Home climate

climate

Latest

Microscopic view on marine plankton.

Plankton as a climate driver instead of the sun?

Geology Page - May 22, 2019

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

Iron-oxidizing bacteria live in environments as extreme as the deep ocean and as common as roadside ditches. A recent paper in Frontiers proposes distributing the iron that these bacteria naturally produce to 'fertilize' phytoplankton and help remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Credit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Study Looks to Iron from Microbes for Climate Help

Hurricane Irma forming over the Atlantic Ocean in September 2017.

Large volcanic eruptions can alter hurricane strength and frequency

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

Climate change leaves its mark on the sea floor? Maybe not,...

Geology Page - October 16, 2015

The environment of the Cantabrian Region in the course of 35,000...

Geology Page - October 16, 2015

1...8910...15 Page 9 of 15

MOST POPULAR

New research focuses on filamentous microbes that make their living in hot springs and catalyze the formation of travertine rock.

‘Fettuccine’ may be most obvious sign of life on Mars, researchers...

May 31, 2019

Ice sheet collapse triggered ancient sea level peak

June 11, 2015

Levitation recreates nature’s dumbbells

January 8, 2015

Giant predatory dinosaur Spinosaurus was scourge of prehistoric rivers

September 13, 2014

MORE ARTICLES

Quantifying the impact of volcanic eruptions on climate

Ancient super-eruptions in Yellowstone Hotspot track ‘significantly larger’ than expected

Amazing view for the Great Blue Hole from Helicopter

Plants crawled onto land earlier than we give them credit, genetic...