Groundwater pumping leads to sea level rise, cancels out effect of dams
As people pump groundwater for irrigation, drinking water, and industrial uses, the water doesn't just seep back into the ground - it also evaporates into the atmosphere, or runs off into rivers and...
View ArticleClimate change led to collapse of ancient Indus civilization, study finds
A new study combining the latest archaeological evidence with state-of-the-art geoscience technologies provides evidence that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the great Indus or...
View ArticleGreenland's current loss of ice mass
The Greenland ice sheet continues to lose mass and thus contributes at about 0.7 millimeters per year to the currently observed sea level change of about 3 mm per year. (2012-05-30)
View ArticleOld aerial photos supply new knowledge on glaciers in Greenland
The glaciers in southeast Greenland are retreating rapidly with the ongoing global climate change. (2012-05-30)
View ArticleSurvey: Latin American and Asian cities lead way in planning for global warming
Quito, Ecuador, is not considered a global leader by most measures. But there is one way in which Quito is at the forefront of metropolises worldwide: in planning for climate change. (2012-06-06)
View ArticleStudy predicts imminent irreversible planetary collapse
Using scientific theories, toy ecosystem modeling and paleontological evidence as a crystal ball, 18 scientists, including one from Simon Fraser University, predict we're on a much worse collision...
View ArticleWoolly mammoth extinction has lessons for modern climate change
Although humans and woolly mammoths co-existed for millennia, the shaggy giants disappeared from the globe between 4,000 and 10,000 years ago, and scientists couldn't explain until recently exactly how...
View ArticleGreenland ice may exaggerate magnitude of 13,000-year-old deep freeze
Ice samples pulled from nearly a mile below the surface of Greenland glaciers have long served as a historical thermometer, adding temperature data to studies of the local conditions up to the Northern...
View ArticleEARTH: Karakoram glaciers buck global, regional trends
Resting in the Karakoram Range between northern Pakistan and western China, the Karakoram glaciers are stumping scientists. Unlike most mountain glaciers, the Karakoram glaciers, which account for 3...
View ArticleRiver networks on Titan point to a puzzling geologic history
For many years, Titan's thick, methane- and nitrogen-rich atmosphere kept astronomers from seeing what lies beneath. Saturn's largest moon appeared through telescopes as a hazy orange orb, in contrast...
View ArticleTropical plankton invade Arctic waters
For the first time, scientists have identified tropical and subtropical species of marine protozoa living in the Arctic Ocean. (2012-07-25)
View ArticlePulling CO2 from air vital, say researchers
Emerging techniques to pull carbon dioxide from the air and store it away to stabilize the climate may become increasingly important as the planet tips into a state of potentially dangerous warming,...
View ArticleResearchers analyze melting glaciers and water resources in Central Asia
After the fall of the Soviet Union twenty years ago, water distribution in Central Asia became a source of conflict. In areas where summer precipitation is low, glaciers play an important role when...
View ArticleWalls of Lunar Crater May Hold Patchy Ice, LRO Radar Finds
Small patches of ice could make up at most five to ten percent of material in walls of Shackleton crater. (2012-08-31)
View ArticleGlacial thinning has sharply accelerated at major South American icefields
For the past four decades scientists have monitored the ebbs and flows of the icefields in the southernmost stretch of South America's vast Andes Mountains, detecting an overall loss of ice as the...
View ArticleHimalayan glaciers retreating at accelerated rate in some regions but not others
Glaciers in the eastern and central regions of the Himalayas appear to be retreating at accelerating rates, similar to those in other areas of the world, while glaciers in the western Himalayas are...
View ArticleNew airport system facilitates smoother take-offs and landings
For airline passengers who dread bumpy rides to mountainous destinations, help may be on the way. (2012-09-20)
View ArticleWarming ocean could start big shift of Antarctic ice
Fast-flowing and narrow glaciers have the potential to trigger massive changes in the Antarctic ice sheet and contribute to rapid ice-sheet decay and sea-level rise, a new study has found. (2012-09-20)
View ArticleHigh-Arctic Heat Tops 1,800-Year High, Says Study
Summers on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard are now warmer than at any other time in the last 1,800 years, including during medieval times when parts of the northern hemisphere were as hot as, or...
View ArticleFreshwater Flows Into the Arctic and Southern Oceans Appear to Determine the...
Differing contributions of freshwater from glaciers and streams to the Arctic and Southern oceans appear to be responsible for the fact that the majority of microbial communities that thrive near the...
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