During the last ice age, massive icebergs periodically broke off from an ice sheet covering a large swath of North...
With temperatures rising worldwide, more and more people globally consider air-conditioning an essential element of living with climate change. However,...
A new research study describes a previously unknown chemical process for removal of uranium from groundwater. Deep down in the...
About a quarter of the organic carbon contained in ice-rich Arctic permafrost is more difficult for microorganisms to utilize. The...
Wetlands, such as swamps and marshes, are home to some of the planet’s most valuable ecosystems. They act as sponges,...
The harm caused to the Northern Hemisphere’s peatlands as a result of wildfires could lead to greater quantities of carbon...
Human beings have massively changed the Earth system. Greenhouse-gas emissions produced by human activities have caused the global mean temperature...
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year as they...
Plate tectonics in the Pacific and Atlantic during the Cretaceous period shaped the Caribbean region
Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of plate tectonics. The movement of tectonic plates themselves is largely driven by...
As climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, one of Greenland’s previously most stable glaciers is now retreating at an...
Heat waves in India are increasing in frequency, intensity and lethality, burdening public health, agriculture, and other socio-economic and cultural...
As wildfire risk rises in the West, wildland firefighters and officials are keeping a closer eye on the high mountains—regions...
