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Greenland will be far greater contributor to sea rise than expected

Greenland's icy reaches are far more vulnerable to warm ocean waters from climate change than had been thought, according to new research by UC Irvine and NASA…

Radiation From Early Universe Found Key to Answer Major Questions in Physics

Astrophysicists at UC San Diego have measured the minute gravitational distortions in polarized radiation from the early universe and discovered that these…

Scientists Test Hearing in Bristol Bay Beluga Whale Population

The ocean is an increasingly industrialized space. Shipping, fishing, and recreational vessels, oil and gas exploration and other human activities all increase…

Dangerous storms peaking further north, south than in past

Powerful, destructive tropical cyclones are now reaching their peak intensity farther from the equator and closer to the poles, according to a new study…

West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse is under way

University of Washington researchers used detailed topography maps and computer modeling to show that the collapse appears to have already begun. The…

California Central Valley groundwater depletion slowly raises Sierra Nevada mountains

Winter rains and summer groundwater pumping in California's Central Valley make the Sierra Nevada and Coast Mountain Ranges sink and rise by a few millimeters…

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