Study shows water hundreds of feet below the surface of Lake Michigan is warming
Climate change is reaching all the way down to the depths of one of Earth's largest lakes.
Environment
Mar 22, 2021
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Atlantic Ocean may get a jump-start from the other side of the world
A key question for climate scientists in recent years has been whether the Atlantic Ocean's main circulation system is slowing down, a development that could have dramatic consequences for Europe and other parts of the Atlantic ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2019
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Using nanorobots to help clean heavy metals from polluted water
An international team of researchers has developed nanorobots capable of removing heavy metals from polluted water. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes their nanorobots and how ...
Cutting pollution won't cause global warming spike, study finds
Fears that efforts to reduce air pollution could dramatically speed up the process of global warming have been allayed with the publication of a landmark new study.
Environment
Aug 2, 2019
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The 'heat bombs' destroying Arctic sea ice
A team led by physical oceanographers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, and including Bangor University scientist, shows in a new study how plumes of warm water are flowing ...
Environment
Apr 27, 2021
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Ancient lake microbes caused global warming during ice age
Global warming is not just a modern issue, but has occurred numerous times over Earth's history, with one such event happening 304 million years ago during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (which spanned from 340 to 290 million ...
US mega drought makes boating rough on Lake Mead
In the 15 years since Adam Dailey began boating on Lake Mead, the shoreline has receded hundreds of meters, the result of more than two decades of punishing drought that is drying out the western United States.
Environment
Jul 3, 2022
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Feedback loop that is melting ice shelves in West Antarctica revealed
New research has uncovered a feedback loop that may be accelerating the melting of the floating portions of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, pushing up global sea levels.
Earth Sciences
Apr 22, 2024
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El Nino and La Nina explained
We wait in anticipation of droughts and floods when El Niño and La Niña are forecast but what are these climatic events?
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British scientists offer explanations on global warming pause
(Phys.org) —A team of climate experts from Britain's national weather service (The Met Office) has given a series of presentations at the Science Media Centre in London with the aim of trying to explain why global warming ...
