What lies beneath melting glaciers and thawing permafrost?
Around the planet, ice is rapidly disappearing. From mountain tops, the poles, the seas, and the tundra. As the ice melts, it's exposing new surfaces, new opportunities, and new threats—including valuable mineral deposits, archaeological relics, no.....»»
Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll—scientists struggle to stop them
At the far end of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lies Kuaihelani—also known as Midway Atoll—a small set of islands home to the world's largest albatross colony. Over a million albatrosses return to Kuaihelani each year to breed. These seemingl.....»»
Indigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers melt
In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains......»»
Throwing lithography a curve: Research introduces mask wafer co-optimization method
At the heart of advancing semiconductor chip technology lies a critical challenge: creating smaller, more efficient electronic components. This challenge is particularly evident in the field of lithography, the process used to create intricate patter.....»»
Nature"s checkup: Surveying biodiversity with environmental DNA sequencing
A thousand kilometers south of Tokyo, far into the largest ocean on Earth, lies a chain of small, volcanic islands—the Ogasawara Islands. Nature has been able to develop on its own terms here, far from both humans and the warm Kuroshio current, whi.....»»
Once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we will see extreme climate change within decades, study shows
Superstorms, abrupt climate shifts and New York City frozen in ice. That's how the blockbuster Hollywood movie "The Day After Tomorrow" depicted an abrupt shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean's circulation and the catastrophic consequences......»»
Image: Hubble views a massive star forming
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is teeming with color and activity. It features a relatively close star-forming region known as IRAS 16562-3959, which lies within the Milky Way about 5,900 light-years from Earth in the constellati.....»»
Watch Jon Stewart"s hilarious "Daily Show" return monologue
Jon Stewart returned to "The Daily Show" for his first show back since 2015, and spoke about the 2024 election. Watch. After moving out from beneath Stephen Colbert's desk, Jon Stewart is now back on The Daily Show each Monday to cover the upco.....»»
"Apples Never Fall" stars Annette Bening, Alison Brie, and Jake Lacy talk tennis training
"Apples Never Fall" stars Annette Bening, Alison Brie, and Jake Lacy talk tennis training for their new Peacock series, which premieres March 14. Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers author Liane Moriarty is getting the TV treatment once.....»»
Researchers identify a decline in microbial genetic richness in the western Arctic Ocean
The Arctic region is experiencing climate change at a much faster rate than the rest of the world. Melting ice sheets, runoff from thawing permafrost, and other factors are rapidly changing the composition of the Arctic Ocean's water. And that change.....»»
Saturn"s Death Star-looking moon may have vast underground ocean
Astronomers have found the best evidence yet of a vast, young ocean beneath the icy exterior of Saturn's Death Star lookalike mini moon......»»
Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in northern Canada
Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in Canada's far north as unseasonably warm weather on Friday also saw its largest city, Toronto, break a winter heat record......»»
CableMod’s adapters damaged up to $74K worth of Nvidia GPUs
CableMod adapters were meant to fix the issue of Nvidia GPUs melting, but unfortunately, they're now being recalled......»»
Saturn’s tiny moon, Mimas, hosts an unexpected ocean beneath an icy shell
Researchers have found evidence of an ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn's small moon Mimas, making it a prime candidate for habitability research......»»
How an unprecedented magma river surged beneath an Iceland town
A river of magma flowed underneath an Icelandic fishing village late last year at a rate never before recorded, scientists said Thursday, as the region suffered yet another dramatic eruption......»»
A new map tool for monitoring pan-Arctic trends of permafrost landscape change
Permafrost (from "permanent" and "frost") is ground that continuously remains at or below 0° C for at least two consecutive years. Around 15% of the land surface in the Northern Hemisphere is underlain by permafrost, which often contains and preserv.....»»
Mimas" surprise: Tiny moon holds young ocean beneath icy shell
Hidden beneath the heavily cratered surface of Mimas, one of Saturn's smallest moons lies a secret: a global ocean of liquid water. This astonishing discovery, led by Dr. Valéry Lainey of the Observatoire de Paris-PSL and published in the journal Na.....»»
If plants can pick fungi to help fight pests and diseases, it opens a door to greener farming and ecosystem recovery
Just beneath your feet, an ancient and silent alliance endures. This alliance between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is one of the oldest biological partnerships on Earth......»»
Currently stable parts of East Antarctica may be closer to melting than anyone has realized
In a warming climate, meltwater from Antarctica is expected to contribute significantly to rising seas. For the most part, though, research has been focused on West Antarctica, in places like the Thwaites Glacier, which has seen significant melt in r.....»»
AMD has a lot to prove this year
AMD has recently launched several products and has big plans for the upcoming years, but there are deep cracks beneath that surface......»»
Ice and fire: Antarctic volcano may hold clues to life on Mars
On Deception Island in Antarctica, steam rises from the beaches, and glaciers dot the black slopes of what is actually an active volcano—a rare clash of ice and fire that provides clues to scientists about what life could look like on Mars......»»