Polar bears are spending more time on land than they did in the 1990s due to reduced sea ice, new University of Washington-led research shows. Bears in Baffin Bay are getting thinner and adult females are having fewer cubs ...
Plants & Animals
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From the polar ice cap to the Mariana Trench 10 kilometres below the waves, synthetic microfibres spat out by household washing machines are polluting oceans everywhere.
Environment
Feb 1, 2020
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We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around three million years ago.
Earth Sciences
Oct 3, 2019
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The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists.
Earth Sciences
Jul 1, 2019
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A study published last year in the journal Science suggested liquid water is present beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars. Now, a new study in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters argues there needs to be an underground ...
Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2019
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In the depths of the long night that cloaks the Arctic in frigid darkness for three months each winter, a surprising patch of open water appeared, just to the north of Greenland.
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2018
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Providing water for drinking, irrigation and power, glaciers in the world's highest mountains are a lifeline for more than a billion people. As climate change takes a grip and glaciers lose mass, one might think that, lubricated ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2018
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Not all polar bears are in the same dire situation due to retreating sea ice, at least not right now. Off the western coast of Alaska, the Chukchi Sea is rich in marine life, but the number of polar bears in the area had ...
Ecology
Nov 14, 2018
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A typical desk globe is designed to be a geometric sphere and to rotate smoothly when you spin it. Our actual planet is far less perfect—in both shape and in rotation.
Earth Sciences
Sep 20, 2018
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NASA's most advanced space laser satellite blasted off Saturday on a mission to track ice loss around the world and improve forecasts of sea level rise as the climate warms.
Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2018
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