Researchers scrutinized aerosols above and within the ice sheet, finding phosphorus and other mineral particles.
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Marine Heat Waves Can Increase Coastal Rainfall
Unusually warm ocean waters can amplify extreme rainfall in downwind areas, leaving coastal communities—especially those in developing countries—at risk.
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Rare Hot Jupiters Could Reveal How All Giant Planets Form
A new analysis shows that the way massive planets migrate after their formation helps determine whether they have companion planets. The process hints at planetary formation in general.
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With the Ocean Included, the Social Cost of Carbon Doubles
A new calculation includes ocean ecosystems when assessing the monetary impact of climate change.
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These South Pole Seismometers Will Detect Vibrations 1.5 Miles Under the Ice
The instruments will freeze into Antarctica’s ice sheet, where they will collect detailed, global-scale seismic data.
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This Potential Exoplanet Is Earth Sized but May Be Colder Than Mars
A new analysis of old mission data may have revealed a possible Earth-sized planet orbiting the K-dwarf star HD 137010.
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The Olympics Just Saw Its First “Forever Chemical” Disqualifications
Waxes containing PFAS are banned at the Milan-Cortina Games. Three athletes already have been disqualified for using them.
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Restored Peatlands Could Become Carbon Sinks Within Decades
That’s much faster than what most scientists thought.
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Oozing Gas Could Be Making Stripes in Mercury’s Craters
Scientists are using new computational tools to analyze troves of old spacecraft data to better understand one of Mercury’s unsolved mysteries.
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Sediments Offer an Extended History of Fast Ice
Scientists used sediments to create a millennia-long archive of Antarctic fast ice. Along the way, they discovered that the freezing and thawing of this enigmatic ice appear to be linked to solar cycles.