Since 1979, Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice, raising sea level 3.14 cm; 84% came from faster glacier discharge, about a quarter of tod
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Since 1979, Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tons of ice, raising seas 31.4 mm; 84% from faster glacier flow. Ice sheets now supply about a quarter o
On Sept 15 UTC, ESA launched FLEX with Sentinel‑3C on Vega‑C to detect faint chlorophyll fluorescence from orbit and assess plant health with tandem observation
ESA’s FLEX and Sentinel‑3C launch on Vega‑C to track faint plant fluorescence and align it with Earth‑system data via near‑simultaneous tandem observations.
Dust in Antarctic snow matches solar system cloud crossings, while 10% N2O under a 70% Sun warms Earth’s equator to about 41°F.
A 76 km² iceberg just calved from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier. Here’s how cracks grow, how radar satellites caught it, and what happens to the ice next.
A new three-model analysis finds soil microbes may remove 40–45 gigatons of methane per year, far more than earlier estimates, reshaping the global methane budg
Get ready to wish upon a shooting star—or twenty! One of the night sky’s most charming spectacles, the Lyrid meteor shower, is
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) might make up less than 1% of the atmosphere, but their impact on Earth’s climate is monumental. These gases
GJ 9827 d: The Smallest Exoplanet Discovered with Water Vapor GJ 9827 d, an exoplanet situated approximately 98 light-years away, has captured