Ice Planet Recon: Looking For Avalanches At Mars’ North Pole
ID: ESP_069857_2650 date: 21 June 2021 altitude: 318 km NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona larger image The North Polar Layered…
Enormous Pair of Deep-Earth Hot ‘Blobs’ Shape Earth’s Magnetic Field, Scientists Say
For all we’ve learned about places far away in outer space, we may have barely scratched the surface…
Climate mode interactions amplify coastal flood risks and their seasonal predictability
McMichael, C., Dasgupta, S., Ayeb-Karlsson, S. & Kelman, I. A review of estimating population exposure to sea-level rise…
Global water security threatened by rising inequality
He, C. et al. Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions. Nat. Commun. 12, 4667 (2021). Article …
Weak self-induced cooling of tropical cyclones amid fast sea surface warming
TC datasets Global TC best-track data from 1992 to 2021, distributed by the US National Hurricane Center and…
Ancient Antarctica Reveals a ‘One–Two Punch’ Behind Ice Sheet Collapse, New Research Shows
BYLINE: Jennifer Micale Newswise — When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the…
West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geology
The ice that now covers West Antarctica was not there 3.6 million years ago, after a massive collapse…
The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
Known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is one of the most rapidly changing glaciers…
The story of the Gallatin Range—magnificent mountains northwest of Yellowstone Caldera
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This…
Autistic voices are an overlooked minority in geosciences
Autism is a lifelong condition impacting how individuals process information and interact with the world, simultaneously protected as…
Researchers Dive to Never Before Explored Arctic Ocean Ridge Studded with Volcanoes
The submersible Fendouzhe being deployed off a Chinese icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. Credit: Courtesy of the Fendouzhe…
Australian man’s gold nugget turns out to be rare meteorite
An Australian man’s potential gold discovery has turned out to be something far rarer and more scientifically valuable:…