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Scientists thought this ancient ice sheet was stable until buried fossils revealed a lost forest beneath AntarcticaScientists discovered fossils revealing Antarctica was once a swampy temperate rainforest. This ancient forest existed around 90 million ye...- Hidden Climate Trigger? What Scientists Found Beneath Our SoilVast carbon reserves lie hidden beneath farms, forests, and frozen Arctic soil. These underground stores, built over centuries, are now und...
- From Ice to Green: How Rising Temperatures Are Reshaping the ArcticThe Arctic is changing. Once a land of snow and ice, it is now turning green. Warmer temperatures are causing plants to grow more. Shrubs a...
- The Arctic Once Had Palm Trees: What the Fossils RevealFossil evidence from the High Arctic reveals that palm trees and subtropical plants once thrived in the polar region. This occurred during ...
- The Arctic Wasn’t Always Frozen: Fossils Reveal a Lost World of Forests, Rhinos and Nesting DinosaursFossil evidence reveals that the Arctic was once a warm, forested region supporting large mammals such as hornless rhinoceroses and dinosau...
- Migration Interrupted: Climate Change Is Altering the Routes Birds Have Followed for MillenniaMigratory birds face new challenges as climate change alters their ancient journeys. Rising temperatures and unpredictable weather disrupt ...
- Peatlands worldwide are drying out, threatening to release 860 million tons of carbon dioxide every yearPeatlands, such as fens, bogs, marshes, and swamps, cover just 3 percent of the Earth's total land surface, yet store over one-third of the...
- Green vacations: Head to Iceland, Nevada, Mt. Fuji for an eco-friendly getawayThere’s every reason why a small step by you to protect the environment can help in restricting climate change.
- Arctic regions getting greener due to climate change: NasaDue to changing climate, Arctic regions of North America are getting greener, with almost a third of land cover looking more like landscape...
- NASA to undertake globe-spanning research campaignsNASA is sending scientists around the world this year - from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet to the coral reefs of the South Pacific - ...
- Plants may boost temperatures by 5 degrees Celsius: StudyThe biggest temperature changes were projected to occur over needleleaf forests, tundra and agricultural land used to grow crops.
- New map shows areas most sensitive to climate changeScientists have developed a new method to map areas most sensitive to climate variability across world, by using information gathered by sa...
- Global warming 'tipping points' identified by international team of scientistsThe scientists analysed the climate simulations on which the recent 5th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports are based.
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