Global water scarcity, a result of both quantity and quality change, challenges the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. An...
Researchers use 1,000 historical photos to reconstruct Antarctic glaciers before a dramatic collapse
In March 2002, the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed catastrophically, breaking up an area about one-sixth the size of Tasmania....
Texas Tech University’s Jennifer Guelfo was part of a research team that found the use of a novel sub-class of...
As climate change advances, the ocean’s overturning circulation is predicted to weaken substantially. With such a slowdown, scientists estimate the...
A McGill-led research team has developed the first real-time, on-site technology capable of detecting and deciphering nanoplastics from all other...
Tropical forests are essential to sustain high biodiversity and mitigate climate change. They suffer from deforestation, the cutting and converting...
One of the key metrics for climate modeling is radiative forcing. Most climate models, including the general circulation models (GCMs),...
With record rainfall projected to continue into the future, many worry extreme flooding will follow suit. But a new CIRES-led...
In recent years, global warming has left its mark on the Antarctic ice sheets. The “eternal” ice in Antarctica is...
According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, extensive land areas have been left...
Melting of glaciers in a major Alaskan icefield has accelerated and could reach an irreversible tipping point earlier than previously...
Global warming as well as recent droughts and floods threaten large populations along the Nile Valley. Understanding how such a...
