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Image: Launch of MBARI's MiniROV during an international expedition to study the Arctic seafloor
MBARI research and technology play integral role in new Decade of Action for Cryospheric SciencesNews

MBARI research and technology play integral role in new Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences

International collaborations leverage MBARI’s expertise and advanced technology to better understand polar ecosystems This year marks the opening of the United Nations Decade of Action…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2025 Full article
Image: under water, sand, sediments
Ancient Pacific sediments hold key to future climate researchClimate

Ancient Pacific sediments hold key to future climate research

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain understudied clues into Earth’s environmental future Summary: Ancient…
SourceSourceJune 8, 2025 Full article
The University of Sydney's One Tree Island research station on One Tree Island reef on the southern Great Barrier Reef
Will rising seas doom the Great Barrier Reef? Ancient reef record offers cluesClimate

Will rising seas doom the Great Barrier Reef? Ancient reef record offers clues

A combination of stressors, not sea levels alone, cause the demise of reefs Summary: New research published in Nature Communications shows that the Great Barrier…
SourceSourceJune 3, 2025 Full article
Small iceberg floating in ocean water under a bright sky with the Sun visible above - climate change effects (s. science, climate, Muser)
Climate Science Digest: May 16, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: May 16, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (May 16, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Small iceberg floating in ocean water under a bright sky with the Sun visible above - climate change effects (s. science, climate, Muser)
Climate Science Digest: April 27, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: April 27, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Small home…
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Image: White waters of Kueishantao
Microorganisms use secret carbon pathway to thrive at hydrothermal ventsScience

Microorganisms use secret carbon pathway to thrive at hydrothermal vents

Microorganisms employ a secret weapon during metabolism Summary: Microorganisms have found remarkable ways to thrive at hydrothermal vents, even in shallow coastal waters where extreme…
SourceSourceApril 17, 2025 Full article
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Simulations reveal how cyclic CO₂ injection aids oil recovery, cuts emissionsScience

Simulations reveal how cyclic CO₂ injection aids oil recovery, cuts emissions

A new study explores the potential of cyclic CO₂ injection in unconventional reservoirs. This research focuses on the complex processes of CO₂ utilization and geological…
SourceSourceApril 11, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: March 24, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: March 24, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Direct splitting:…
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Climate Science Digest: March 16, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: March 16, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Industrial waste…
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Image: Glacier (s. science, climate)
Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth and helped life evolveClimate

Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth and helped life evolve

Summary Giant ice bulldozers: how ancient glaciers helped life evolve Summary: Massive glaciers that covered Earth hundreds of millions of years ago acted like bulldozers,…
SourceSourceFebruary 26, 2025 Full article
Image: Large icebergs near Antarctica (s. climate, science)
Antarctic mega-iceberg drifts toward South Georgia, raising climate concernsClimate

Antarctic mega-iceberg drifts toward South Georgia, raising climate concerns

Summary Mega-iceberg from Antarctica on collision course with South Georgia: harbinger of things to come? Summary: A massive Antarctic iceberg, A23a, is drifting toward South…
SourceSourceFebruary 24, 2025 Full article
Image; Alexandria, Egypt. City Waterfront and People Bathing
Coastal erosion is sinking Alexandria, and other cities may be nextClimate

Coastal erosion is sinking Alexandria, and other cities may be next

Summary USC research on the vanishing coastlines of Alexandria, Egypt, offers nature-based solutions for protecting coastal cities globally, including those in California Summary: The historic…
SourceSourceFebruary 21, 2025 Full article
Image: The airgun bundles towed behind the SONNE generate short, strong sound pulses that penetrate the sea floor and are reflected by geological layers. Seismometers on the sea floor record these signals in order to analyze the structure of the subsurface
New data for risk assessment of submarine landslidesNews

New data for risk assessment of submarine landslides

Kiel | GEOMARExploring active and passive continental slopesComprehensive Survey and Drilling Programme How dangerous are submarine landslides in deep-sea canyons? To answer this question, the…
SourceSourceFebruary 20, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: February 20, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: February 20, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Study reveals…
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Climate Science Digest: February 19, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: February 19, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: New research…
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Climate Science Digest: February 13, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: February 13, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Models show…
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Climate Science Digest: December 20, 2024Science

Climate Science Digest: December 20, 2024

Changes in store for atmospheric rivers David Hosansky | UCAR - Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect the…
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Mountains in East Asia
Ancient mountain formation reshaped climate in prehistoric ChinaClimate

Ancient mountain formation reshaped climate in prehistoric China

Geologists have uncovered how tectonic forces shaped coastal mountain ranges in eastern Asia over 100 million years ago, triggering profound climate shifts during the Cretaceous…
SourceSourceDecember 18, 2024 Full article
Satellite image: Egypt, Libya, and Sudan
Image of the day: Jebel Uweinat, a striking Saharan massif captured from spaceNews

Image of the day: Jebel Uweinat, a striking Saharan massif captured from space

Rising dramatically from the heart of the Sahara Desert, Jebel Uweinat (Mount Uwaynat) stands as a monumental natural landmark where the borders of Egypt, Libya,…
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Image: Cave, Limestone cave, Stalactites
New insights into climate history: studying cave formations could help improve climate modelsClimate

New insights into climate history: studying cave formations could help improve climate models

A recent study reveals that our understanding of historical climate patterns, particularly in Southeast Asia, may have been more complicated than once thought, especially when…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 22, 2024 Full article
Ancient climate shift uncovers missing sediment mystery on Earth’s ocean floorsClimate

Ancient climate shift uncovers missing sediment mystery on Earth’s ocean floors

A new study from Stanford University has unveiled a surprising geological mystery from 34 million years ago when Earth underwent a dramatic climate shift. Conventional…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 10, 2024 Full article
Image: Thaw slump on the Peel Plateau
Rising temperatures accelerate CO2 release from rocks in Arctic Canada, study findsScience

Rising temperatures accelerate CO2 release from rocks in Arctic Canada, study finds

Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Department of Earth Sciences have discovered that rising temperatures in the Canadian Arctic could significantly accelerate the release of…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 10, 2024 Full article
Millions of years for plants to recover from global warmingClimate

Millions of years for plants to recover from global warming

Catastrophic volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed new light on how plants evolve and regulate climate. Researchers reveal the long-term…
SourceSourceAugust 9, 2024 Full article
A rocky landscape with tundra plants near the eastern coast of Greenland, similiar to what the interior of the island may have looked like when its massive ice sheet melted away
Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastropheNewsScience

Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe

Seeds, twigs and insect parts in ice core stun scientists and confirm that center of ice sheet melted in recent past. By Joshua Brown |…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2024 Full article