Last night, tornadoes ravaged Illinois, Indiana, and Alabama, leaving two dead and even more injured, marking a violent start to tornado season, which usually peaks in May. Unfortunately, tornado season is starting earlier and earlier each year,
Category: Earth
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A Tiny Island Is Exposing a Massive Change in Earth’s Climate Engine
New research shows storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rainfall, revealing a major shift in one of Earth’s most important climate systems. Macquarie Island sits in the remote Southern Ocean roughly halfway between Tasmania and…
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How Deep Is Australia’s Deepest Lake? Scientists Finally Reveal the Answer
CSIRO has created a complete, high-resolution underwater map of Tasmania’s Lake St Clair to finally determine the lake’s true depth. A team of researchers from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has created a detailed new…
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Antarctica undergoes 'Greenlandification' as ice melt accelerates
An article published recently in Nature Geoscience warns that Antarctica’s ice masses have begun to experience a process scientists call “Greenlandification.” The term refers to the unprecedented retreat of Greenland’s outlet glaciers and longer…
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Soil health index finds restored mangroves can near full function
Brazilian researchers have developed an index that can measure the health of mangrove soils at different stages. When applied to degraded, restored, and preserved areas, the index revealed that healthy mangroves, including recovered ones, provide…
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Glacial lakes in Alaska are expanding rapidly and could quadruple in size
Alaska’s glacial lakes are growing faster than in previous decades. They expanded by more than 150 square kilometers between 2018 and 2024, and could eventually grow to more than four times their current size as glaciers retreat, according to a…
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Subglacial weathering may have slowed planet's escape from snowball Earth
A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo challenges a long-standing assumption about Earth’s most extreme ice ages. Using numerical geochemical models, the team showed that chemical…
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A Brilliant Blue Lake Inside an Ancient Volcano Stuns From Space
A breathtaking astronaut photo reveals El Salvador’s Lake Coatepeque—an ancient volcanic crater lake that sometimes mysteriously turns brilliant turquoise. Lake Coatepeque, located just inland from El Salvador’s Pacific coastline, stands…
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Microbes hitchhiking on marine snow could limit how deep carbon sinks
In some parts of the deep ocean, it can look like it’s snowing. This “marine snow” is the dust and detritus that organisms slough off as they die and decompose. Marine snow can fall several kilometers to the deepest parts of the ocean, where the…
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Ocean carbon removal looks promising, but nutrient cycling could curb long-term gains
There is growing interest in the scientific community and private sector in biological approaches to marine carbon dioxide removal—strategies designed to enhance the ocean’s natural ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere. However, a study…
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