Algae that live on snow and ice produce a kaleidoscope of colours. Jason Edwards/NGC Researchers are fanning out across the Greenland ice sheet this month … Algae are melting away the Greenland ice sheetRead more
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Antarctic coastline images reveal 4 decades of ice loss to ocean
A study of images along 2000km of West Antarctica’s coastline has shown the loss of about 1000km2 of ice – an area equivalent to the … Antarctic coastline images reveal 4 decades of ice loss to oceanRead more
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Global warming poses threat to food chains
Rising temperatures could reduce the efficiency of food chains and threaten the survival of larger animals, new research shows. Scientists measured the transfer of energy … Global warming poses threat to food chainsRead more
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Is this the end of forests as we’ve known them?
Camille Stevens-Rumann never used to worry about seeing dead trees. As a wildland firefighter in the American west, she encountered untold numbers killed in blazes … Is this the end of forests as we’ve known them?Read more
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Polar Ozone Depletion to Proposed Geoengineering Schemes
The large burden of sulfate aerosols injected into the stratosphere by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 cooled Earth and enhanced the destruction of … Polar Ozone Depletion to Proposed Geoengineering SchemesRead more