Cryosat Mission Took Detailed Data of Polar Ice Caps
The ESA’s Cryosat mission has been watching the Arctic sea ice with a high degree of precision ever since it was launched in 2010 to…
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Increased Methane Gas Levels Found Over Cracks in Arctic Sea Ice
As scientists continue to research and monitor greenhouse gas emissions, a new source of methane gas has appeared from cracks in Arctic sea ice. Conducted…
Defects in Mantle Rocks Slow Down the Passage of Seismic Waves
A new study from the Australian National University examines defects in rocks found below the earth’s surface in an attempt to better understand how seismic…
Study Reports Air Pollution Causes Thousands of Premature Deaths Each Year
Anyone that has every taken a bike ride, jogged or walked along a busy street knows how bad the air feels and smells and has…
Himalayan Glaciers Declining Less Rapidly Than Previously Thought
A new study suggests that the decline of the Himalayan glaciers due to climate change may be occurring at a slower rate than previously thought….
Cloud Forests are at Risk of Destruction from Global Warming
A new study warns that climate change resulting from human pressures could result in the near total loss of some of the world’s most delicate…
Third Pole Glacial Measuring Stations Will Give Monitor Glacier Health in Tibet
An international team of scientists is starting a long-term campaign to measure the overall health of the ice atop Tibet and its surrounding mountains. This…
NASA Makes Earth’s Oceans Look like Van Gogh’s Starry Night
This incredible visualization of the Earth and its oceans was created by the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. It’s called Perpetual…
GRACE Data Spreads Awareness of Groundwater Levels
To help bring awareness to the importance of Earth’s groundwater, a new map showing the world’s groundwater supplies has been created in part from data…
Earth’s Continental Crust Growth Rate Has Decreased
Newly published research shows that the growth rate of the Earth’s continental crust has decreased significantly over the last three billion years, leaving researchers to…
Expedition to Atlantis Massif Yields New Information
While on IODP Expedition 340T, a team of scientists was able to measure the geophysical properties of gabbroic rocks directly in place for the first…
Storing Carbon Emissions in Deep Saline Aquifers
To better understand climate change and global warming, researchers realize that they must address carbon emissions. A new study suggests using deep saline aquifers that…
Past Estimates of Sea-Level Rise Lowered
Scientists agree that the ocean levels are increasing as the global temperature warms, but how high they will go is the question. By studying where…
Fossil Fuel Emissions, Organic Carbon and Alaska’s Glaciers
While studying climate change and trying to decipher the carbon cycle puzzle, researchers have been studying the source and amount of carbon flowing into the…
Colombian Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Has Increased Activity
The Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia hasn’t erupted in over 20 years, but there are signs that point that it’s entering a more active…
Rapidly Retreating Glacial Ice Leaves Species Threatened
The rapidly disappearing glaciers are altering more than the physical landscape, as a recent analysis suggests. Species that live in streams and rivers that flow…
Antarctic Ecosystems Threatened by Invasive Alien Species and Climate Change
According to the first-ever continent-wide risk assessment, climate change and the increasing number of visitors are putting the Antarctic ecosystems at risk. The research team…
NASA Set to Launch 5 Rockets to Study High-Altitude Jet Stream
NASA is set to launch five rockets to study the high-speed winds and electrical turbulence of the high-altitude jet stream located 60 to 65 miles…
