Nepal-Tibet disaster linked to climate change – a glaciologist explains
The cause of the huge floods and debris flow on the border between Nepal and Tibet, which has…
Forbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake? | Astronomy
Twenty years ago, Pluto got demoted. After a vote by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 2006,…
Rattlesnake sighting prompts warning at Eston Riverside Regional Park – SwiftCurrentOnline.com
Visitors to Eston Riverside Regional Park are being asked to keep an eye out for rattlesnakes after a…
Road Dust: Auckland’s Overlooked Pollution Problem
A 13-year study of Auckland air quality found road dust was a significant contributor to PM₁₀, tiny airborne…
Europe’s summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat
Small boats stand idle on cracked ground in a shriveled side channel of the Danube River in northern Serbia, where…
NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online
Long shadows are cast by the recently completed Deep Space Station 23 at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone…
Scientists catch a laser beam pushing an atom sideways for first time
A spinning table-tennis ball can suddenly bend away from its expected path. This is called the Magnus effect. …
A small jar of water taken from the ocean can reveal how many whales are swimming nearby
Scientists predicted how many blue, fin, and humpback whales were in the waters off California using only the…
Antarctica developed a continental-scale ice sheet 34 million years ago while Earth was about 5°C warmer than today — helped by slow-moving mantle waves that had spent more than 100 million years lifting its interior high enough for permanent ice to survive.
Antarctica did not wait for Earth to become as cold as it is today. At the Eocene-Oligocene transition…
Hundreds of hidden earthquakes found at Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the northern…
‘What a glorious dawn launch.’ Why the Roman Space Telescope’s picture-perfect liftoff beyond Earth is such a big deal
CAPE CANAVAREL, Fla. — It was a bright and sunny morning here in Florida when the Nancy Grace…
Quantum interference offers a radically different way to measure time
A new “quantum watch” uses changing interference patterns inside excited helium atoms to determine how much time has…