A new study of lead pollution in the North Atlantic provides strong evidence that leaded petrol emissions have declined over the past few decades.
For the first time in around 40 years, scientists have detected lead from natural sources in...
Wetlands and agriculture, not fossil fuels could be causing a global rise in methane.Credit: Flickr/jalan68
Research published in the American Geophysical Union's journal Global Biogeochemical Cyclesshows that recent rises in levels of methane in our atmosphere is being driven by...
Sarqardliup glacier, west Greenland. Photo: Shfaqat Abbas Khan
A new study on the Greenland Ice Sheet provides valuable insight on climate change, using unique research methods to establish new estimates of ice loss for both modern and ancient times, says...
Many of the tourists now flocking to see Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) are hoping to 'see it before it's gone' -- in the latest example of what's come to be known as 'Last Chance Tourism (LCT)'.
Annah Piggott-McKellar and...
Sirius Group exposures near Mt. Fleming, Antarctica, circa 1986. The pattern of snow behind rocks shows the prevailing winds across the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.Credit: Reed Scherer, Northern Illinois University
Scientists say ocean fossils found in mountains are cause for...
Researchers at The Ohio State University and their colleagues have discovered that the same hotspot that feeds Iceland's active volcanoes has been causing them to underestimate ice loss on Greenland.Credit: Photo of Zachariae Isbrae in northeast Greenland by Anders...
Kelp forests are a unique habitat that suffers under heat stress.Credit: © usoceangov / Flickr
Did you know that heatwaves not only occur on land, but also in the sea? We all remember the record-breaking European heatwave in summer of...
The ice is drilled in Greenland and Antarctica and is transported back home to the laboratory where it is prepared and made ready the measurements. (Credit: Paul Vallelonga, NBI)
New research shows that human pollution of the atmosphere with acid...
The 2016 Arctic sea ice summertime minimum, reached on Sept. 10, is 911,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average minimum sea ice extent, shown here as a gold line.Credits: NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio/C. Starr
Arctic sea ice appeared to...
NASA's IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, flew over the Helheim/Kangerdlugssuaq region of Greenland on Sept. 11, 2016. This photograph from the flight captures Greenland's Steenstrup Glacier, with the midmorning sun glinting off of the Denmark Strait in...
Credit: University of Virginia
According to new research from University of Virginia economist Federico Ciliberto, widespread adoption of genetically modified crops has decreased the use of insecticides, but increased the use of weed-killing herbicides as weeds become more resistant.
Ciliberto led...
