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Unsound climate studies sneak into print: scientists

Misleading studies sowing doubt about climate change are getting into peer-reviewed journals, scientists warn, citing recent papers linked to a lawsuit in Germany whose...

El Niño likely to develop this summer, says scientists

NOAA's Climate Prediction Center has issued an El Niño Watch this morning as part of its April ENSO outlook. A watch is issued when conditions...

Scientists in Arctic race to preserve ‘ice memory’

Scientists camped in the Arctic are set to start drilling to save samples of ancient ice for analysis before the frozen layers melt away...

Scientists make ‘disturbing’ find on remote island: plastic rocks

There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of...

Scientists identify heat wave at bottom of ocean

The 2013-2016 marine heat wave known as "The Blob" warmed a vast expanse of surface waters across the northeastern Pacific, disrupting West Coast marine...

Scientists discover answer to the mystery of cloudy filters on satellites

There's a mystery happening in some satellites facing the sun, and scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Laboratory...

Scientists reveal influence of Asian summer monsoon on volcanic aerosol transport

Aerosols transported to the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS) region potentially reduce average global surface temperatures and alter atmospheric circulation. Although large volcanic eruptions are...

Scientists warn that many dangerous feedback loops make climate action more urgent

A new report written by an international team of researchers, including scientists from Oregon State University (OSU), warns of many risky climate feedback loops...

Scientists investigate tectonic plate boundary earthquake behavior

Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci demonstrated frictional forces slow down the motion of surfaces in contact. Friction, he determined, is proportional to normal force....

Scientists find first evidence that black holes are the source of dark energy

Observations of supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies point to a likely source of dark energy—the 'missing' 70% of the universe. The measurements...

Scientists can now map lightning in 3D

Studying lightning is as hard as you might expect. One promising technique to study the ephemeral surges is to measure the radio waves generated by...

Earth’s atmosphere adds a quick pinch of salt to meteorites, scientists find

New analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite has revealed just how quickly space rocks which fall to Earth can be contaminated by our atmosphere. The meteorite,...

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