Accelerated Melting: Greenland’s Glacier Retreat Doubled in 20 Years
The new findings are ubiquitous, even among Earth’s northernmost glaciers. New study documents how Greenland’s peripheral glaciers have changed from 1890 to 2022 Using satellite…
The new findings are ubiquitous, even among Earth’s northernmost glaciers. New study documents how Greenland’s peripheral glaciers have changed from 1890 to 2022 Using satellite…
Research indicates an increased threat of lightning-induced wildfires in boreal forests due to climate change, potentially exacerbating global warming by destabilizing significant carbon stores in…
Flanked by mountain ranges on three sides, the basin in northwestern China sees frequent dust storms. The Taklamakan desert, located in China’s Tarim Basin, is…
The Alaskan city of Anchorage received record snowfall in November 2023. Winter weather arrived in force in Southcentral Alaska in 2023. Anchorage logged its snowiest…
Much of the canned pumpkin that ends up in Thanksgiving pies and soups came from Central Illinois. Pumpkins, a type of winter squash native to…
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission’s radar image of the North Channel vividly displays land and water features, including Glasgow, Lough Neagh, and the Isle of Man….
Extreme events like tropical cyclones have immediate impacts, but also long-term implications for societies. A new study published in the journal Nature Communications now finds: Accounting for…
A new study reveals the Antarctic ozone hole is larger and more enduring than thought, with complex factors beyond CFCs contributing to its persistence and…
Researchers have identified the threat posed by greenwashing to achieving a ‘nature-positive’ world, where environmental decline halts, and biodiversity outcomes improve. The concept of nature…
An international group of researchers, utilizing historical data gathered from various locations in Australia, has presented the most precise estimate so far of the historical…
A scientist spotted a jade hue in the sea ice fastened to the coast of East Antarctica. Jan Lieser has analyzed countless satellite images of…
Since launching 16 months ago, the EMIT imaging spectrometer aboard the International Space Station has shown an ability to detect more than just surface minerals….
A wet winter in western states provided a short-term reprieve to the decades-long drought in the reservoir. After falling to record lows in early 2023,…
During three weeks in a thermal vacuum chamber in Bengaluru, India, the joint NASA-ISRO satellite demonstrated its hardiness in a harsh, space-like environment. NISAR, the…
A groundbreaking study reveals that Earth’s surface water reaches the core, altering its composition and suggesting a more dynamic core-mantle interaction and a complex global…
The study highlights the significance of organic sulfur compounds in the biogeochemical cycle. Geochemist Alexandra Phillips has sulfur on her mind. The yellow element is…
Large international study combines satellite and ground data. Natural carbon reservoirs will play a major role at the COP28 world climate conference in the United…
A new study shows the largest floating ice shelves in North Greenland have lost more than a third of their volume since 1978, largely due…