There’s a Peculiar Link Between Whales Beaching Themselves And Solar Storms
The Gray Whale is the 10th largest creature alive today, and the 9 creatures larger than it are all whales, too. Gray Whales are known for their epic migration routes,…
Science Is Already Being Disrupted by Climate Change, And We’re Woefully Unprepared
The climate crisis poses an escalating threat to scientists everywhere and research of all kinds, scientists in Australia are now warning. The unprecedented wildfires sweeping their nation have been a…
Astounding Images of Antarctica’s Blood-Red Ice Are Really an Ominous Climate Sign
A few weeks ago, scientists at Ukraine’s Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica awoke to find their usually pristine white surrounds drenched in a shocking blood-red. From the gory-looking images, you…
Those Horrific Wildfires in Australia Destroyed a Fifth of The Continent’s Forests
Australia’s wildfires have destroyed more than a fifth of the country’s forests, making the blazes “globally unprecedented” following a years-long drought linked to climate change, researchers said Monday. Climate scientists…
New NASA Photos From Antarctica Reveal Shocking Levels of Ice Melt
Antarctica is supposed to be an extremely cold place. The annual mean temperature of the snow-laden continent’s central area is -57 degrees Celsius (−70.6°F); even the coast averages around -10°C…
We’ve Vastly Underestimated How Much Methane Humans Are Spewing Into The Atmosphere
Tiny bubbles of ancient air trapped in ice cores from Greenland suggest we’ve been seriously overestimating the natural cycle of methane, while vastly undervaluing our own terrible impact. Methane is…
NASA Has Detected Millions of Methane Hotspots Littering The Arctic
In the remote northern Arctic, greenhouse gas emissions are slipping through the icy cracks. Flying over some of the most inaccessible parts of Alaska and northwestern Canada, NASA researchers have…