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2013 Wintertime Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Fifth Lowest on Record
April 3, 2013 — During the cold and dark of Arctic winter, sea ice refreezes and achieves its maximum extent, usually in late Feb. or early Mar. According to a NASA analysis, this year the annual maximum extent was ... > full story -
Ancient Pool of Warm Water Questions Current Climate Models
April 3, 2013 — A huge pool of warm water that stretched out from Indonesia over to Africa and South America four million years ago suggests climate models might be too conservative in forecasting tropical changes. ... > full storyMore: -
Thin Clouds Drove Greenland's Record-Breaking 2012 Ice Melt
April 3, 2013 — If the sheet of ice covering Greenland were to melt in its entirety tomorrow, global sea levels would rise by 24 feet. Three million cubic kilometers of ice won't wash into the ocean overnight, but ... > full story -
NASA Team Investigates Complex Chemistry at Saturn's Moon Titan
April 3, 2013 — A laboratory experiment at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., simulating the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan suggests complex organic chemistry that could eventually lead to the ... > full story -
Same-Day Water Pollution Test Could Keep Beaches Open More Often
April 3, 2013 — With warm summer days at the beach on the minds of millions of winter-weary people, scientists are reporting that use of a new water quality test this year could prevent unnecessary beach closures ... > full story -
Papyrus Plant Detox for Slaughterhouses
April 3, 2013 — Humans have used the papyrus sedge for millennia. The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it, it can be made into highly buoyant boats, it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten. Now ... > full story -
Switching to a Power Stroke Enables a Tiny but Important Marine Crustacean to Survive
April 2, 2013 — To escape from the jaws and claws of predators in cold, viscous water, marine copepods switch from a wave-like swimming stroke to big power strokes, a behavior that has now been revealed thanks to ... > full story -
Geckos Keep Firm Grip in Wet Natural Habitat
April 1, 2013 — Geckos' ability to stick to trees and leaves during rainforest downpours has fascinated scientists for decades, leading a group of researchers to solve the ... > full story -
Watching Fluid Flow at Nanometer Scales: Tiny Nanowires Can Lift Liquids as Effectively as Tubes
April 1, 2013 — Imagine if you could drink a glass of water just by inserting a solid wire into it and sucking on it as though it were a soda straw. It turns out that if you were tiny enough, that method would work ... > full story -
NASA's Swift Sizes Up Comet ISON
March 29, 2013 — Astronomers have used NASA's Swift satellite to check out comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), which may become one of the most dazzling in decades when it rounds the sun later this ... > full story
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