For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...
Kind tides impact the Mission Beach boardwalk in San Diego, Calif. in 2023. Image: Scripps Institution of Oceangraphy/UC San Diego. For the first time, a study from researchers at Scripps Institution ...
As human activities have released greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping excess heat and warming the planet, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of that excess heat since the 1970s. The ocean ...
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Could building a dam across the Bering Strait save the planet from some effects of climate change?
Damming the Bering Strait, a narrow waterway between Russia and Alaska, could prevent the collapse of a crucial network of ...
A new study published in Nature Climate Change found that colored microplastics suspended in the atmosphere may contribute ...
Humans burp after a big meal. Heat from climate change might be released by the Southern Ocean into the atmosphere sometime in the future. This heat would cause comparable heating to anthropogenic ...
Increasing ocean temperatures will erase mangrove restoration gains expected to occur due to economic development and conservation, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps ...
As the planet warms, past episodes of the natural weather phenomenon may no longer be a reliable guide of how the next one ...
Spread the loveIn a groundbreaking study released by researchers from leading international institutions, a surprising trend has emerged regarding ocean acidification rates. Over the past 18 months, ...
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