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NASA Ames Reproduces the Building Blocks of Life in Laboratory
Mar. 4, 2015 — NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, cytosine, and thymine, three key components of our hereditary material, in the laboratory. They discovered that an ice sample ... full story -
Genetics Reveals Where Emperor Penguins Survived the Last Ice Age
Mar. 1, 2015 — A study of how climate change has affected emperor penguins over the last 30,000 years found that only three populations may have survived during the last ice age, and that the Ross Sea in Antarctica ... full story -
Sun Has More Impact on the Climate in Cool Periods
Feb. 27, 2015 — The activity of the Sun is an important factor in the complex interaction that controls our climate. New research now shows that the impact of the Sun is not constant over time, but has greater ... full story -
Submarine Data Used to Investigate Turbulence Beneath Arctic Ice
Feb. 27, 2015 — Using recently released Royal Navy submarine data, researchers have investigated the nature of turbulence in the ocean beneath the Arctic sea-ice. Recent decreases in Arctic sea ice may have a big ... full story -
IPCC Sea-Level Rise Scenarios Not Fit for Purpose for High-Risk Coastal Areas
Feb. 26, 2015 — The sea-level rise scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) do not necessarily provide the right information for high-risk coastal decision-making and management, according ... full story -
Drilling Ancient African Lakes Sheds Light on Human Evolution
Feb. 26, 2015 — How was human evolution and migration influenced by past changes in climate? Researchers hope to find ... full story -
Himalayan Ice Shows Chemicals Ban Is Working
Feb. 25, 2015 — A unique study of frozen ice cores from the Tibetan Himalayas has shown that international agreements on phasing out the use of toxic persistent organic pollutants are working. "Chemical ... full story -
Time When Southwest Was Wet and Northwest Was Dry Aids Efforts to Predict Future Rainfall Patterns
Feb. 23, 2015 — The first comprehensive map of the topsy-turvy climate in the western U.S, 21,000 years ago has been developed by researchers. They focus on when the Southwest was wet and the Northwest was dry, ... full story -
Paleoclimate, Proxies, Paleosols, and Precipitation: A Look to the Future
Feb. 20, 2015 — Precipitation reconstructions are essential for predicting impacts of future climate change and preparing for potential changes in terrestrial environmental conditions. Reliable proxy records of ... full story -
Greenland Is Melting: The Past Might Tell What the Future Holds
Feb. 20, 2015 — Scientists have managed to quantify how the Greenland Ice Sheet reacted to a warm period 8,000-5,000 years ago. Back then temperatures were 2-4 degrees C warmer than they are in the present. Their ... full story -
Out of Africa: Did Humans Migrate Quickly and All-at-Once or in Phases Based on Weather?
Feb. 20, 2015 — Considerable debate surrounds the migration of human populations out of Africa. Two predominant hypotheses concerning the timing contrast in their emphasis on the role of the Arabian interior and its ... full story -
Recent Research Provides New Data on Chemical Gardens, Whose Formation Is a Mystery for Science
Feb. 17, 2015 — Recent research has yielded new data on chemical gardens, mysterious formations produced when certain solid salts -- copper sulfate, cobalt chloride -- are added to an aqueous solution of sodium ... full story -
Climate Change Can Cause Loss of Important Ice Dynamics in Streams
Feb. 16, 2015 — Ice and winter floods are important natural disturbances for maintaining species-rich riparian zones along northern watercourses. If the climate becomes warmer this disturbance might be lost. This ... full story -
Carbon Release from Ocean Helped End the Ice Age
Feb. 11, 2015 — A release of carbon dioxide from the deep ocean helped bring an end to the last Ice Age, according to new research. The study shows that carbon stored in an isolated reservoir deep in the Southern ... full story -
Global Sea Ice Diminishing, Despite Antarctic Gains
Feb. 10, 2015 — Sea ice increases in Antarctica do not make up for the accelerated Arctic sea ice loss of the last decades, a new study finds. As a whole, the planet has been shedding sea ice at an average annual ... full story -
Floods Created Home of Europe's Biggest Waterfall
Feb. 9, 2015 — A massive canyon that is home to Europe's most powerful waterfall was created in a matter of days by extreme flooding, new research ... full story -
Earliest Evidence of Large-Scale Human-Produced Air Pollution in South America Found
Feb. 9, 2015 — Researchers have uncovered the earliest evidence of widespread, human-produced air pollution in South America -- from the Spanish conquest of the ... full story -
Ancient Snow Patches Melting at Record Speed
Feb. 6, 2015 — Norway is dotted with small glaciers and permanent snow patches that contain all sorts of archaeological treasures, from ancient shoes to 5000-year-old arrowheads. But climate change has turned up ... full story -
Seafloor Volcano Pulses May Alter Climate: Strikingly Regular Patterns, from Weeks to Eons
Feb. 5, 2015 — A new study shows that undersea volcanoes flare up on strikingly regular cycles, ranging from two weeks to 100,000 years -- and, that they erupt almost exclusively during the first six months of each ... full story -
Tracking Glaciers With Accelerators
Feb. 5, 2015 — Geologists once thought that, until about 18,000 years ago, a mammoth glacier covered the top two-thirds of Ireland. Recently, however, they found evidence that it wasn't just the top ... full story
- Sun has more impact on the climate in cool periods
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- IPCC sea-level rise scenarios not fit for purpose for high-risk coastal areas
- Drilling ancient African lakes sheds light on human evolution
- Paleoclimate, proxies, paleosols, and precipitation: A look to the future
- Greenland is melting: The past might tell what the future holds
- Out of Africa: Did humans migrate quickly and all-at-once or in phases based on weather?
- Floods created home of Europe's biggest waterfall
- Earliest evidence of large-scale human-produced air pollution in South America found
- Seafloor volcano pulses may alter climate: Strikingly regular patterns, from weeks to eons
- Tracking glaciers with accelerators
- Methane seepage from Arctic seabed occurring for millions of years
- Heavy rainfall events becoming more frequent on Big Island, Hawaii
- Erratic as normal: Arctic sea ice loss expected to be bumpy in the short term
- Smothered oceans: Extreme oxygen loss in oceans accompanied past global climate change
- Nordic marine scientists: Showcasing growing pressure on oceans?
- 3-D view of Greenland Ice Sheet opens window on ice history
- Climate affects development of human speech
- Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
- Drillers help make new Antarctic discoveries
- Two lakes beneath the ice in Greenland, gone within weeks
- Death of a dynamo: A hard drive from space
- Greenland Ice: The warmer it gets the faster it melts
- Climate change does not bode well for picky eaters
- Giant atmospheric rivers add mass to Antarctica's ice sheet
- Why is Greenland covered in ice? Processes in deep Earth interior created conditions for glaciation
- Underwater drones map ice algae in Antarctica
- Methane is leaking from permafrost offshore Siberia
- Average temperature in Finland has risen by more than two degrees
- Satellites measure increase of Sun's energy absorbed in the Arctic
- North Atlantic signaled Ice Age thaw 1,000 years before it happened, reveals new research
- Massive study provides first detailed look at how Greenland's ice is vanishing
- Scientists observe the Earth grow a new layer under an Icelandic volcano
- Migrating 'supraglacial' lakes could trigger future Greenland ice loss
- No laughing matter: Nitrous oxide rose at end of last ice age
- Ancient creature discovered in the depths of the Arctic Ocean
- West Antarctic melt rate has tripled in last decade
- Meteorology meets metrology: Climate research high up in the clouds
- Scientists find 240-million-year-old parasite that infected mammals' ancestor
- Mastodon fossils in Alaska and Yukon suggest local extinction long before human colonization
- Time-lapse photos and synched weather data unlock Antarctic secrets
- Salinity counts when it comes to sea level
- Cut the salt: Green solutions for highway snow, ice control
- Permafrost soil: Possible source of abrupt rise in greenhouse gases at end of last ice age
- Laser from a plane discovers Roman goldmines in Spain
- Wild weather in the Arctic causes problems for people and wildlife
- Little Ice Age was global: Implications for current global warming
- 'Fountain of youth' underlies Antarctic mountains: Why peaks buried in ice look so young
- Surviving an ice age: Mammals didn't play by the rules of modeling on where they migrated to survive last ice age
- Jurassic climate of large swath of western U.S. was more complex than previously known: Unexpected abrupt change from arid to wet
- Climate change was not to blame for the collapse of the Bronze Age
- Tillage shows very little impact on carbon sequestration
- Climate capers of the past 600,000 years
- Global warming not just a blanket: In the long run, it's more like tanning oil
- Robotic ocean gliders aid study of melting polar ice
- Small New Zealand population initiated rapid forest transition c. 750 years ago: Drier forests lost within decades, instead of centuries as previously thought
- Population boom, droughts contributed to collapse of ancient Assyrian Empire
- Scent communication in polar bears explored
- Geologist reveals correlation between earthquakes, landslides in Peru
- Arctic warming: Scientists identify new driver
- Variations in ice sheet height influence global climate
- Massive geographic change may have triggered explosion of animal life
- Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park: Fracture-controlled erodibility, great rock climbing
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