Spectacular New Species Found in Cambodia’s Limestone Caves–Asia’s ‘Little Laboratories’
A new species of pit viper found living in the caves – credit, supplied by Fauna & Flora…
Deep ocean control of global temperature after net-zero emissions
UNFCCC Adoption of the Paris Agreement (United Nations, 2015); https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop21/eng/l09r01.pdf IPCC: Summary for policymakers. In Climate Change 2021:…
Earth’s oldest crystals suggest an early start for plate tectonics
A scientifically faithful impression of Earth during the Hadean eon.Credit: Southwest Research Institute/Simone Marchi Ancient rock crystals from…
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 …
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…
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…
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark
Smit, J. & Brinkhuis, H. The Geulhemmerberg Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary section (Maastrichtian type area, SE Netherlands); Summary of results…
Arctic Divers Reach Never-Before Explored Ocean Ridge Studded with Volcanoes
The submersible Fendouzhe being deployed off a Chinese icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. Credit: Courtesy of the Fendouzhe…
Ocean submesoscales as drivers of submarine melting within Antarctic ice cavities
Rignot, E. et al. Four decades of Antarctic ice sheet mass balance from 1979–2017. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci.…
Chinese researchers reveal unexplored section of mysterious Arctic Ocean ridge
The submersible Fendouzhe being deployed off a Chinese icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean.Credit: Courtesy of the Fendouzhe Research…
A call for integrated and cooperative global sharing of China’s Earth observation data
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Dong Chen & Alexandra Tyukavina Center for Global Change…
NASA made a strange discovery under the surface of the Moon
When we look at it, the Moon seems inert and uninteresting, but NASA made a strange discovery beneath…