Apr. 9, 2020 Liquid meltwater can sometimes flow deep below the Greenland Ice Sheet in winter, not just in the summer, according to new ...
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Apr. 6, 2020 The oceans help buffer the Earth from climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and heat at the surface and transporting it to the deep ocean. New research indicates the North Atlantic Subtropical ...
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Apr. 3, 2020 Scientists uncover an unusual partnership at the bottom of the ...
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Apr. 3, 2020 While drylands around the world will expand at an accelerated rate because of future climate change, their average productivity will likely be reduced, according to a new study. These regions, which ...
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Apr. 3, 2020 A study sheds new light on the role of northern peatlands in regulating the regional climate. According to the researchers, peatlands will remain carbon sinks until the end of this century, but their ...
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Apr. 3, 2020 A new study found that human-induced environmental stressors have a large effect on the genetic composition of coral reef populations in Hawai'i. They confirmed that there is an ongoing loss of ...
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Apr. 2, 2020 Backed by experimental data from a laboratory machine that simulates the huge forces involved in glacier flow, glaciologists have written an equation that accounts for the motion of ice that rests on ...
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Apr. 2, 2020 Low-carbon technologies that are smaller scale, more affordable, and can be mass deployed are more likely to enable a faster transition to net-zero emissions, according to a new study. Innovations ...
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Apr. 2, 2020 The risk for violent clashes increases after weather extremes such as droughts or floods hit people in vulnerable countries, an international team of scientists finds. Vulnerable countries are ...
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Apr. 2, 2020 It's not too late to rescue global marine life, according to a study outlining the steps needed for marine ecosystems to recover from damage by 2050. The study found many components of marine ...
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Apr. 2, 2020 New research shows that some species have experienced a 75% population decrease in the past 60 years, while others are more than twice as abundant due to rises in sea surface ...
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Apr. 2, 2020 A new study finds that autumn days with extreme fire weather have more than doubled in California since the early 1980s due to climate change. The results could contribute to more effective risk ...
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Apr. 1, 2020 Recycling orchard trees onsite can sequester carbon, save water and increase crop yields, making it a climate-smart practice for California's irrigated almond orchards, finds a new ...
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Apr. 1, 2020 Scientists have published a new study proposing an optimization methodology for designing climate-resilient energy systems and to help ensure that communities will be able to meet future energy needs ...
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Apr. 1, 2020 Dropping Mentos® candies into a bottle of soda causes a foamy jet to erupt. Although science fair exhibitors can tell you that this geyser results from rapid degassing of the beverage induced by the ...
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Apr. 1, 2020 A study that included the first-ever winter sampling of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic revealed cells smaller than what scientists expected, meaning carbon sequestration models may be too ...
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Mar. 31, 2020 A new study determines the impact of the severe 2019 floods, and offers scientists a new tool for measuring regional-scale carbon dioxide absorption by ...
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Mar. 31, 2020 Researchers have developed new satellite-based, weekly global maps of soil moisture and groundwater wetness ...
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Mar. 27, 2020 Working in the Arctic Fram Strait, scientists have found microplastic throughout the water column with particularly high concentrations at the ocean ...
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Mar. 27, 2020 A new research highlighted the importance of reducing fossil fuel combustion not only to curb the trend of global warming, but also to improve the quality of China's coastal ...
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