Satellites observe speed-up of glaciers on the Antarctic peninsula
Glaciers—giant rivers of moving ice—along Antarctica's coastline are flowing faster in the summer because of a combination of melting snow and warmer ocean waters, say researchers.
Glaciers—giant rivers of moving ice—along Antarctica's coastline are flowing faster in the summer because of a combination of melting snow and warmer ocean waters, say researchers.
Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2023
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The history of life on Earth has been punctuated by several mass extinctions, the greatest of these being the Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the Great Dying, which occurred 252 million years ago. While scientists ...
Ecology
Feb 24, 2023
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Climate change is altering weather patterns, making it increasingly difficult to accurately predict extreme cold weather events in the short term.
Earth Sciences
Feb 9, 2023
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Chemically, carbon dioxide is incredibly simple—it is just one carbon atom linked with two oxygen atoms. Together they create a colorless gas that makes up just a tiny fraction of the Earth's atmosphere, about 0.04%.
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2023
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The Arctic is rapidly losing sea ice, even during winter months when temperatures are below freezing and ice should be recovering from the summer melt. A new study found powerful storms called atmospheric rivers are increasingly ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2023
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Accelerated climate change is a major and acute threat to life on Earth. Rising temperatures are caused by microbes producing 50% of atmospheric methane which is 30 times more potent than CO2 at trapping heat. These elevated ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 2, 2023
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Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, fascinates people in many ways. For atmospheric researchers it is an interesting subject as Mars is the most Earth-like planet of our solar system. Since 1976, probes landed on Mars have ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 31, 2023
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Cyanobacteria are single-celled organisms that derive energy from light, using photosynthesis to convert atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and liquid water (H2O) into breathable oxygen and the carbon-based molecules like proteins ...
Evolution
Jan 31, 2023
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In findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Saint Louis University researchers and colleagues report that elephants play a key role in creating forests which store more atmospheric carbon ...
Ecology
Jan 23, 2023
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It has been 20 years to the day since bushfires burst out of the Brindabella Ranges and into the suburbs of our nation's bush capital. Four lives were lost, many people were injured and more than 500 homes were destroyed.
Earth Sciences
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