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Researchers drilling into Alaskan permafrost

Alaska is getting wetter; that鈥檚 bad news for permafrost and the climate

July 31, 2020

Alaska is getting wetter. A new study spells out what that means for the permafrost that underlies about 85 percent of the state, and the consequences for Earth鈥檚 global climate.

National Snow and Ice Data Center director Mark Serreze conducted research on the St. Patrick Bay ice caps as a graduate student with the University of Massachusetts in 1982. (Photo credit: Ray Bradley)

Canadian ice caps disappear, confirming 2017 scientific prediction

July 29, 2020

The St. Patrick Bay ice caps on the Hazen Plateau of northeastern Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, have completely disappeared, according to NASA satellite imagery.

Increasing Arctic freshwater is driven by climate change

July 29, 2020

New, first-of-its-kind research shows that climate change is driving increasing amounts of freshwater in the Arctic Ocean, which could disrupt ocean currents and affect temperatures in northern Europe.

Native bees also facing novel pandemic

July 9, 2020

There is growing evidence that another 鈥減andemic" has been infecting bees around the world for the past two decades and is spreading鈥揳 fungal pathogen known as Nosema.

Resident parasites influence appearance, evolution of barn swallows

June 24, 2020

Researchers at 麻豆免费版下载Boulder think local parasites are influencing why barn swallows in Europe, the Middle East and Colorado are choosing their mates differently.

Joanna Lambert standing on tree limb and looking through binoculars.

As rare animals disappear, scientist faces 鈥榚cological grief鈥�

June 11, 2020

As the wilds around Joanna Lamberts research sites in Africa and North America have vanished, the conservation biologist has struggled to keep hopeful amid the losses.

An image of bleached coral as seen in the Great Barrier Reef

How climate factors combined to devastate the Great Barrier Reef

May 18, 2020

A marine heatwave, a terrestrial heatwave and climate warming joined forces to devastate the Great Barrier Reef in 2016.

A researcher seen on the MOSAIC expedition in the Arctic

Arctic research soars to new heights with drones

May 5, 2020

Students, postdocs and faculty are all contributing to an innovative atmospheric-research-by-drone project near the North Pole on Arctic sea ice.

These tiny organisms could help solve big, real-world problems

May 4, 2020

Thousands of microbes, invisible to the naked eye, make life function as we know it. With climate change threatening to tip these processes out of balance, better understanding microbial activity could help humans adapt to looming crises.

Ocean acidification prediction now possible years in advance

May 1, 2020

Researchers have developed a method that could enable scientists to accurately forecast ocean acidity up to five years in advance, which could have implications for improving economic and food security.

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