Greenland

The world’s fjords are unique environments, vulnerable to the changing climate. Photo by Chris Cheadle/Alamy Stock Photo Waters are warming faster than the global average. Authored by by Nicola Jones Article body copy For those who have braved swimming in British Columbia’s spectacular, glacier-fed fjords, “warm” is probably not a…

Does climate change create or worsen disasters? Science answers “not really.” The evidence provides a slightly different conclusion from many of the headlines screaming disaster doom and gloom from human-caused climate change. Tornado damage happens irrespective of climate change. Source: Ilan Kelman The reasoning comes from definitions. Climate change is…

What Earth May Look Like with Global Warming of 4°C  It’s hard to say what the exact effects of climate change will be by the end of the 21st century, but that hasn’t stopped people from theorizing. In this recent video from YouTuber, RealLifeLore, for example, we’re treated to a…

SO WE BASICALLY REALLY ARE LIVING IN FALLEN ANGELS, WITH HUMAN EMISSIONS OFFSETTING A NEW ICE AGE: The sun is experiencing a less active phase called ‘solar minimum,’ but it won’t cause an ice age. “But this solar minimum won’t spark another ice age, they say. And that’s likely due…

As a program manager for Street View, I’ve had the opportunity to work in more than 20 countries around the world, collecting imagery that transports people to new places and powers Google Maps. You can even find my blurred face from time to time in Street View. I’ve trekked a desert…

An unstable mountain slope in Alaska has the potential to suddenly collapse at some point in the next two decades, resulting in a rapid landslide and huge tsunami, a group of scientists has warned.The mountain slope is located above a fiord known as Barry Arm on the southern edge of…

Roughly 250 million years ago, Pangaea, Earth’s greatest supercontinents, was still stitched together, yet to be split apart by the tremendous geological forces that completely changed the world.Roughly 250 million years ago, Pangaea, Earth’s greatest - and latest - supercontinent, was still stitched together, yet to be split apart by…

(Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images) ALEXANDER LEWIS PEACE, THE CONVERSATION 16 MAY 2020 Pangaea was the Earth's latest supercontinent – a vast amalgamation of all the major landmasses.Before Pangaea began to disintegrate, what we know today as Nova Scotia was attached to what seems like an unlikely neighbour: Morocco. Newfoundland was…

According to Chinese Ambassador to Denmark Feng Tie, the US is using allegations against Russia and China as a ploy to cover its own interests in Greenland, the world's largest island.Chinese Ambassador to Denmark Feng Tie has lashed out against an opinion piece penned by his US colleague Carla Sands,…

Iceland has given the green light for international film and TV professionals to travel to the country and resume work as early as tomorrow, providing they secure a necessary permit. From Friday (May 15), international filmmakers, crew and actors can apply for a special exemption to the 14-day quarantine, which…