Top 10 insights in climate science in 2020 selected by 57 leading global researchers
STOCKHOLM: With impacts from climate change threatening to be as abrupt and far-reaching in the...
Climate and carbon cycle trends of the past 50 million years reconciled
IMAGE: Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands eruption in 2006. Volcanism is one of the main carbon dioxide...
Wet and wild: There’s lots of water in the world’s most explosive volcano
IMAGE: Shiveluch volcano has had more than 40 violent eruptions over the last 10,000 years. The...
A sea of rubbish: ocean floor landfills
The Messina Strait, a submarine bridge separating the island of Sicily from the Italian Peninsula,...
Like plants do: non-classical photosynthesis by earth’s inorganic semiconducting minerals
IMAGE: Earth-abundant minerals convert sunlight into chemical energy, hinting at the evolution of photosynthesis in early...
Surveys identify relationship between waves, coastal cliff erosion
IMAGE: Scripps Oceanography geomorphologist Adam Young buries wave energy-measuring sensors. view more Credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San...
Model predicts global threat of sinking land will affect 635 million people worldwide
A new analysis suggests that, by 2040, 19% of the world's population - accounting for...
St Petersburg University scientists discover an ancient island arc in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan
IMAGE: (a) Tectonic units of the Tien Shan in Kyrgyzstan; (b) schematic geological map of the...
Caspian crisis: Sinking sea levels threaten biodiversity, economy and regional stability
IMAGE: Infographic showing the effects of water level change in the Caspian Sea area. view more ...
More than half of Hudson River tidal marshes were created accidentally by humans
IMAGE: The arrival of the railroad and associated structures in 1850 along the banks of New...