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Scientists just found a 15-million-year-old climate time capsule in giant eggshells from Namibia, and the oxygen inside suggests plants may have been far less active at pulling COâ‚‚ from the air during a warmer EarthFossilized bird eggshells from 15 million years ago in the Namib Desert are revealing a startling climate secret. Researchers found that du...- Humans drew so much groundwater since 1993 that Earth's spin axis tilted 31.5 inches, a Seoul team published the math in Geophysical Research Letters three decades later in 2023Groundwater depletion, particularly in regions like India's Punjab, has significantly impacted Earth's spin. A recent study reveals that pu...
- A Greenland ice core reads back almost 12,000 years of mercury fallout; humans were leaving traces thousands of years before the first factoriesGreenland's ice sheet reveals a 12,000-year mercury record, showing human contamination far predates industrial eras. Early Bronze Age smel...
- The Moon is making your days longer, and most people have no ideaOur planet's days are getting longer. The Moon's gravity slows Earth's spin, a process ongoing for billions of years. Now, melting polar ic...
- A 1986 Iceberg Is Disappearing at Last, Unveiling a Rare and Mesmerizing Blue GlowIceberg A-23A, once the largest on Earth, is nearing its end as vibrant aquamarine meltwater pools form on its surface. These blue spots, a...
- Antarctica Was Hiding an Entire Landscape Under Its Ice, and Scientists Just Found ItScientists have unveiled an unprecedentedly detailed map of Antarctica's hidden landmass, revealing complex topography like sharp ridges an...
- Mystery Solved: Scientists Finally Explain the Strange Swirls Hidden Deep in Greenland’s IceMysterious plume-like structures deep within the Greenland Ice Sheet, observed for over a decade, are now explained by thermal convection. ...
- Earth’s compass in crisis? Scientists warn North Pole could drift nearly 90 feet by 2100, spelling chaos for GPS, satellites, and global navigation systemsDue to accelerating ice melt from climate change, the North Pole could shift nearly 90 feet by 2100. This shift, driven by a redistribution...
- Scientists find new evidence for liquid water on MarsThe researchers, led by the University of Cambridge with involvement from the University of Sheffield, used spacecraft laser-altimeter meas...
- Study says the speed of ice loss is increasing, Earth losing 1.3 trillion tonnes a yearThe researchers noted that ice melt across the globe raises sea levels, increases the risk of flooding to coastal communities, and threaten...
- Arctic ice melt doesn't boost sea levels, so do we care?The trend line is clear: sea ice extent has diminished 14 percent per decade over that period. The Arctic could see it's first ice-free sum...
- China to build first permanent airport at South PoleChinese scientists built a 4-kilometer-long, 50-meter-wide runway for fixed-wing aircraft in 2009 during the 25th expedition in the Antarct...
- Nasa set to launch space laser to track Earth's melting ice
- NASA launching laser satellite to study Earth's changing iceWashington, Aug 24 (IANS) NASA is launching a laser-armed satellite next month that will measure -- in unprecedented detail -- changes in t...
- Volcanoes erupted under ice sheet on ancient MarsNew evidence from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests there was extensive ice on ancient Mars, researchers said.
- World oceans rising dangerously, says NASAOceans around the world are rising dangerously, warns NASA, adding that the ramifications of sea level rise can be even scarier than predic...
- Antarctic ice melts, scientists warn of rising seaThe rise of the sea is likely to be relatively slow for rest of the 21st century but in the more distant future it may accelerate markedly.
- North Pole shifts due to global warmingThe North Pole has shifted east because of ice sheet loss caused by rising temperatures, a new study published in Geophysical Research Lett...
- Polar Ice-sheet melting jumps three-fold: NASAThe combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased during the last 20 years says a landmark st...
- Global wind shifts ended last Ice Age?Scientists have claimed that global wind shifts many have ushered in a warmer climate and the birth of human civilisation at the end of the...
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