Global Warming

The novelist William Golding suggested to James Lovelock that he name his now-famous hypothesis after the Greek goddess of the Earth, Gaia. It was a good fit: Lovelock believed that the living and inanimate parts of the Earth formed a single, interacting, and self-regulating system. Lovelock’s work grew, in part,…

Pierre Dutrieux preparing a Seaglider for deployment in front of the Dotson Ice Shelf, West Antarctica, during a summer 2018 research expedition. Credit: Pierre Dutrieux Antarctica is rapidly shedding ice, a loss that contributes to rising seas. Research demonstrates that human-induced global climate change and warming ocean temperatures are the…

Melting ice in the Arctic Ocean is a bellwether for climate change, an apt illustration of environmental changes in a warming world. Credit: Zhangxian Ouyang New research by University of Delaware doctoral student Zhangxian Ouyang and oceanographer Wei-Jun Cai, and an international team of researchers, demonstrates that rapid warming and…

SPRUCE study site for studying effects of warming temperatures on peatland. Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Warming temperatures in cold-climate peatlands may over time trigger decomposition of old, deeply buried peat and increase emissions of climate-harming methane and carbon dioxide into the air, according to a study led by a…

by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 June 2020 / 1,411 Views Developer Red Thread Games has announced story-driven action adventure game Dustborn for the Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam. It will launch in 2021. View the announcement trailer below: Here is an overview of the game: There…

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A warming planet will cause stronger storm winds triggering larger and more frequent extreme waves over the next 80 years, with largest increases shown in the Southern Ocean, according to new research. Researchers at the University of Melbourne have simulated Earth's changing climate under different wind…

At a time when misinformation seems to be ascendant, a decades-long effort aided by the scientific community is bearing fruit. Results published on 10 June show that the proportion of US secondary-school biology teachers who present creationism as a scientifically valid alternative to evolution fell from 32% in 2007 to…

Key in determining post-pandemic emissions is how governments choose to spend stimulus monies--whether they use it to prop up fossil fuel incumbents or bolster clean energy transitions already underway. Credit: angkhan The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have led to a record crash in emissions. But it will be emission…

Image copyright EPA Image caption The spill now threatens a huge, pristine area of Arctic wilderness Diesel oil from a huge spill in Russia's Arctic north has polluted a large freshwater lake and there is a risk it could spread into the Arctic Ocean, a senior Russian official says. Emergency…