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Changing Antarctic winds create new sea level threat

Changes to Antarctic winds have already been linked to southern Australia’s drying climate but now it appears they may also have a profound impact on warming…

Rewriting the history of volcanic forcing during the past 2,000 years

A team of scientists led by Michael Sigl and Joe McConnell of Nevada's Desert Research Institute (DRI) has completed the most accurate and precise…

Ancient Arctic sharks tolerated brackish water 50 million years ago

The study indicates the Eocene Arctic sand tiger shark, a member of the lamniform group of sharks that includes today's great white, thresher and mako sharks,…

Scientists uncover the key to adaptation limits of ocean dwellers

For the first time biologists studied the relationship between the complexity of life forms and the limits of their adaptation to a warmer climate. While…

Ancient ocean currents may have changed pace and intensity of ice ages

Climate scientists have long tried to explain why ice-age cycles became longer and more intense some 900,000 years ago, switching from 41,000-year cycles to…

Water samples teeming with information: Emerging techniques for environmental monitoring

Environmental policy must respond to ever-changing conditions on the ground and in the water, but doing so requires a constant flow of information about the…

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