High concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere and the associated global warming are making us more and more aware of how imperative it is to preserve the carbon…
A single drop of seawater can contain a wide representation of ocean microbes from around the world – revealing novel insights into the ecology, evolution and…
Satellite data has given scientists clues about how, when and why Greenland's glaciers are shrinking – and shows a sharp increase in glacial retreat beginning…
What if engineers could design a better jet with mathematical equations that drastically reduce the need for experimental testing? Or what if weather…
Scientists estimate that summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean will be largely gone within a generation. This is bad news for the world, as ice and snow reflect a…
The regions are created when large amounts of organic material produced by algae sinks towards the seafloor, using up the oxygen present in the deep water.