Satellites can “see” Antarctica’s surface deform as basins fill and empty on, within, and under the ice.
Space Lasers Map Meltwater Lakes
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June 2021 Was the Hottest June on Record for U.S.
Nation has experienced 8 billion-dollar disasters so far this year
Engineering Seeds to Resist Drought
As the world continues to warm, many arid regions that already have marginal conditions for agriculture will be increasingly under stress, potentially leading to severe food shortages.
How Otters’ Muscles Enable Their Cold, Aquatic Life
Texas A&M researchers found that the small mammals are internally warmed by thermogenic leak from their skeletal muscle, which elevates their metabolic rate.
Longest Known Continuous Record of the Paleozoic Discovered in Yukon Wilderness
Hundreds of millions of years ago, in the middle of what would eventually become Canada’s Yukon Territory, an ocean swirled with armored trilobites, clam-like brachiopods and soft, squishy creatures akin to slugs and squid.
Seismic Monitoring of Permafrost Uncovers Trend Likely Related to Warming
Seismic waves passing through the ground near Longyearbyen in the Adventdalen valley, Svalbard, Norway have been slowing down steadily over the past three years, most likely due to permafrost warming in the Arctic valley.
