From the highest peak in the continental United States, Mt. Whitney at 14,000 feet in elevation, to the 10,000-foot-peaks near Lake Tahoe, scientific evidence…
Several factors may influence the discrepancy, researchers say, including snowmelt, interaction with groundwater, flow and discharge rates, solar radiation,…
And a few actually lived through the experience, based on the discovery by Chinese scientists of remarkable fossils of these creatures, just announced in…
Food aid and other humanitarian efforts could be put together sooner and executed better, say UC Santa Barbara geographers Chris Funk, Greg Husak, and Joel…
The Yellowstone “super-volcano” is a little less super—but more active—than previously thought. Researchers at Washington State University and the Scottish…
But a new study shows that climate change could cause ocean currents to operate in a surprising way and mitigate the warming near a handful of islands right on…
Climate scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered that particulate pollution in the late 20th century created…
An international team of scientists used a combination of satellite measurements and models to differentiate between the two known causes of melting ice…
If you walk into a cloud at the top of a mountain with a cup to slake your thirst, it might take a while for your cup to fill. The tiny, barely-there droplets…
City streets can be mean, but somewhere near Brooklyn, a tree grows far better than its country cousins, due to chronically elevated city heat levels, says a…
Now, a group of geophysicists from the University of Toronto, Harvard and Rutgers Universities have found a way to identify the sea level fingerprint left by a…
The analysis is based on data from thousands of fracking operations in the USA and natural rock fractures in Europe and Africa.It is believed to be the first…
The new atmospheric observatory at Mt. Chacaltaya (CHC) in Bolivia is at an altitude of 5240 meters and is the highest such station in the world. First data…
For 300 million years, they were the ultimate survivors. They successfully negotiated three mass extinctions, only to die out eventually at the end of the…
Consequently, it is important to detect the potential impact of climate changes on the Himalayan glaciers at an early stage. Together with international…
The team examined six years-worth of atmospheric gas measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other gases, taken by aircraft every two weeks. Their method…
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