 Million, Threaten Global Starvation
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could, over the span of less than a week, kill 50-125 million people—more than the death toll during…
How to Tie Microscopic Knots Within a Solution of Liquid Crystals
Physicists at CU Boulder have gone to creative lengths to earn their scouting merit badges for knot-tying. In a study published on September 23, 2019,…
Caution: Sleeping Too Little – or Too Much – Boosts Heart Attack Risk
Even if you are a non-smoker who exercises and has no genetic predisposition to cardiovascular disease, skimping on sleep—or getting too much of it—can boost…