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Uh, Scientists Have Significantly Miscalculated Earth’s Sea Levels
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (243+ words) After analyzing 385 studies related to coastal areas and sea level rise, scientists found a significant discrepancy between geoid measurements and actual sea levels, especially in the global south. Science is only as good as the foundation of data it's built…...
Scientists Analyzed Air Bubbles Frozen in Ice. They’re Full of Warning Signs for Humanity.
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (212+ words) While hydrogen itself doesn't trap greenhouse gases, its interaction with other gases can indirectly heat the atmosphere 11 times faster than carbon dioxide does. Ice core measurements are scientists' best tool for analyzing the atmospheric changes that occurred during Earth's recent…...
A Mother and Daughter Just Discovered the Largest Coral Colony in the World
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (206+ words) Spotted by citizen scientists, the "undulating meadows" of Pavona clavus cover half the area of a soccer field. "It is as far as I can see underwater," Kalkowski-Pope, marine operations coordinator for the non-profit conservation organization Citizens of the Reef,…...
How Do You Lose Track of a Billion People? A Controversial Study Says Earth’s Population Is Way Off
1+ week, 2+ day ago (227+ words) It's generally understood that Earth's population is somewhere around 8.2 billion people. That's the baseline we use to plan everything from food supply to vaccines to climate policy. But what if that number is wrong? Actually, what if it's way wrong?...
Antarctica Looks Like It’s Bleeding. Scientists Finally Figured Out Why.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (382+ words) The Blood Falls is the result of a complicated interaction in which overlying ice, underlying rock, and an ancient lake bed form a pretty unsettling natural display. This new discovery dates back to September 2018 when Louisiana State University Baton Rouge's…...
Scientists Are Trying to Resurrect Ancient Forests to Battle Climate Change
1+ week, 4+ day ago (221+ words) A 25-year-long study shows just how important those ancient forests are to the planet's health. "The aim of this study was to directly examine the transition of plant communities and soil properties as farmland developed into ex-arable planted woodland, in…...
A Zone Under Antarctica Has the Weakest Gravity on Earth—and It’s Evolving, Scientists Say
1+ week, 5+ day ago (337+ words) The "gravity hole" formed at least 70 million years ago after convection in Earth's mantle. The weak gravity could impact our oceans. Earth's gravity keeps us securely on terra firma'it's ubiquitous and inescapable. But it's also inconsistent. Even though you won't…...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 Streaked Across the Sky—and Left 30 Kilograms of Destructive Lithium in Its Wake
2+ week, 2+ day ago (73+ words) A SpaceX Falcon 9 Streaked Across the Sky'and Left 30 Kilograms of Destructive Lithium in Its Wake'Popular Mechanics This one event injected a staggering 10 times more lithium into the atmosphere than the typical daily amount. "This is a new scientific field. It's…...
A Swarm of Brainless Creatures Shut Down a Nuclear Power Plant—and They Did It by Liquefying
2+ week, 3+ day ago (30+ words) A Swarm of Brainless Creatures Shut Down a Nuclear Power Plant'and They Did It by Liquefying'Popular Mechanics They found their way into the filter drums of the pumping station....
A Deadly Fungus Gets Smarter During Infection—And Signs Its Own Death Warrant
2+ week, 3+ day ago (146+ words) Typically, candidemia is treated with a drug known as echinocandin (a kind of intravenous antifungal drug), but that drug had no effect on this particular patient. So, after 12 days of therapy, doctors switched to liposomal amphotericin B (AMB) and found…...