The recent cold spell has plunged South Korean into a deep freeze, resulting in the closure of 247 national parks, the cancellation of 14 domestic flights, and the scrapping of 107 cruise ship voyages. While the cold snap ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 5, 2024
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Titan's "magic islands" are likely floating chunks of porous, frozen organic solids, a new study finds, pivoting from previous work suggesting they were gas bubbles. The study was published in Geophysical Research Letters.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 5, 2024
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Just as snow crystals form in the upper atmosphere, then fall to lower, warmer elevations and melt, scientists believe a phenomenon called iron snow happens in the molten iron cores of some planetary bodies. Cooling near ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 3, 2024
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When it comes to influencing climate change, the world's smallest ocean punches above its weight. It's been estimated that the cold waters of the Arctic absorb as much as 180 million metric tons of carbon per year—more ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2023
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A new way to monitor the flow of rivers from satellites could provide a valuable early warning system for flood risk, scientists say.
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2023
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In a new analysis of data spanning more than three decades in the eastern United States, a team of scientists found a concerning trend—an increasing number of wildfires across a large swath of America.
Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2023
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When it comes to greenhouse gases, methane is one the biggest contributors. Not only is it massively abundant—it's about 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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The shimmering green, red and purple curtains of the northern and southern lights—the auroras—may be the best-known phenomena lighting up the nighttime sky, but the most mysterious are the mauve and white streaks called ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2023
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Understanding cloud formation in polar regions is essential to discern the influence of solar radiation on the polar ice caps. Existing numerical models, however, struggle to replicate ice clouds accurately. Now, using real-world ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2023
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Although volcanoes have been extensively studied, unraveling the mysteries of the underlying magma transport proves to be a challenging pursuit. Grant Block, a graduate student in The University of New Mexico's Department ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2023
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