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From the skies above to the ocean depths and all the land in between, we publish the latest in meteorological research on the most pressing issues surrounding climate change. The Earth is a wonderful place; so much has been studied yet so much remains unknown. Modern Sciences showcases the latest in news and featured pieces about the little blue dot in the universe that we call “home.”
Warming oceans may force New Zealand’s sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters
Frédérik Saltré, Flinders University; Karen A Stockin, Massey University, and Katharina J. Peters, University of Canterbury The world’s…
Visualized: Critters That Can Eat Plastic Waste
Worries about our plastic waste ending up in our oceans are certainly ever-present, but that doesn’t mean that…
The Thwaites Glacier Poses a Threat to Coastal Cities Should It Collapse. Who’s At RIsk?
The Antarctic glacier called Thwaites Glacier is nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier” for a reason: should it collapse, it…
What could we do to cool the Arctic, specifically?
titoOnz / shutterstock / NASA Shaun Fitzgerald, University of Cambridge and Hugh Hunt, University of Cambridge The Arctic…
Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroid
Kevin Gill/Flickr, CC BY-SA Uisdean Nicholson, Heriot-Watt University; Sean Gulick, University of Texas at Austin, and Veronica Bray,…
What is a flash flood? A civil engineer explains
A bridge and road submerged by floodwaters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky,…
New research reveals that wildfires can influence El Niño
Apostolos Voulgarakis, Technical University of Crete and Matthew Kasoar, Imperial College London Wildfire is a phenomenon that has…
How likely would Britain’s 40°C heatwave have been without climate change?
A member of the Coldstream Guards succumbs to the heat, June 2022. Lois GoBe/Shutterstock Ben Clarke, University of…
St. Lawrence shoreline erosion: We must work with, not against, nature
Local communities, researchers, governments and businesses are working together to identify coastal erosion risks and find sustainable solutions.…
How forests lost 8,000 years of stored carbon in a few generations – animated maps reveal climate lessons for tree-planting projects today
Trees like these near Traverse City, Michigan, remove carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away. Owen…