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Chilling Truth: Earth System Models’ Blind Spot on Permafrost Emissions
Funding challenges and complexity have kept permafrost processes out of models that inform global climate targets. The way science is funded is hampering Earth System...
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Melting Misconceptions: NASA’s Startling Findings on Greenland’s Ice Loss
A new, comprehensive analysis of satellite data finds more Greenland ice lost than previously estimated and that the majority of glaciers on the landmass have...
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Thawing Time Capsules: Glacier Melting Destroys Important Climate Data Archive
As part of the Ice Memory initiative, PSI researchers, with colleagues from the University of Fribourg and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice as well as...
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Scientists Uncover Link Between the Ocean’s Weather and Global Climate
The team provides a new framework for understanding the climate system by employing mechanical analysis instead of statistical analysis. An international group of scientists has...
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The Hottest Year in History: 5 Factors to Explain the Record Heat in 2023
What caused the year to be so hot? Here is a breakdown of the primary factors that scientists considered. NASA announced that 2023 was the...
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NISAR’s Global Watch and the Quest To Save Earth’s Cryosphere
NISAR will study changes to ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice in fine detail, as climate change warms the air and ocean. NISAR, the soon-to-launch...
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Surprising New Insights on the Forest-Cloud-Climate Feedback Loop
Forests, which cover a third of Earth’s land surface, are pivotal in carbon storage and the water cycle, though the full scope of their impact...
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Liftoff! NASA’s Pace Soars Into Space Coast Sky – The Long and Winding Road...
3, 2, 1 … LIFTOFF! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force...
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Future Warnings: Ice Cores Reveal Sudden Antarctic Collapse 8,000 Years Ago
Researchers discovered rapid ice loss in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet 8,000 years ago, signaling potential future risks under global warming. Researchers from the University...
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France’s Groundbreaking Fossil Discovery Sheds Light on Ancient Climates
Nearly 400 exceptionally well-preserved fossils dating back 470 million years have been discovered in the south of France by two amateur paleontologists. This new fossil...
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Frequent Arctic Ocean Heatwaves Set to Become the New Climate Reality
Marine heatwaves will become a regular occurrence in the Arctic in the near future and are a product of higher anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions – as...
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Unlocking Earth’s Coldest Secrets With NASA’s PREFIRE Satellites
Launching in spring 2024, the two small satellites of the agency’s PREFIRE mission will fill in missing data from Earth’s polar regions. Two new miniature...
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Viruses Amplify Ocean’s Carbon Capture Capacity
Researchers begin applying lessons learned from the ocean to soils. Armed with a catalog of hundreds of thousands of DNA and RNA virus species in...
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Keeping Cool: Unlocking the Climate Secrets of Eastern U.S. Reforestation
Much of the U.S. warmed during the 20th century, but the eastern part of the country remained mysteriously cool. The recovery of forests could explain...
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Hydrological Anomaly: Death Valley’s Persistent Lake Explored
Refreshed by precipitation from an atmospheric river, a temporary lake in Death Valley is extending its stay. An ephemeral lake in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin...
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Unlocking the Secrets of Soil Microbes to Improve Climate Predictions
Scientists are using the DNA from soil microbes to model how they function and use carbon, ultimately helping to advance the accuracy of climate models....
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Unraveling the Arctic’s Surprising Rain Surge
The Arctic and North Atlantic oceans have seen an increasing number of days when precipitation falls as rain, not snow. The Arctic is known for...
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Unveiling the Silent Crisis Beneath America’s East Coast
Critical infrastructure is threatened as sinking land amplifies global sea level rise. In many parts of the U.S. East Coast, rising seas driven by melting...
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Science Simplified: What Is Climate Resilience?
What Is Climate Resilience? Extreme weather, such as hurricanes, flooding, and drought appear more often these days. Exacerbated by drought, for example, wildfires have increased,...
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Simple Predictions Were Wrong: New Research Shatters Old Climate Change...
New mathematical modeling of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning – a system of ocean currents – shows greater complexity than previously thought. An international team of...
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Unlocking the Mysteries of Anvil Clouds and Their Climate Impact
A new study significantly reduces uncertainty about cloud impact on global warming, finding anvil clouds less influential than expected. New analysis based on simple equations...
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A Cooler Future? Study Suggests Cloud Engineering as an Effective...
New research suggests that cloud “engineering” might be more effective at cooling the climate than previously believed, due to the production of increased cloud cover....
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Ice Age Discoveries Cool Down Climate Change Alarms
New research indicates a decrease in the likelihood of the worst-case global warming scenarios, by studying ancient climate conditions and refining our understanding of climate...
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NASA’s PACE Data Is Redefining Our View of Earth’s Climate and Oceans
NASA’s new PACE satellite provides essential data on ocean health, air quality, and climate effects, enhancing scientific understanding and supporting global environmental monitoring. NASA is...
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