Time Is Running Out for Uganda’s Vanishing Glaciers
Leaving the farmed hillside of the village, we crossed the park boundary and soon entered tropical forests where giant ...
Tag: Earth Science
What Would Earth’s Temperature Be Like Without an Atmosphere?
Okay, a couple of points.this is only surface Earth's temperature. Since the light from the sun just hits the ...
The Tonga Eruption Is Still Revealing New Volcanic Dangers
It's clear that Hunga involves an unusual explosive formula that may not be easily replicated. For about a month, ...
When Did the Anthropocene Actually Begin?
Invasive species introduced by humans to new areas can also serve as markers, scientists say. San Francisco Bay has ...
El Niño Is Coming—and the World Isn’t Prepared
2023, Global warming will continue to increase endlessly, bringing more destructive weather, the hallmark calling card of accelerating climate ...
A New NASA Satellite Will Map Earth’s Rising Seas
SWOT may prove to be a significant improvement over previous satellite measurements. "Instead of a 'pencil beam' moving along ...
These Algorithms Are Hunting for an EV Battery Mother Lode
"These things are It’s hard to tip over,” geologist Wilson Bonner assured me, as the 4WD he was driving ...
Pink Snow Is Not a Cute Phenomenon—Here’s Why
The scientists used the device to record the snow's albedo, a measure of the proportion of sunlight that shines ...
Pliocene-Like Monsoons Are Returning to the American Southwest
Leaf wax also predates climate records from Antarctic ice cores, which only date back about a million years and ...
A New Tool for Eruption Forecasting: Carbon-Catching Drones
She and her team flew these drones as they stood inside the crater to compare distant atmospheric measurements with ...
