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A Canadian lake holds the key to the beginning of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch
Canada’s Crawford Lake, in Ontario, was chosen for its pristine sediment record. SF photo/Shutterstock Alejandro Cearreta, Universidad del…
Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US
Flood damage in Edenville, Mich., after a dam failed on May 19, 2020. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio Hiba Baroud,…
The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it
Arwyn Edwards, Aberystwyth University The Arctic’s climate is warming at least four times faster than the global average,…
Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure
Richard Bates and Alun Hubbard kayak a meltwater stream on Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, towing an ice radar that…
What is a heat dome? An atmospheric scientist explains the weather phenomenon baking Texas and forecast to expand
A heat dome began sizzling Texas and its neighbors in mid-June 2023, with warm nights providing little relief.…
The world’s fish are shrinking as the climate warms. We’re trying to figure out why
Marius Masalar / Unsplash Timothy Clark, Deakin University Fish are the most diverse group of vertebrates, ranging from…
An ‘extreme’ heatwave has hit the seas around the UK and Ireland – here’s what’s going on
Sea surface temperature anomaly around the UK and Ireland, June 18 2023. Areas in dark red are 5°C…
Marine species are being pushed towards the poles. From dugong to octopuses, here are 8 marine species you might spot in new places
Shutterstock Gretta Pecl, University of Tasmania; Curtis Champion, Southern Cross University, and Zoe Doubleday, University of South Australia…
Antarctic tipping points: the irreversible changes to come if we fail to keep warming below 2℃
Fritz POLKING/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Timothy Naish, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The slow-down of…
Bad break-up in warm waters: why marine sponges suffer with rising temperatures
Coral Brunner, Shutterstock Emmanuelle Botté, UNSW Sydney; Heidi M. Luter, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and James Bell,…