Tag: Climate Science
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Artists Of Sky: Benton Exhibition Bridges Beauty and Climate Science
Introduction: Clouds as Canvas and Code At the William Benton Museum of Art, the ongoing exhibition “Clouds: A Collaboration with Fluid Dynamics” invites visitors to see clouds through both a photographer’s eye and a scientist’s lens. The display blends archival imagery from Michael Light’s Apollo project with contemporary works by artists and engineers, turning atmospheric…
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Alaska Storm Forecasts Angled by Balloon Data Gaps
Introduction: a storm that exposed data gaps A powerful, deadly storm battered western Alaska over the weekend, and early analyses are pointing to a concrete culprit behind forecast surprises: a gaping hole in weather balloon coverage. The cuts that followed the Trump administration’s push to shrink government operations left the National Weather Service with fewer…
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Hidden Climate Thermostats Could Accelerate or Alter the Timing of the Next Ice Age
Overview: A Two-Thermostat View of Earth’s Climate Scientists have long explored how Earth naturally regulates its climate on geological timescales. The classic model centers on the silicate weathering feedback: when the planet warms and rain increases, CO2 is drawn down through chemical reactions with silicate rocks, ultimately storing carbon in oceans and sediments. This slow…
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Could a Hidden Earth Thermostat Warp Our Climate Fate and Trigger the Next Ice Age on Time
Introduction: A New Twist in Earth’s Climate Regulation Scientists have long studied how Earth maintains climate balance over geological timescales. A recently highlighted finding suggests there isn’t just one thermostat at work—there could be a hidden, supercharged mechanism that accelerates the burial of carbon beneath the seafloor. If true, this could cause the next ice…
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Mega Ocean Waves from Space Redefine Storm Energy Science
Introduction: A New View from Space Satellite observations have uncovered a striking phenomenon: mega ocean waves reaching nearly 20 meters in height, equal to roughly five giraffes stacked end-to-end. This record-breaking swell was recorded during Storm Eddie, late December 2024, by the French-US SWOT satellite. The finding confirms that space-based monitoring can capture the most…
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North American Ice Sheets Triggered Most Sea-Level Rise Before 8,000–9,000 Years Ago
New Evidence Reframes the End of the Last Ice Age Groundbreaking findings published in Nature Geoscience reveal that melting ice sheets in North America played a far larger role in global sea-level rise during the final stages of the last ice age than previously thought. By examining ancient sediments and integrating a global data set,…
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North American Ice Sheets Triggered Most of the End-Ice-Age Sea-Level Rise, Study Finds
Breakthrough reshapes our view of last‑ice‑age sea level A Tulane University-led study has overturned long‑standing assumptions about the forces behind the dramatic global sea‑level rise that marked the end of the last ice age. The research, published in Nature Geoscience, finds that melting ice sheets in North America contributed far more to sea‑level rise between…
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Reindeer Grazing Stabilizes Carbon in Finland’s North
When reindeer graze, forests breathe a little easier Not all climate heroes wear capes. Some sport antlers. A four-year study conducted in Finland’s northern wilderness reveals that reindeer grazing can help stabilize the carbon stored in soil and understory plants beneath boreal forests. Published in Science of the Total Environment, the research shows that the…
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Why climate scientists spent 4 years tracking reindeer through Finland’s northern wilderness
Reindeer grazing as a quiet climate stabilizer In the vast, snow-blanketed forests of Finland’s north, a surprising ally in the fight against climate change wears antlers. A four-year research project published in Science of the Total Environment reveals that reindeer grazing helps stabilize the carbon stored in the understory and soil of northern coniferous forests.…
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Cooler warm periods: How the Southern Ocean shaped climate and CO2
New insights into a long-standing climate question Earth’s climate has long swung between cold glacial states and warmer interglacial periods. Among these, the so-called lukewarm interglacials—warm phases that occurred roughly between 800,000 and 430,000 years ago—stand out for their relatively cool temperatures and modest atmospheric CO2 levels (about 240–260 ppm). Even the later interglacials, which…