Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Whales help researchers measure winter temperatures in Greenland's coastal waters

The temperatures of the waters have continued to rise since wintertime ocean temperatures were last effectively measured there in the early 2000s, the…

Earth Sciences

NOAA-Funded Study Tracks Narwhals Amid Southern Baffin Bay Warming

In a research paper published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, a publication of the American Geological Union (AGU), scientists…

Earth Sciences

Archaeologists Warn: Rising Seas Threaten Historic Sites

With no hope of saving all of these sites, archaeologists Torben Rick from the Smithsonian Institution, Leslie Reeder of Southern Methodist University, and Jon…

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Southeast Summer Rainfall Patterns Shift Due to Climate Change

And that intensification appears to be coming from global warming, according to a new analysis by a Duke University-led team of climate scientists.The NASH is…

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'Fracking' Mobilizes Uranium in Marcellus Shale

Scientific and political disputes over drilling Marcellus shale for natural gas have focused primarily on the environmental effects of pumping millions of…

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Purdue-led research team finds Haiti quake caused by unknown fault

Eric Calais, a Purdue University professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, led the team that was the first on the ground in Haiti after the magnitude 7.0…

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UF research gives clues about carbon dioxide patterns at end of Ice Age

The findings have implications for modern-day global warming, said Ellen Martin, a UF geological sciences professor and an author of the paper, which is…

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As Arctic warms, increased shipping likely to accelerate climate change

Growing Arctic ship traffic will bring with it air pollution that has the potential to accelerate climate change in the world's northern reaches. And it's more…

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NASA Satellites Track Typhoon Megi’s Approach to China

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite traveled directly above Megi on October 21 at 1401 UTC (10:01 a.m. EDT) when wind speeds were…

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Tropical Storm Richard: GOES-13 Monitors Caribbean Development

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite called GOES-13 captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Richard at 1732 UTC (1:32 p.m. EDT) on Oct. 22….

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RV Polarstern Begins 27th Antarctic Expedition This October

The research vessel Polarstern sets off on its 27th Antarctic expedition on coming Monday, 25 October. The voyage will consist of four legs separated by port…

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Cyclone Giri Hits Burma: NASA Satellite Monitors Heavy Rainfall

Giri is the second tropical cyclone of 2010 to form in the Bay of Bengal and was seen by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite. Cyclone Giri…

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Evidence is weak for tropical rainforest 65 million years ago in Africa's low-latitudes

The landscape of Central Africa 65 million years ago was a low-elevation tropical belt, but the jury is still out on whether the region's mammals browsed and…

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Drought May Threaten Much of Globe within Decades

The analysis concludes that warming temperatures associated with climate change will likely create increasingly dry conditions across much of the globe in the…

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Old Logging Practices Linked to High Erosion Rates

While logging practices have improved dramatically since then, the damaged landscape — the removal of low vegetation that helps to protect hillsides during…

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System 99L Organizes Tropically Near Grand Cayman

At 8 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 20, System 99L, a low pressure system about 150 miles southwest of Grand Cayman appears to be getting organized as it…

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