Agencies and Funding

13+ hour, 3+ min ago   (721+ words) About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report. A…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (469+ words) Our beautiful big round ball of a planet is not, in fact, a perfect sphere....

13+ hour, 45+ min ago   (113+ words) "Understanding our relationship with the planet is a form of empowerment, and the Planetary Boundaries framework provides a clear way to understand how much we are taking from Earth. In this sense, it is essential for guiding the development of…...

16+ hour, 47+ min ago   (719+ words) About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice five feet deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report. A…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (695+ words) About 11.3-trillion tonnes of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 1.5m deep across the continental US, according to a major scientific report. A warming Earth is accelerating the melting…...

13+ hour, 59+ min ago   (310+ words) Since 1979, the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica have lost approximately 11.3 trillion metric tonnes of ice. This has raised the average global sea level by about 3.1 centimetres, according to a scientific study published in the journal Scientific Data, Asharq Al-Awsat…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (719+ words) Global GNSS measurements show that Earth’s solid surface changed systematically between 1997 and 2015, with vertical motion at high and low latitudes producing a measurable shift in its global geometry. Polar uplift increased from about 0.5 mm/yr (0.02 inches/yr) in the late…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (114+ words) Saildrones are robotic boats that can be operated remotely -- and they’ve even sailed into hurricanes. But these vehicles can hunt for more than storms. A team of four has launched to study what could become one of the strongest El…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (366+ words) Every second, particles zip through your body at nearly the speed of light. They rain down from a storm high in the sky, where cosmic rays, a powerful type of interstellar matter, are constantly striking atoms in Earth’s atmosphere. The…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (442+ words) The other week, I discussed a Nature editorial advocating that scientists be required to “register” with the state. That policy, if enacted, would be a step toward establishing a technocratic rule-by-experts system by controlling what would be acceptable scientific discourse…...