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Ebb and Flow of the Sea Drives World's Big Extinction Events

But a new study, published online, June 15, 2008, in the journal Nature, suggests that it is the ocean, and in particular the epic ebbs and flows of sea level…

Ancient Mineral Shows Early Earth Climate Tough on Continents

Zircons, the oldest known materials on Earth, offer a window in time back as far as 4.4 billion years ago, when the planet was a mere 150 million years old….

Computer models show major climate shift as a result of closing ozone hole

A new study led by Columbia University researchers has found that the closing of the ozone hole, which is projected to occur sometime in the second half of the…

Further break-up of Wilkins Ice Shelf

Wilkins Ice Shelf is located on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula at about 70°S, about 100km south of the southern tip of South America. Dr. Angelika…

Even the Antarctic winter cannot protect Wilkins Ice Shelf

Wilkins Ice Shelf, a broad plate of floating ice south of South America on the Antarctic Peninsula, is connected to two islands, Charcot and Latady. In…

Has Global Warming Research Misinterpreted Cloud Behavior?

Climate experts agree that the seriousness of manmade global warming depends greatly upon how clouds in the climate system respond to the small warming…

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