Antarctic sea ice deeply affects the global climate in several ways. It regulates the exchanges of heat and gases between...
Years of research show that climate change signals are amplified in the Arctic, and that sea ice in this region...
A collaborative research group has succeeded, for the first time, in measuring the speed of sound of pure iron under...
The number of lakes on our planet has increased substantially in recent decades, according to a unique global survey of...
Researchers have developed a new method for the successive calculation of the emission reductions that are necessary for achieving temperature...
Microplastics—small plastic pieces less than five millimeters in length—are becoming a ubiquitous ecological contaminant. Studies suggest that on their own,...
Cambridge engineers have used drones, handheld particle sensors and a new modeling framework to measure, map and characterize harmful shipping...
Vast quantities of minerals are needed to accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. Minerals and metals are essential...
Adding even a small amount of biochar—a charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter—to a dairy’s manure-composting process reduces methane...
Almost all volcanic rocks come from the Earth’s upper mantle (or lava). Volcanism, on the other hand, can have many...
The 1930s Dust Bowl, fueled by overplowing across the Great Plains and associated with record heat and drought, appears to...
Predicting snowfall from winter storms is tricky, in no small part because heavy snow and regions of mixed precipitation look...
