A “ cold shock” sounds unpromising, at least at first blush. Plunge into icy water, and, as you gasp for air, your heartbeat jumps, blood vessels constrict, stress hormones like cortisol, an ...
Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.
New research reveals ancient ripples on Mars, providing compelling evidence of long-lost lakes that once existed 3.7 billion ...
From early ocean dips to ice-cold polar plunges, cold-water immersion is increasingly popular among athletes and wellness ...
A January 2025 cold wave plunged Chicago into subzero temperatures, initially without snow. By late January, snowfall ...
University of Toronto Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change.
An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...
Scientists predict sea levels could rise by 6.2 feet by 2100, flooding major cities. London, New Orleans, and Venice are at ...
The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...
Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...
An interdisciplinary team of researchers has projected that if the rate of global CO2 emissions continues to increase and reaches a high emission scenario, sea levels would as a result very likely ...
Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...