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Researchers on the MV Steller are in front of the terminus of Alaska's LeConte Glacier in August 2016. An over-the-side pole holds the sonar instrument that collects data on the subsurface ice face as the vessel moves slowly through the icy water. Credit: David Sutherland

Underwater glacial melting is occurring at higher rates than modeling predicts

Geology Page - July 27, 2019

Relationship between volcanic eruptions and global monsoon hydroclimate. The bottom panel shows the distribution of global monsoon regions. Credit: Zuo Meng/Google images

Volcano eruption at different latitudes: A switch of hemispheric monsoon rainfall change

Microscopic view on marine plankton.

Plankton as a climate driver instead of the sun?

Don Juan Pond in Antarctica

Earliest life may have arisen in ponds, not oceans

Transien modelling results: Atmospheric CO2 concentration (in pink) compared to ice core data (solid line) and other proxies. Willeit et al, 2019

More CO2 than ever before in 3 million years, shows unprecedented computer simulation

Geologists study the drying up of the Mediterranean Sea 5.96 million...

Geology Page - September 26, 2017

Tidal and mangrove deposits during the Oligo-Miocene in the South China...

Geology Page - September 20, 2017

Volcanic eruptions drove ancient global warming event

Geology Page - August 31, 2017

Scientists improve forecast of increasing hazard on Ecuadorian volcano

Geology Page - August 7, 2017

Chemical weathering could alleviate some climate change effects

Geology Page - August 2, 2017

Glaciers may have helped warm Earth

Geology Page - August 2, 2017

Ancient Italian fossils reveal risk of parasitic infections due to climate...

Geology Page - July 21, 2017

Stalagmites from Iranian cave foretell grim future for Middle East climate

Geology Page - July 10, 2017

Role aerosols play in climate change unlocked by spectacular Icelandic volcanic...

Geology Page - June 22, 2017

Research in Russia challenges widely held understanding of past climate history

Geology Page - May 22, 2017

Magnesium within plankton provides tool for taking the temperatures of past...

Geology Page - May 16, 2017

Jurassic drop in ocean oxygen lasted a million years

Geology Page - May 12, 2017

Paris 1.5°C target may be smashed by 2026

Geology Page - May 9, 2017

Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region’s past

Geology Page - April 28, 2017

Study correlates climate change and early human activities at the Algerian...

Geology Page - April 25, 2017

Oman’s mountains may hold clues for reversing climate change

Geology Page - April 14, 2017

Stalagmites store paleoclimate data

Geology Page - April 11, 2017

Future carbon dioxide, climate warming potentially unprecedented in 420 million years

Geology Page - April 5, 2017

Last remnant of North American ice sheet on track to vanish

Geology Page - March 21, 2017

Ice age thermostat prevented extreme climate cooling

Geology Page - March 14, 2017

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