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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

Current pace of environmental change is unprecedented in Earth’s history

Geology Page - January 6, 2016

Reptile fossils offer clues about elevation history of Andes Mountains and...

Geology Page - December 30, 2015

The patchy weather in the centre of the Earth

Geology Page - December 22, 2015

East Antarctic Ice Sheet has stayed frozen for 14 million yearsa

Geology Page - December 16, 2015

New research shows Earth’s tilt influences climate change

Geology Page - December 15, 2015

Dissecting paleoclimate change

Geology Page - December 3, 2015

Investigating the effects of volcanoes on climate

Geology Page - December 3, 2015

Climate study finds evidence of global shift in the 1980s

Geology Page - November 25, 2015

Mountain ranges evolve and respond to Earth’s climate, study shows

Geology Page - November 24, 2015

Climate can grind mountains faster than they can be rebuilt, study...

Geology Page - November 24, 2015

Geological relics point to Nullarbor climate shift

Geology Page - November 23, 2015

New element tracking method a boon for geoscientists

Geology Page - November 20, 2015

Geophysics could slow Antarctic ice retreat

Geology Page - November 10, 2015

Las Vegas holds key to abrupt climate change

Geology Page - November 10, 2015

Growing Antarctic ice sheet caused ancient Mediterranean to dry up

Geology Page - November 10, 2015

A warmer world will be a hazier one, study finds

Geology Page - November 9, 2015

The past shows how abrupt climate shifts affect Earth

Geology Page - November 9, 2015

Climate change is moving mountains

Geology Page - November 6, 2015

Early Earth forecast calls for periodically hazy skies

Geology Page - November 6, 2015

Fossils reveal humans were greater threat than climate change to Caribbean...

Geology Page - October 19, 2015

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