Earth Sciences

Polar ice sheets are critical for climate projections, according to new research published Nov. 27 in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment. Improving understanding of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets is essential for […]

Earth’s continents are slowly moving across the planet’s surface due to plate tectonics, culminating in regions of crustal expansion and collision. In the latter case, high temperatures and pressures lead to the reworking of the […]

Off the coast of Blekinge, in southern Sweden, at a depth of around 50–60 meters, the bottom sediment has scars that are tens of kilometers long and appear to have been caused by a huge […]

New research has revealed how tiny soil microbes are impacted by extreme weather events, offering new insights into the risks posed by climate change.This post was originally published on this site

A climate adaptation strategy that’s meant to lower city temperatures could have the opposite effect for people living just outside the zone in which it’s used, according to a new modeling study by Yu Cheng […]

Caltech researchers have developed a new method to study Earth’s structure deep beneath the surface, at the boundary between Earth’s brittle crust and the underlying mantle, a region called the Mohorovičić discontinuity—Moho for short. Like […]

For the first time, researchers have quantified the global emissions of a sulfur gas produced by marine life, revealing that it cools the climate more than previously thought, especially over the Southern Ocean.This post was […]

The melting of Greenland is accelerating, with an estimated loss of between 964 and 1735 gigatons of ice per year by 2100 in a scenario of high greenhouse gas emissions (SSP585), according to three regional […]

As the ocean warms under climate change, a better understanding of how damaging marine heat waves develop and last may help scientists predict them more accurately and forecast their impacts on marine ecosystems.This post was […]

New Curtin University research has revealed that the Ninetyeast Ridge—the Earth’s longest straight underwater mountain chain—formed through a different process than previously believed.This post was originally published on this site