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Glacier melting destroys important climate data archive

ENVIRONMENT
As part of the Ice Memory initiative, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) researchers, with colleagues from the University of Fribourg and Ca' Foscari University of...

China landslide death toll rises to 31 after dozens buried in freezing winter temperatures

EARTH
The death toll from a landslide in southwest China has risen to 31, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue workers comb mud, snow and...

November 2023 was Earth’s warmest in recorded history

EARTH
Globally, November 2023 was the warmest November in the 174-year NOAA record. The year-to-date (January–November) global surface temperature ranked as the warmest such period...

A new map shows all above-ground biomass in the Brazilian Amazon

ENVIRONMENT
Publication of a new map showing all the above-ground biomass in the Brazilian Amazon is good news in the context of the severe crisis...

2023 set to be hottest year on record

ENVIRONMENT
This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said Thursday, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem...

The flat Fens of eastern England once held vast woodlands, study finds

ENVIRONMENT
The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was once a vast woodland filled with huge yew trees,...

Peru lost more than half of its glacier surface in just over half a century, scientists say

ENVIRONMENT
Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades, and 175 glaciers became extinct due to climate change...

How a tip from a citizen scientist led to deep discoveries in Utah’s caves

ENVIRONMENT
Scientists from the Natural History Museum of Utah have taken a deep dive into the not-so-distant past thanks to a friendly tip from Utah's...

Libyan desert’s yellow glass: How we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards

ENVIRONMENT
The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in a particular part of...

Archaeologists uncover Europe’s hidden Bronze Age megastructures

ENVIRONMENT
Archaeologists from University College Dublin, working with colleagues from Serbia and Slovenia, have uncovered a previously unknown network of massive sites in the heart...

Singapore’s coasts are historically more resilient against sea-level rise than previously thought

ENVIRONMENT
During the Holocene epoch, which began around 11,700 years ago, coastlines globally retreated due to thousands of years of rising sea levels. However, a...

Mont Blanc shrinks by over two meters in two years

EARTH
Western Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, has shrunk by over two meters in height over the past two years, researchers said on Thursday, measuring...
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