How do mangroves, Earth’s “blue forests,” protect coastlines, support wildlife and store four times more carbon than tropical rainforests?
Mangroves occupy only a small portion of the Earth’s land surface, but they are one of the most valuable ecosystems on Earth. These salt-tolerant trees grow where land meets sea, forming dense coastal forests that protect coastlines from storms,…
Around 1200 BC, major Mediterranean civilizations began to collapse; scientists have now reconstructed the climate conditions surrounding the crisis
Representative image (AI generated) Around 1200 BC, several of the most powerful civilizations in the eastern Mediterranean, including the Mycenaean Kingdom, the Hittite Empire, the Canaanite city-states, and parts of the New Kingdom of Egypt, began to…
Scientists discover a 2,865-pound predator before dinosaurs ruled the Earth; now 2,000 ordinary people are helping reveal its skeleton
Volunteers clean mastodon bones as scientists look on A massive 1,300 kilogram (2,865 pound) fossil skeleton discovered in southern Poland is currently being hewn from solid rock by more than 2,000 public volunteers.The unusual public science project is…
Rising sea levels make coastal flooding more common around the world; study finds |
Once considered unusual, coastal flooding is becoming an increasingly common part of life in many parts of the world, and rising sea levels appear to be a major cause. Gradual sea level rise is fundamentally changing the frequency of unusually high sea…
Late June heatwave kills more than 10,000 in Europe; scientists blame human-caused climate change
More than 10,000 deaths were recorded across Europe during a record-breaking heat wave that swept across the continent’s western regions in late June, official mortality data cited by Reuters showed.Figures released by EuroMOMO, a mortality…
Swiss glaciers: Climate crisis worsens extreme heat in Europe, Swiss glaciers shrink
File photo: Swiss glaciers will lose a lot of ice this year Switzerland’s glaciers are set to lose significant amounts of ice this year as an ongoing European heatwave accelerates melting, with the country expected to see a “glacier loss…
‘It’s frustrating’: Antarctica’s winter sea ice disappears as temperatures reach 20°C above average
Vast swaths of Antarctica that should be covered by winter sea ice are largely exposed to the ocean, alarming scientists and raising new concerns about the future of the frozen continent. Satellite observations show that about 650,000 square kilometers…
As rocks transform the seafloor, melting icebergs create new deep-sea habitats 2,500 meters below the Arctic Ocean |
Climate change is often dismissed as a story of ecological loss, but scientists have discovered unintended consequences occurring nearly 2,500 meters below the surface of the Arctic Ocean. As glaciers in Greenland and parts of the Russian Arctic become…
Trump announces $700 million in support for U.S. coal projects
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would use Cold War-era legislation to raise $700 million for a series of coal projects, his latest effort to increase use of the dirtiest fossil fuel. Trump announces $700 million in support for…
Europe hit by record May heatwave; 7 dead in France
Western Europe was hit by an unseasonal heatwave on Tuesday, with record-breaking temperatures sweeping across the continent.According to the weather agency, a “heat dome” carried warm air from North Africa and trapped it under a…