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Categories: Geoscience: Severe Weather, Space: Cosmology
Published NASA's Webb takes star-filled portrait of pillars of creation



NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape -- the iconic Pillars of Creation -- where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable. These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and dust that appear -- at times -- semi-transparent in near-infrared light.
Published Warming oceans likely to shrink the viable habitat of many marine animals -- but not all


A new article adds a new chapter to the story of how some animals may respond to the warming oceans.
Published Researchers investigate development of coastal peatland in Indonesia over thousands of years


Tropical peatlands are one of the most efficient carbon sinks. The flipside is that they can become massive emitters of carbon if they are damaged, for instance by land use change, degradation or fire. This can lead to faster climate warming. Researchers now show how peatland in the coastal areas in Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia developed over thousands of years and how climate and sea level influenced their dynamics throughout.
Published Past eight years: Warmest since modern recordkeeping began


Earth's global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and NOAA. Collectively, the past eight years are the warmest years since modern recordkeeping began in 1880.
Published New insights into sea ice and climate change


A 170 m record of marine sediment cores extracted from Adélie Land in Antarctica is yielding new insights into the complicated relationship between sea ice and climate change.
Published New study ties solar variability to the onset of decadal La Nina events


A new study shows a correlation between the end of solar cycles and a switch from El Nino to La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean, suggesting that solar variability can drive seasonal weather variability on Earth.
Published Antarctic seals reveal worrying threats to disappearing glaciers


More Antarctic meltwater is surfacing than was previously known, modifying the climate, preventing sea ice from forming and boosting marine productivity- according to new research. For the first time, researchers have been able to obtain full-depth glacial meltwater observations in winter, using instruments attached to the heads of seals living near the Pine Island Glacier, in the remote Amundsen Sea in the west of Antarctica.
Published Researchers use car collisions with deer to study mysterious animal-population phenomena


By parsing data on weather, deer populations and deer-vehicle collisions in Wisconsin, investigators show spatial synchrony could be driving population cycles, rather than the reverse.
Published 2020 tied for warmest year on record, NASA analysis shows


Earth's global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA.
Published Largest study of Asia's rivers unearths 800 years of paleoclimate patterns


The SUTD study will be crucial for assessing future climatic changes and making more informed water management decisions.
Published Previously undescribed lineage of Archaea illuminates microbial evolution


Scientists describe a previously unknown phylum of aquatic Archaea that are likely dependent on partner organisms for growth while potentially being able to conserve some energy by fermentation.
Published How new data can make ecological forecasts as good as weather forecasts


Soon, ecologists thinks we'll be able to pull off the same forecasting feat for bird migrations and wildlife populations as for climate forecasts. That's because just as those recurring changes in climate have predictable consequences for humans, they also have predictable effects on plants and animals.
Published Improved estimates of Brazilian Amazon gains and losses


A new study generated improved annual maps of tropical forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000-2017 and provided better characterization on the spatio-temporal dynamics of forest area, loss and gain in this region. The Amazon basin has the largest tropical forests in the world. Rapid changes in land use, climate and other human activities have resulted in substantial deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon over the past several decades.
Published Indian Ocean causes drought and heatwaves in South America


Researchers have revealed that atmospheric waves originating from convection over the Indian Ocean had a dramatic impact on climate conditions over South America and South Atlantic, leading to drought and marine heatwaves. Importantly, these conditions are not a one-off and are likely to happen again.
Published Unprecedented number of warm-water species moved northward during marine heatwave


A new study documents an unprecedented number of southern marine species moving northward into California and as far north as Oregon during the 2014-2016 marine heatwave. Of 67 rare, warm-water species sightings observed, 37 had never been documented so far north before.
Published Climate change leading to water shortage in Andes, Himalayas


Climate change could have devastating effects on vulnerable residents in the Andes mountains and the Tibetan plateau, according to researchers who have been studying glaciers in those areas for decades.
Published Study tracks severe bleaching events on a Pacific coral reef over past century


A new study has uncovered the history of bleaching on a reef in the epicenter of El Nino, revealing how some corals have been able to return after facing extreme conditions.
Published Role of 'natural factors' on recent climate change underestimated, research shows


Pioneering new research has given a new perspective on the crucial role that 'natural factors' play in global warming.
Published Melt-rate of West Antarctic Ice Sheet highly sensitive to changes in ocean temperatures


Melting of ice shelves in West Antarctica speeds up and slows down in response to changes in deep ocean temperature, and is far more variable than previously thought, according to new research.
Published The blueprint for El Niño diversity


A new study isolates key mechanisms that cause El Niño events to differ. Researchers found that the complexity and irregular occurrence of El Niño and La Niña events can be traced back to the co-existence of two coupled atmosphere-ocean oscillations, with different spatial characteristics and different frequencies.