A growing network of lakes on the Greenland ice sheet has been found to drain in a chain reaction that speeds up the flow of the ice sheet, threatening its stability.
Chain Reaction of Fast-Draining Lakes Poses New Risk for Greenland Ice Sheet
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Species living in coastal regions could face a significant future threat from reduced levels of oxygen in the marine environment, according to research published in Nature Scientific Reports.
A Cold Case on Greenland’s Glaciers Warms Up With New Evidence
UCLA led-research shows Earth may be approaching a carbon dioxide threshold for melting ice in the Arctic
How cash can promote tropical forest conservation
Paying rural villagers to cut down fewer trees boosts conservation not only while the payments are being made but even after they’re discontinued, according to a new CU Boulder study involving 1,200 tropical forest users in five developing countries.
UK Rivers Heavily Contaminated With Microplastics
Researchers from The University of Manchester are calling for tighter regulations on waste flowing into urban waterways, after the first study of its kind found that microplastics from urban river channels are a major contributor to the pollution problem in the oceans.
These veterans have a mission: This time, it’s fighting for coral
A team of military veterans is putting their hard-earned skills toward a different challenge: Restoring damaged corals in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
