Search results for cryosphere

Earth Sciences Jun 12, 2023

The Baltic sea climate under the influence of the Atlantic: New findings on a 'long distance relationship'

From water temperature to the regional hydrological cycle: the working group Dynamics of Regional Climate Systems at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde has recently succeeded, with the help of regional ...

Earth Sciences Jun 6, 2023

Order in chaos: Atmosphere's Antarctic oscillation has natural cycle, discover researchers

Climate scientists at Rice University have discovered an "internally generated periodicity"—a natural cycle that repeats every 150 days—in the north-south oscillation of atmospheric pressure patterns that drive the movement ...

Environment Jun 1, 2023

WMO: tracking the world's weather and climate

The World Meteorological Organization, which chose Argentina's Celeste Saulo as its next leader on Thursday, is at the forefront in monitoring climate change.

Environment May 31, 2023

Earth's energy budget is not in balance. Should we be concerned?

A recent report from the World Meteorological Organization about the state of the climate indicates that the global mean temperature in 2022 was 1.15°C above the 1850-1900 (preindustrial reference period) average. Moreover, ...

Earth Sciences May 31, 2023

A just world on a safe planet: First study quantifying Earth system boundaries

Humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth, a new study published in the journal Nature shows. Developed by an international science commission engaging more than 40 ...

Earth Sciences May 30, 2023

Rocks beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet reveal surprising past

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is shrinking, with many glaciers across the region retreating and melting at an alarming rate. However, this was not always the case according to new research published last month (April 28) in ...

Earth Sciences May 22, 2023

Researchers acquire world's first multi-source detection dataset of mountain glacier

Using an aeronautic remote sensing system, Chinese scientists have obtained effective mountain glacier data during an ongoing airborne-ground science experiment on detecting the condition of Bayi Glacier in Haibei Tibetan ...

Earth Sciences May 9, 2023

Palsa mires continue to degrade at a rapid pace

Palsa mires found in the northernmost peatlands of Lapland are the main permafrost landforms in Fennoscandia. As the climate warms, palsa mires are expected to disappear and no new palsas have been observed to form. Active ...

Environment May 4, 2023

Fact or fiction? New sci-fi series 'Extrapolations' explores a climate-changed future

A new show streaming on Apple TV+ creatively envisions how artificial intelligence, other advanced technologies and climate change might impact people's lives this century. In Extrapolations, Scott Burns—who produced Al ...

Earth Sciences Apr 24, 2023

Study reveals how extreme cold events in south China relate to Arctic autumn sea-ice extent

A joint research team led by Prof. Xiao Cunde from Beijing Normal University, Dr. Du Zhiheng and Dr. Yang Jiao from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ...

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