A new project harnesses the power of the winter backcountry recreation community to gather data that are vital to understanding snow, from winter hazards to water resources.Read More »
Blue whale calls have been mysteriously dropping pitch for decades. A new study describes the same trend in fin whales and suggests the global pitch drop may be a side effect of singing less loudly.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Sediments from a lake in Switzerland reveal that ancient Romans triggered dead zones caused by the runoff of nutrients. Sound familiar?Read More »Ocean Sciences
With refreezing in the western Arctic Ocean shifting later into the autumn, field research on changing air-ocean-ice interactions suggests that the Arctic is shifting to a more seasonal system.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Naturally generated seismic waves bouncing up and down through an ice sheet can be used to determine the thickness of the ice and monitor future changes in ice thickness.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Ice cores and glacial records reveal that European glaciers retreated before the rise of industrialization in the 1870s, suggesting that soot deposition did not primarily drive the shift.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Many arid and semi-arid regions experience very little rainfall, but quite a bit of fog, which might be a viable source of drinking water.Read More »Climate Change
A joint statement from countries with interests in the Arctic emphasizes the need for scientific collaboration in this rapidly changing region but sidesteps attributing climate change to human activities.Read More »Biogeosciences
