The largest city in the Russian Arctic expects global warming to change its trading fortunes with the revival of the northern sea route
First detection of ammonia in the upper troposphere
Population is growing, climate is warming — hence, emission of ammonia (NH3) trace gas from e.g. agriculture will increase worldwide.
6,000 years ago the Sahara Desert was tropical, so what happened?
As little as 6,000 years ago, the vast Sahara Desert was covered in grassland that received plenty of rainfall, but shifts in the world’s weather patterns abruptly transformed the vegetated region into some of the driest land on Earth.
Signs of climate change at Arctic tree line
In northern Alaska’s Brooks Range, the earth as most of us know it comes to an end. From Fairbanks, the northernmost city on the North American road grid, drive up the graveled Dalton Highway.
Human-induced climate change began earlier than previously thought
Continents and oceans in the northern hemisphere began to warm with industrial-era fossil fuel emissions nearly 200 years ago, pushing back the origins of human-induced climate change to the mid-19th century.
What the Earth's frozen burps tell us about global warming
Analysis of bubbles trapped in ancient Antarctic ice suggests that as the planet heats up, plants and soils will add more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
Pathogenic bacteria hitchhiking on tiny plastic particles to North and Baltic Seas?
With increasing water temperatures comes an increasing likelihood of potentially pathogenic bacteria appearing in the North and Baltic Seas. Scientists have now demonstrated that a group of such bacteria known as vibrios can survive on microplastic particles.
CO2 injected deep underground turns to rock – and stays there
Carbon dioxide rapidly turns into solid carbonates when injected into basalt rocks. Done on a massive scale it could help limit climate change
Study finds limit on evaporation to ice sheets, but that may change
Although the coastal regions of the Greenland Ice Sheet are experiencing rapid melting, a significant portion of the interior of that ice sheet has remained stable – but a new study suggests that stability may not continue.
Sea Level Rise Swallows 5 Whole Pacific Islands
Evidence confirms dramatic climate change effects in the Solomon Islands