Double dip: Antarctic sea ice sinks to new low for winter
For the second winter in a row, the extent of Antarctic sea ice has been exceptionally below average—and it has just set a new record low for this time of year.
For the second winter in a row, the extent of Antarctic sea ice has been exceptionally below average—and it has just set a new record low for this time of year.
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2024
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The North Atlantic Ocean has been running a fever for months, with surface temperatures at or near record highs. But cooling along the equator in both the Atlantic and eastern Pacific may finally be starting to bring some ...
Environment
Aug 28, 2024
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A new applied mathematical theory could enhance our understanding of how sea ice affects global climate, potentially improving the accuracy of climate predictions.
Mathematics
Aug 27, 2024
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A team of marine biologists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that climate change is the reason for the population collapse of Alaskan snow crabs in the Bering Sea.
At the end of the Paleocene and beginning of the Eocene epochs, between 59 to 51 million years ago, Earth experienced dramatic warming periods, both gradual periods stretching millions of years and sudden warming events known ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2024
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The European Service Module that will power the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis III mission to the moon will soon be on its way to the United States.
Space Exploration
Aug 22, 2024
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Researchers around the world are advancing and refining climate models to predict the effects of climate change. These models use information about our planet's chemical, physical, and biological processes to create simulations ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2024
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There's a link between Earth's ocean salinity and its climate. Salinity can have a dramatic effect on the climate of any Earth-like planet orbiting a sun-like star. But what about exoplanets around M-dwarfs?
Planetary Sciences
Aug 19, 2024
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An international team of climate scientists have used a 627-year coral record from Fiji to reveal unprecedented insights into ocean temperatures and climate variability across the Pacific Ocean since 1370.
Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2024
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The churning of the upper ocean in the tropics of the Atlantic Ocean plays a crucial role in shaping long-term climate patterns across the world, a new study has found.
Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2024
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