WASHINGTON — Across its basins and thousands of meters down, the Mediterranean Sea is getting warmer and saltier. Now, a new study finds it is also doing so at a faster and faster pace. The speed-up ...
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WASHINGTON — The asteroid that struck Earth and led to the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction 66 million years ago also triggered a worldwide tsunami that started as a wave more than a mile ...
WASHINGTON — Mysterious craters that first appeared in the Siberian permafrost a decade ago were caused by climate change-driven pressure changes that explosively released methane frozen underground, ...
Recent heat waves in Europe have been intensified by the greenhouse gases emitted since nations committed to limit global warming under the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, according to a new study in ...
WASHINGTON — Scientific datasets should be recognized as foundational for research ecosystems and society: long-lived resources that fuel the research ecosystem, support decisions in communities and ...
WASHINGTON — At only an inch long, the sand hoppers skipping across California’s Isla Vista Beach at dawn don’t exactly look like a force of nature. But a new study reveals that these shrimp-like ...
The author should be contacted directly for interview requests. WASHINGTON — A new study presents the first large-scale analysis of fire patterns in west and central Africa’s wet, tropical forests.
WASHINGTON — Mercury’s surface is riddled with wrinkles, evidence of a once-larger planet that has shrunk over time. A new study finds that Mercury may have contracted 10% to 30% more than previously ...
WASHINGTON — Major water reservoirs across the continental United States are experiencing longer, more severe, and more variable periods of low storage than several decades ago, a new study reports.
WASHINGTON—A new global analysis of the last 19 million years of seafloor spreading rates found they have been slowing down. Geologists want to know why the seafloor is getting sluggish. New oceanic ...