Earth Sciences

West Antarctica Ice Sheet Existed 20 Million Years Earlier Than Believed

consider the uncertainty in the topographic reconstructions, all of which show ice growth on East and West ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2013 - 1:17pm

Martian Clouds Created On Earth

first pumped all the oxygen out of the chamber, and instead filled it with inert nitrogen or carbon ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2013 - 10:32am

2 Degrees Warming Might Put 500 Million People At Risk Of Water Scarcity

change goes on unabated, would put nearly all terrestrial natural ecosystems at risk of severe change. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2013 - 10:18am

Volcano Birth- It's Complicated

volcanism. "We are still far from understanding all of these processes. But with the current study, we ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2013 - 9:21am

Constructive Conservation: The Wave Of Our Biodiversity Future

be a little more practical- after all, if keeping things untouched is the goal, environmentalists ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2013 - 11:15am

Australian Bush Fires- The Worst Could Be Still Ahead

control.  Those New South Wales firefighters have probably done all they could have done to tackle the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2013 - 11:18am

Citizens Produce Forest And Emissions Data Equal In Quality To Government Employees

forests they rely on for their incomes. Despite agreement among all parties that REDD+ must include local ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2013 - 5:30am

Trees Sleep Longer During A Warmer Winter

explains Technische Universitaet Muenchen  This applies above all to native tree species such as beech and oak, ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 30 2013 - 9:31am

Even If Emissions Are Halted, Carbon Dioxide Could Warm Earth For Centuries

entered the atmosphere, all carbon dioxide emissions suddenly stopped. Scientists commonly use the ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 25 2013 - 8:29am

Arctic Seafloor Methane Releases Are Double Previous Estimates

the need for further exploration of the subsea Arctic. "I believe that all other arctic shelf ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 25 2013 - 6:45pm