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Effects of past ice ages more widespread than previously thought

Feb 24, 2021 (SPX)

Marshall, assistant professor of geosciences, is the first author of the study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The findings help shape u...

India's glacier disaster highlights Himalayan dangers

Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)

"The rivers, mountains and trees are like our gods and any sacrilege will have consequences," Rana told AFP in his village, overlooking the hydroelectric projec...

Aerosol pollution caused decades of global dimming

Feb 19, 2021 (SPX)

From the 1950s through the 1980s, researchers saw steady declines in the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface, in a phenomenon known as "global dimmi...

Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth's history 42,000 years ago

Feb 19, 2021 (SPX)

This dramatic turning point in Earth's history - laced with electrical storms, widespread auroras, and cosmic radiation - was triggered by the reversal of Earth...

U.S., 4 partner nations sign letter of intent for Arctic Challenge Exercise

Feb 18, 2021 (UPI)

According to the Air Force, the letter advances the service's Arctic Strategy, which it released last July. "We have a common vision and shared set of values in...

Lakes isolated beneath Antarctic ice could be more amenable to life than thought

Feb 18, 2021 (SPX)

This is the finding of a new study that could help researchers determine the best spots to search for microbes that could be unique to the region, having been i...

How icebergs really melt - and what this could mean for climate change

Feb 17, 2021 (SPX)

Their results, published in Physical Review Fluids, have implications for oceanographers and climate scientists. Lead author and PhD student Eric Hester said: "...

Mining fuels Greenland dreams of independence - and political crisis

Feb 17, 2021 (AFP)

The planned project has wreaked political havoc. On Tuesday, Greenland's parliament voted in favour of holding new elections on April 6, after a junior party qu...

Subglacial lakes may be friendlier to microbes than previously thought

Feb 17, 2021 (UPI)

According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, subglacial lakes on the continent feature mixing sufficient to churn sediments and dis...

3D model shows off the insides of a giant permafrost crater

Feb 16, 2021 (SPX)

Giant craters in the Russian Arctic, thought to be the remnants of powerful gas blowouts, first attracted worldwide attention in 2014, when the 20 to 40-meter w...

Climate change killed off mammoths, sloths, megafauna

Feb 16, 2021 (UPI)

In a new study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, researchers used statistical analysis to show climate change was the primary driver of t...

Geologists discover strange creatures living deep beneath Antarctic ice shelf

Feb 15, 2021 (UPI)

The unidentified lifeforms, detailed Monday in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, were found by a team of geologists drilling through the Filchner-Ronne I...

Drop in CO2 helped dinosaurs migrate from South America to Greenland

Feb 15, 2021 (UPI)

According to a new study, it took the world's largest herbivorous dinosaurs, Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus, some 15 million years to trek the length of the sup...

Is Brunt on the brink?

Feb 15, 2021 (ESA)

For years, glaciologists have been tracking a number of cracks in the Brunt Ice Shelf, which borders the Coats Land coast in the Weddell Sea sector of Antarctic...

India fears another flash flood from new Himalayan lake

Feb 12, 2021 (AFP)

Thirty-eight people died and 166 are still missing, state disaster officials said, after a barrage of water and debris hurtled down the valley in the northern s...

Rapid ice retreat during last deglaciation parallels current melt rates

Feb 12, 2021 (SPX)

"Our measurements of the ice retreat in Storfjorden Through show that the prevailing conditions to the great break off, match what we see in Antarctica and Gree...

India glacier disaster leaves 26 dead, workers hunt for survivors

Feb 08, 2021 (AFP)

More than 170 others were listed as missing after a wall of water and debris barrelled down a tight valley in India's north early Sunday, destroying bridges, ro...

200 missing in India after burst glacier causes flash flooding

Feb 07, 2021 (AFP)

Three bodies have been found and a desperate operation has been launched to rescue about 20 people trapped in a tunnel, the Uttarakhand state police chief said....

Hearings on Greenland mining project open amid threats

Feb 05, 2021 (AFP)

"There has not been anything indicating a security risk," local police told AFP, adding that "it is safe for everyone to attend." Located in the fjords of south...

Sea ice kept oxygen from reaching deep ocean during last ice age

Feb 04, 2021 (SPX)

"The sea ice is effectively like a closed window for the ocean," said Andreas Schmittner, a climate scientist at Oregon State University and co-author on the pa...