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Climate Affects Development of Human Speech
Jan. 23, 2015 — A correlation between climate and the evolution of language has been uncovered by researchers. To find a relationship between the climate and the evolution of language, one needs to discover an ... full story -
Arctic Ice Cap Slides Into the Ocean
Jan. 23, 2015 — Satellite images have revealed that a remote Arctic ice cap has thinned by more than 50 metres since 2012 -- about one sixth of its original thickness -- and that it is now flowing 25 times faster. ... full story -
Drillers Help Make New Antarctic Discoveries
Jan. 21, 2015 — An expedition to Antarctica yields new information about how climate change affects Antarctic glaciers. The study has discovered a new ecosystem, researchers report, including a unique ecosystem of ... full story -
Two Lakes Beneath the Ice in Greenland, Gone Within Weeks
Jan. 21, 2015 — Researchers discovered craters left behind when two sub-glacial lakes in Greenland drained away -- an indication that the natural plumbing system beneath the ice sheet is overflowing with meltwater. ... full storyMore: -
Death of a Dynamo: A Hard Drive from Space
Jan. 21, 2015 — Hidden magnetic messages contained within ancient meteorites are providing a unique window into the processes that shaped our solar system, and may give a sneak preview of the fate of the ... full story -
Greenland Ice: The Warmer It Gets the Faster It Melts
Jan. 20, 2015 — Melting of glacial ice will probably raise sea level around the globe, but how fast this melting will happen is uncertain. In the case of the Greenland Ice Sheet, the more temperatures increase, the ... full story -
Climate Change Does Not Bode Well for Picky Eaters
Jan. 20, 2015 — In a part of the world that is experiencing the most dramatic increase in temperature and climate change, two very similar species of animals are responding very differently. New research suggests ... full story -
Giant Atmospheric Rivers Add Mass to Antarctica's Ice Sheet
Jan. 20, 2015 — Extreme weather phenomena called atmospheric rivers were behind intense snowstorms recorded in 2009 and 2011 in East Antarctica. The resulting snow accumulation partly offset recent ice loss from the ... full story -
Melting Glaciers Have Big Carbon Impact
Jan. 19, 2015 — As Earth warms, scientists have been focused on how glaciers melting will affect sea level rise. But, another lurking impact is the amount of carbon that will be released when glaciers melt. This is ... full story -
Heart Arrhythmias Detected in Deep-Diving Marine Mammals
Jan. 16, 2015 — A new study of dolphins and seals shows that despite their remarkable adaptations to aquatic life, exercising while holding their breath remains a physiological challenge for marine mammals. The ... full story -
Nearly Half the Systems Crucial to Stability of Planet Compromised
Jan. 15, 2015 — Almost half of the processes that are crucial to maintaining the stability of the planet have become dangerously compromised by human activity. That is the view of an international team of 18 ... full story -
Correcting Estimates of Sea Level Rise
Jan. 14, 2015 — The acceleration in global sea level from the 20th century to the last two decades has been significantly larger than scientists previously thought, according to a new study. Previous estimates of ... full story -
Greenland Meltwater Contributes to Rising Sea Levels
Jan. 13, 2015 — As the largest single chunk of melting snow and ice in the world, the massive ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of Greenland is recognized as the biggest potential contributor to rising sea ... full story -
New Technology Purifies Waste Water by Freezing It First: Possible Applications in Mineral Extraction Industry
Jan. 12, 2015 — Freezing technology can be utilized in waste water treatment, researchers in Finland have shown. When waste water freezes, it can be purified through the formation of a cleaner layer of ice. The ... full story -
On a Tropical Island, Fossils Reveal Past -- And Possible Future -- Of Polar Ice
Jan. 8, 2015 — The balmy islands of Seychelles couldn't feel farther from Antarctica, but their fossil corals could reveal much about the fate of polar ice sheets. About 125,000 years ago, the average global ... full story -
Why Is Greenland Covered in Ice? Processes in Deep Earth Interior Created Conditions for Glaciation
Jan. 5, 2015 — The ice on Greenland could only form due to processes in the deep Earth interior. Scientists now explain why the conditions for the glaciation of Greenland developed only so recently on a geological ... full story -
Underwater Drones Map Ice Algae in Antarctica
Jan. 5, 2015 — New robot technology leads Antarctic exploration into a new epoch. It is now possible to study the underside of sea ice across large distances and explore a world previously restricted to specially ... full story -
Methane Is Leaking from Permafrost Offshore Siberia
Dec. 22, 2014 — Images of craters on Yamal Peninsula, caused by collapsing permafrost, have become world famous. But did you know that this permafrost extends to the ocean floor? And it is ... full story -
Average Temperature in Finland Has Risen by More Than Two Degrees
Dec. 22, 2014 — Over the past 166 years, the average temperature in Finland has risen by more than two degrees. During the observation period, the average increase was 0.14 degrees per decade, which is nearly twice ... full story -
The Greenland Ice Sheet: Now in HD
Dec. 18, 2014 — The highest-resolution maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet are debuting. Starting with Worldview satellite imagery, The maps are already revealing previously unknown features on the ice ... full story
- 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
- Canary for climate change: How past extinctions have influenced modern distribution, population size of existing species
- Climate change not responsible for altering forest tree composition, experts say
- Method for detecting extremely rare inert gas isotopes for water dating
- Past climate change and continental ice melt linked to varying carbon dioxide levels
- Earth's magnetic field could flip within a human lifetime
- Rising sea levels of 1.8 meters in worst-case scenario, researchers calculate
- Understanding Greenland Ice Sheet's meltwater channels
- Predicting impact of climate change on species that can't get out of the way
- Evolving plumbing system beneath Greenland slows ice sheet as summer progresses
- Changing Antarctic waters could trigger steep rise in sea levels, conditions 14,000 years ago suggest
- Satellite measurements reveal gravity dip from ice loss in West Antarctica
- U.S., India to collaborate on Mars exploration, Earth-observing mission
- NASA support key to glacier mapping efforts
- DNA signature in Ice Storm babies: Prenatal maternal stress exposure to natural disasters predicts epigenetic profile of offspring
- Greenland Ice Sheet more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought
- Earth's water is older than the sun: Likely originated as ices that formed in interstellar space
- Global sea levels rose up to five meters per century at the end of the last five ice age
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