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New Light Shed on Changing Greenland Ice
Mar. 10, 2014 — Research using NASA data is giving new insight into one of the processes causing Greenland's ice sheet to lose mass. A team of scientists used satellite observations and ice thickness ... full story -
Volcanoes Helped Species Survive Ice Ages
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have found evidence that the steam and heat from volcanoes and heated rocks allowed many species of plants and animals to survive past ice ages, helping scientists understand how species ... full story -
Warm Rivers Play Role in Arctic Sea Ice Melt
Mar. 5, 2014 — The heat from warm river waters draining into the Arctic Ocean is contributing to the melting of Arctic sea ice each summer, a new NASA study ... full story -
Sea-Level Rise Threatens UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Mar. 4, 2014 — Some of the world's most recognizable and important landmarks could be lost to rising sea-levels if current global warming trends are maintained over the next two millennia. This is according to ... full story -
New Data Confirms Arctic Ice Trends: Ice-Free Season Getting Longer by Five Days Per Decade
Mar. 4, 2014 — The ice-free season across the Arctic is getting longer by five days per decade, according to new research from a team including Prof Julienne Stroeve (UCL Earth Sciences). New analysis of satellite ... full story -
How Ancient Greek Plays Allow Us to Reconstruct Europe's Climate
Mar. 3, 2014 — The open air plays of the ancient Greeks may offer us a valuable insight into the Mediterranean climate of the time, reports new research. Using historical observations from artwork and plays, ... full story -
Global Warming Felt to Deepest Reaches of Ocean
Mar. 2, 2014 — A new study shows that the 1970s polynya within the Antarctic sea ice pack of the Weddell Sea may have been the last gasp of what was previously a more common feature of the Southern Ocean, and which ... full story -
Great Freeze Over Great Lakes, as Seen from Satellite
Feb. 28, 2014 — The true-color image above, from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite, shows the mostly frozen state of the Great Lakes on Feb. 19. On that date, ice ... full story -
10,000 Years on the Bering Land Bridge: Ancestors of Native Americans Paused En Route from Asia
Feb. 27, 2014 — Genetic and environmental evidence indicates that after the ancestors of Native Americans left Asia, they spent 10,000 years on a land bridge that once linked Siberia and Alaska. Archaeological ... full storyMore: -
Big Thaw Projected for Antarctic Sea Ice: Ross Sea Will Reverse Current Trend, Be Largely Ice Free in Summer by 2100
Feb. 27, 2014 — A new modeling study suggests that a recent observed increase in summer sea-ice cover in Antarctica's Ross Sea is likely short-lived, with the area projected to lose more than half its summer ... full story -
Working on Thinning Ice: Custom-Designed Radar Measures Antarctic Ice With Millimeter Accuracy
Feb. 27, 2014 — A series of radars just deployed on Antarctica will give researchers their first ever day-by-day measurements of the health of one of the ice shelves that surround the frozen continent. The ice ... full story -
Climate Change: No Warming Hiatus for Extreme Hot Temperatures
Feb. 26, 2014 — While there are claims that there has been a hiatus in global average temperatures, no such hiatus has occurred at the extreme end of the temperature spectrum. New research shows extremely hot ... full story -
Whales, Ships More Common Through Bering Strait
Feb. 26, 2014 — The Arctic is home to a growing number of whales and ships, and to populations of sub-Arctic whales that are expanding their territory into newly ice-free Arctic waters. A three-year survey of whales ... full story -
As Climate Changes, Alaska Fisheries May Depend on Winter Survival of Plankton, Oceanographer Suggests
Feb. 24, 2014 — As the climate warms, the productivity of Alaska fisheries will be increasingly dependent on the survival rate of plankton through the winter months, new research by a large team of scientists ... full story -
Previous Rapid Thinning of Pine Island Glacier Sheds Light on Future Antarctic Ice Loss
Feb. 20, 2014 — The largest single contributor to global sea level rise, a glacier of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, may continue thinning for decades to come, new research suggests. Geologists found that Pine Island ... full story -
Climate Change: Unstable Atlantic Deep Ocean Circulation May Hasten 'Tipping Point'
Feb. 20, 2014 — A new study looking at past climate change asks if these changes in the future will be spasmodic and abrupt rather than a more gradual increase in the temperature. Today, deep waters formed in the ... full story -
NASA Satellites See Arctic Surface Darkening Faster
Feb. 19, 2014 — The retreat of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is diminishing Earth's albedo, or reflectivity, by an amount considerably larger than previously estimated, according to a new study that uses data ... full story -
Deep Freeze in the Great Lakes: Lakes Nearly Frozen Completely for First Time in 20 Years
Feb. 19, 2014 — Lake Superior is more than 90 percent iced over, and experts say it may be covered completely before winter's end. Someone has proposed a hike across Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron and Lake Erie ... full story -
Evolution Stuck in Slime for a Billion Years
Feb. 18, 2014 — Researchers are providing a new explanation as to why life remained as little more than slime for a billion years, before rapidly diversifying in the 'Cambrian explosion of life'. Using a ... full story -
New Light Shed on the Genetic History of the European Beaver
Feb. 18, 2014 — An international team of scientists has used detailed analysis of ancient and modern DNA to show that the distribution and lack of genetic diversity among modern European beavers is due largely to ... full story -
Increase in Arctic Cyclones Is Linked to Climate Change
Feb. 18, 2014 — Winter in the Arctic is not only cold and dark; it is also storm season when hurricane-like cyclones traverse the northern waters from Iceland to Alaska. These cyclones are characterized by strong ... full story
- Sea-level rise threatens UNESCO World Heritage sites
- New data confirms Arctic ice trends: Ice-free season getting longer by five days per decade
- 10,000 years on the Bering Land Bridge: Ancestors of Native Americans paused en route from Asia
- Big thaw projected for Antarctic sea ice: Ross Sea will reverse current trend, be largely ice free in summer by 2100
- Working on thinning ice: Custom-designed radar measures Antarctic ice with millimeter accuracy
- Climate change: No warming hiatus for extreme hot temperatures
- Whales, ships more common through Bering Strait
- Previous rapid thinning of Pine Island Glacier sheds light on future Antarctic ice loss
- Climate change: Unstable Atlantic deep ocean circulation may hasten 'tipping point'
- NASA satellites see Arctic surface darkening faster
- Deep freeze in the Great Lakes: Lakes nearly frozen completely for first time in 20 years
- Evolution stuck in slime for a billion years
- New light shed on the genetic history of the European beaver
- Increase in Arctic cyclones is linked to climate change
- Extreme weather images in the media cause fear and disengagement with climate change
- Ancient settlements and modern cities follow same rules of development
- Icing wind tunnel blows cold and hard to study ice on wings, turbine blades
- RNA sequencing of 750-year-old barley virus sheds new light on the Crusades
- A look back and ahead at Greenland's changing climate
- 'Severe reduction' in killer whale numbers during last Ice Age
- Sucker-footed fossils broaden bat map: Fossilized teeth show bat family belongs to primitive lineage, had broad range
- Dramatic thinning of Arctic lake ice cuts winter ice season by 24 days compared to 1950
- Greenland's fastest glacier reaches record speeds
- Climate study projects major changes in vegetation distribution by 2100
- Disappearing snow increases risk of collapsing ice shelves in Antarctica
- New NASA laser technology reveals how ice measures up
- Living cold-water coral reef discovered off Greenland
- Biomarker for stress hormones in polar bears, wildlife affected by global climate change
- Rainforests in Far East shaped by humans for the last 11,000 years
- Changing climate: How dust changed the face of Earth
- Arctic inland waters emit large amounts of carbon
- Climate change threatens Winter Olympics: Only six of previous Winter Games venues to be cold enough by late-century
- North and Tropical Atlantic Ocean bringing climate change to Antarctica
- Polar bear diet changes as sea ice melts
- Great lakes evaporation study dispels misconceptions, points to need for expanded monitoring program
- Ice-loving sea anemone discovered beneath the Ross Ice Shelf
- 'Standing on a comet': Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research
- Meltwater from Tibetan glaciers floods pastures
- Rethinking massive iceberg shifts in North Atlantic
- What lies beneath: Giant trench under Antarctic Ice, deeper than Grand Canyon
- Iconic Australasian trees found as fossils in South America
- Antarctic emperor penguins may be adapting to warmer temperatures
- Ancient Cambodian city's intensive land use led to extensive environmental impacts
- Fossil pigments reveal the colors of ancient sea monsters
- Oceanographer examines pollutants in Antarctic seal milk
- Arctic cyclones more common than previously thought
- East Antarctica is sliding sideways: Ice loss on West Antarctica affecting mantle flow below
- Alpine glacier, unchanged for thousands of years, now melting: New ice cores suggest Alps have been strongly warming since 1980s
- Rising mountains dried out Central Asia
- Landsat 8 helps unveil the coldest place on Earth
- Earth’s sensitivity to climate change could be 'double' previous estimates, say geologists
- Humans threaten wetlands' ability to keep pace with sea-level rise
- While the Arctic Ocean is largely a carbon sink, parts are also a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- Rapid climate changes at end of last glaciation, but with 120 year time lag
- Antarctic fjords are climate-sensitive hotspots of diversity in a rapidly warming region
- Tipping points: Where may abrupt impacts from climate change occur?
- Airborne radar looking through thick ice during NASA polar campaigns
- Arctic study shows key marine food web species at risk from increasing carbon dioxide
- Greenland's shrunken ice sheet: We've been here before
- Pre-industrial rise in greenhouse gases had natural and anthropogenic causes
- Sea level rise forecasts helped by insights into glacier melting
- Expert assessment: Sea-level rise could exceed one meter in this century
- Skeletal remains of 24,000-year-old boy raise new questions about first Americans
- Framework could improve southeast rainfall forecasts
- Underwater 'tree rings' show 650 years of sea ice change
- Ancient, modern DNA tell story of first humans in the Americas
- Amber provides new insights into the evolution of Earth's atmosphere: Low oxygen levels for dinosaurs
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