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Listening to nature's music can teach us a lot about the ecosystem, whether it's a forest or a coral reef. For example, when teeming with marine life, a healthy coral reef system produces a variety of sounds such as whoop,...

The Arctic is way hotter than it should be this month. In Utqiagvik (formerly known as Barrow), the temperature hit 40 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday. That’s an unwelcome record not only for December but for the entire span...

European Researchers warned that climate change could reanimate frozen "zombie viruses" and expose humans to lethal diseases. In November 2022, researchers from France, Germany and Russia announced that they had reanimated...

One-third of World Heritage sites possessing glaciers will lose their ice by mid-century, according to a U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report. In addition, even if global warming is curbed...

A new study by the Swiss Academy of Sciences has revealed that Switzerland has lost up to 6% of its glaciers this year. The study has attributed the fast melting of glaciers to climate change and other local factors. The...

Climate change could soon drive the world to a point of no return, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The study reviewed 16 tipping points and found that the climate system was closer to collapsing...

A new study published in the Journal Nature Climate Change shows that "zombie ice" could increase the previously predicted sea level rise by up to 10 inches or more...

New research has examined the reason behind the rapid retreat of Antarctic sea ice. University of Washington researchers established that the puzzling phenomenon can be explained by simple physics.[...]

What’s cold, as big as Rome and should be firmly rooted in Antarctica? The Conger ice shelf, which collapsed in mid-March due to record high temperatures.[...]

Melting permafrost will play a major role in shaping Earth's future. Recent research published in Nature Communications has established that alpine permafrost will melt much faster than arctic permafrost under current...

A study by Lancaster University has found that seawater close to melting Arctic ice contains high concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...

Greenland's vast ice sheets are melting away at an alarming rate, according to a recent report. As reported by the Danish government, the ice sheet lost 8.5 billion tons of surface mass on Tuesday alone. On Thursday, another...

A new study published in Science Advances has revealed that the Pine Island Glacier's ice shelf is breaking away at a rate much faster than previously measured...

New research, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, has revealed that massive glacial melting has resulted in a shift of the Earth's axis...

The migration cycle of harp seals is greatly threatened following a significant decrease in sea ice cover in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence. This year, the gulf has experienced its lowest amount sea ice since measuring began....