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For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat of Antarctic sea ice—frozen seawater that expands around the continent each winter—appeared […]

Accurate experiments on how ocean warming affects marine life are vital to ensure we can best prepare for the future, protect our food sources, and help safeguard ocean ecosystems. But some of these experiments may […]

Photosynthesis is the oldest carbon-capture technology on Earth. For eons, plants have pulled carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locked carbon—the building block of life on our planet—into their bodies and roots.This post was originally […]

Nearly 4 in 10 packaged food products on Australian supermarket shelves carry a sustainability claim but new research shows many of those claims are vague, unverified, and potentially misleading.This post was originally published on this […]

On the western side of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, sits Myuna Bay, a quiet bay with meadows of seagrass waving beneath the water. The most common marine plant species you find there […]

On the evening of Aug. 9, 2025, passengers on the Hanse Explorer finished taking selfies and videos of the South Sawyer Glacier, and the ship headed back down the fjord. Twelve hours later, a landslide […]

A key Atlantic Ocean current system that helps regulate the planet’s climate could weaken more than expected by 2100, with potentially devastating consequences worldwide, a new study has found.This post was originally published on this […]

India faces challenging heat waves each year, but few places endure conditions as searing as the country’s western desert salt pans, where workers rely on simple techniques to survive almost unbearable temperatures.This post was originally […]

How are cold air masses advancing in the United States connected to fertilizers carried by “flying rivers” from Africa that nourish the soils of the Brazilian Amazon? An article published in Geophysical Research Letters reveals […]

We replaced the stove with plywood, turning the kitchen of the dive boat into an impromptu research lab. Plugging in wires and connecting tubing, we assembled a scientific instrument within the cramped cabin. Then we […]