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Lakes buried carbon steadily for 11,000 years, but then something changed
11+ hour, 5+ min ago (1015+ words) Lakes across northern North America buried carbon at a steady rate for thousands of years, but that changed dramatically after 1850. Leaves, pollen and washed-in soil sink to the bottom of a lake and settle into mud, and the carbon in…...
Scientists are getting better at predicting where massive earthquakes will strike
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (863+ words) Scientists developed a new method to identify where strain is building along major faults, revealing where massive earthquakes are more likely to strike. Nobody can tell you exactly when an earthquake will hit. But a team of scientists has gotten…...
Earthquake reveals a hidden danger beneath a remote Arctic island
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (820+ words) An earthquake triggered a massive rock avalanche on remote Jan Mayen, but scientists say thawing permafrost may have weakened the slope long before it collapsed. Something strange happened on Jan Mayen last March. An earthquake shook the island, and within…...
Ozone recovery is changing life in Antarctica in an unexpected way
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (612+ words) Ozone recovery is reducing UV radiation in Antarctica, but new research suggests the change could weaken tundra carbon uptake in unexpected ways. The recovery of Antarctica’s ozone layer counts as one of the genuine environmental success stories of the past…...
Rare lava lake glows inside a volcano near Antarctica
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (701+ words) A rare satellite view reveals the persistent lava lake inside Mount Michael, an active volcano on remote Saunders Island near Antarctica. At first glance, Saunders Island looks locked in winter. Sea ice crowds the dark water, snow covers the land,…...
Yellowstone’s famous geysers could go quiet as the climate warms
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (1048+ words) Yellowstone's geysers depend on melting snow, so a hotter, drier climate points to fewer eruptions and more wildfire on the plateau. People plan whole trips around standing at the rail at Old Faithful, waiting for the water to go up....
Coastal marsh erosion is moving huge amounts of carbon into the ocean
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1019+ words) Coastal marshes lock away carbon for centuries. But when they erode, that buried carbon slips sideways into the sea. Coastal marshes sit where land meets the sea. Their plants trap mud and sand, while their soils store carbon from roots…...
NASA satellite captures a spectacular turquoise halo around the Chatham Islands, and an underwater plateau nearly 500 miles long could be the cause of this strange ocean phenomenon
3+ week, 15+ hour ago (623+ words) NASA captures a turquoise halo around the Chatham Islands, revealing how an underwater plateau may fuel a vast plankton bloom. A satellite image captured on January 10, 2026, shows bright green and chalky blue water curling into a broad ring around New…...
Frozen ground shakes differently, and that could reveal ice buried on the Moon
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1034+ words) Seismic waves cross icy ground far faster than dry soil, giving future Moon missions a way to map lunar ice before anyone digs. NASA plans to land astronauts near the Moon’s south pole in 2028, and everything they drink or breathe…...
Coastal erosion sends ice-age carbon into the sea, where microbes barely touch it
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1248+ words) Carbon from Arctic permafrost washing into the sea is not readily used by seabed microbes that prefer fresh marine carbon sources. Arctic coasts are eroding fast, and the soil dropping into the sea has been frozen as permafrost since the…...