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Deep-Sea Bacteria Release Excess Carbon into the Ocean and Atmosphere

A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota has found that deep-sea bacteria dissolve carbon-containing rocks and discharge surplus carbon into the air and ocean.

13 Apr 2021

Global Warming Could Lead to Collapse of More than One-Third of Antarctic Ice Shelf

A new study shows that over one-third of the Antarctic’s ice shelf area could be at risk of crumbling into the sea if global temperatures increase to 4 °C above pre-industrial levels.

9 Apr 2021

New Approach to Forecast Sea-Level Changes in Coastal Regions of the World

At the Image Processing Laboratory (IPL) of the University of Valencia, scientists have designed a machine learning method to model and forecast brief sea-level variations in the coastal regions of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.

8 Apr 2021

Discovery of Heat-Sensing Gene in Plants Could Help Tune Their Temperature Response

Global warming can decrease crop yields by one-third by 2050. Scientists from the University of California, Riverside have discovered a gene that could reverse this effect.

7 Apr 2021

Tibetan Plateau may Warm Faster in Future than Projected by Climate Models

Over the last few decades, the Tibetan Plateau, called “the roof of the world,” has warmed up more quickly compared to the global average.

7 Apr 2021

Increased Lightning Storms may Amplify Arctic Warming

Back in 2019, the National Weather Service in Alaska had reportedly detected the first-familiar lightning strikes within 300 miles of the North Pole.

6 Apr 2021

Study Finds Drastic Fluctuations in Atmospheric Oxygen After its Early Appearance

A new study reveals that the permanent increase in oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere, which enabled the emergence of life as it is known, occurred 100 million years later than considered earlier.

6 Apr 2021

Researchers Confirm that Antarctic Glacier Could Cross Tipping Points

Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, leading to a rapid and irreversible retreat which would have significant consequences for global sea level.

2 Apr 2021

Kuroshio Current may Account for Hot and Humid Summers in Tokyo

According to a new study performed by an international research team, 40 million individuals living in Japan’s Kanto region, which also comprises Tokyo, might blame a meandering ocean current for the rising hot and humid summers.

31 Mar 2021

New Instrument Helps Better Understand the Scale and Long-Term Impact of Fires

A first-of-its-kind instrument that samples smoke from megafires and scans humidity will help researchers better understand the scale and long-term impact of fires--specifically how far and high the smoke will travel; when and where it will rain; and whether the wet smoke will warm the climate by absorbing sunlight.

30 Mar 2021