Tiny Wireless Sensors Float in the Wind Like Dandelion Seeds
Wireless sensors can monitor how temperature, humidity or other environmental conditions vary across large swaths of land, such as farms or forests. These tools could…
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Palpable Change in Fire Dynamics Confirmed: U.S. Wildfires 4x Larger, 3x More Frequent Since 2000
New analysis confirms a palpable change in fire dynamics already suspected by many. Fires have gotten larger, more frequent, and more widespread across the United…
Sea Ice That Slowed the Flow of Antarctic Glaciers Abruptly Shatters in Just 3 Days
In just three days in late January, a mass of ice the size of Philadelphia fragmented from the Larsen-B embayment on the Antarctic Peninsula and…
NASA Finds 2022 Arctic Winter Sea Ice Maximum Extent 10th-Lowest on Record
Arctic sea ice appeared to have hit its annual maximum extent on February 25 after growing through the fall and winter. This year’s wintertime extent…
New Climate Change Assessment: “Previous Risk Assessments Were Too Optimistic”
Geographer Matthias Garschagen is a lead author of the new assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In our interview, he discusses the…
Tree Rings Reveal Europe’s Beech Forests Under Considerable Threat From Climate Change
Tree ring analyses reveal growth declines over recent decades / Researchers expect further, even drastic declines, especially in southern Europe. Beech forests in Europe are…
U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry Visits NASA Ames to Discuss Climate and Innovation
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, left, and Joe Sacco, NASA’s acting director of the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC), tour the largest…
NASA Finds Each State Has Its Own Climatic Threshold for Triggering Flu Outbreaks
NASA satellite data illuminates a critical relationship between low humidity and the outbreak of flu in the U.S. What triggers an outbreak of the influenza…
Tonga Volcano Eruption To Have Smaller Cooling Impact on Climate Change Than First Thought
A fresh analysis of the possible cooling effect of the sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January 2022…
Science Made Simple: What Are Earth System and Climate Models?
Earth system models and climate models are a complex integration of environmental variables used for understanding our planet. Earth system models simulate how chemistry, biology,…
Ending the Debate: New Research Solves Longstanding Antarctic Climate Change Mystery
Discrepancy between terrestrial and marine data resolved; shows that ice sheets vulnerable to small CO2 fluctuations. New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst…
How Climate Change Is Destroying Arctic Coasts – Future Land Loss Calculated for the First Time
Erosion is destroying the coasts of the Arctic. The warming of the soil, leading to ruptures and slumping, can endanger important infrastructures and threaten the…
New Calculations of Worldwide Glacial Flows and Volumes From Over 800,000 Pairs of Satellite Images
Many mountain populations—in the Andes or Himalayas, for example—rely on glaciers for their water. Yet changes in glacial water reserves, like predictions of sea level…
Prehistoric Cemetery Radiocarbon Dating Reveals Human Response to Climate Change in the Early Holocene
Radiocarbon dating from a prehistoric cemetery in Northern Russia reveals human stress caused by a global cooling event 8,200 years ago Early hunter gatherers developed…
New Atlas of Globe’s Glaciers Finds They Have Less Ice Than Previously Thought
Findings on glacier speed and depth revise outlook for freshwater availability and sea level rise. The first atlas to measure the movement and thickness of…
Scientists Warn of Severe and Widespread Drought in the 21st Century
Drought is among the most damaging natural hazards in the world, often causing severe losses to agriculture, ecosystems, and human societies. Historical records of precipitation,…
Melting on Mount Everest: Human-Induced Climate Change Impacts the Highest Reaches of the Planet
Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost…
Paris Agreement Climate Limits Still Catastrophic for Coral Reefs
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels will still be catastrophic for coral reefs, new research suggests. Scientists led by the University of Leeds…
