How can you see the Northern Lights?
The Northern Lights have fascinated human beings for millennia. In fact, their existence has informed the mythology of many cultures, including the Inuit, Northern Cree, and ancient Norse. They were...
View ArticleResearchers refining Arctic climate history through diatoms
Just above the Arctic Circle, in remote southwestern Greenland, UMaine researchers are seeking to better understand the effects of a changing climate on arctic lakes by looking at one of their smallest...
View ArticleHistorical records may underestimate global sea level rise
New research published in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the longest and highest-quality records of historical ocean water levels may underestimate the amount of global average sea level rise...
View ArticleWhat is a hurricane?
The Caribbean's worst storm in nearly a decade, Hurricane Matthew, has already killed at least nine people and was threatening the southeastern US on Wednesday.
View ArticleFrom unknown to beardog: Findings rescue fossils from 'trashbin' genus
Large, ferocious-looking animals called beardogs—neither bears nor dogs - roamed the northern hemisphere between about 40 and 5 million years ago.
View ArticleAgriculture development and its imprints in environmental records during...
China has a long tradition of agriculture production. Millet crops including foxtail millet and broomcorn millet were first domesticated in North China. Tthereafter, the development of millet-based...
View ArticleBerlin tells Tesla: Stop ads with 'misleading' autopilot term
Germany wants Tesla to stop advertising the "autopilot" function on its cars because it leads to false customer expectations, as the system comes under scrutiny following two fatal crashes.
View ArticleCassini sees dramatic seasonal changes on Titan
As southern winter solstice approaches in the Saturn system, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been revealing dramatic seasonal changes in the atmospheric temperature and composition of Saturn's largest...
View ArticleTwo billion children breathe toxic air worldwide, UNICEF says
As Indians awoke Monday to smoke-filled skies from a weekend of festival fireworks, New Delhi's worst season for air pollution began—with dire consequences.
View ArticleDebate about croc numbers reignited in Australia
Saltwater crocodile numbers have exploded in northern Australia since being declared a protected species, and a spate of recent attacks has reignited debate about controlling them.
View ArticleBeautiful green 'airglow' spotted by aurora hunters – but what is it?
Amateur astronomers and aurora hunters alike have been reporting a green glow across the UK sky. Easily confused with the aurora borealis, or northern lights, the sightings were of another phenomena...
View ArticleA giant predatory lizard swam in Antarctic seas near the Maastrichtian period
Kaikaifilu is a new species of giant sea lizard (mosasaur) discovered in 66 million-year-old rocks of Antarctica. At about 10 m long, it is the largest known top marine predator from this continent. It...
View ArticleAustralian continent shifts with the seasons, study finds
Australia shifts and tilts back and forth by several millimeters each year because of changes to the Earth's center of mass, according to a new study. The findings could help scientists better track...
View ArticleUnderwater Stone Age settlement mapped out
Seven years ago divers discovered the oldest known stationary fish traps in northern Europe off the coast of southern Sweden. Since then, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have uncovered an...
View ArticleModel explains barred owls' domination over northern spotted owls
Barred owls - unrivaled nocturnal predators and procreators - are moving into the Pacific Northwest. They're encroaching on northern spotted owl territories and outcompeting this smaller, threatened...
View ArticleUK Winter 2015/2016 floods: One of the century's most extreme and severe...
A new scientific review of the winter floods of 2015/2016 confirms that the event was one of the most extreme and severe hydrological events of the last century.
View ArticleImage: Saturn's great storm of 2011
These colourful swirls depict an unprecedented storm that played out in the northern hemisphere of the gas giant Saturn from December 2010 until June 2011.
View ArticleClam analysis reveals how the oceans affected climate over the past 1,000 years
Alan Wanamaker, working as a postdoctoral researcher from 2007 to 2009, was charged with beginning to compile a 1,000-year record of the marine climate for a spot in the North Atlantic just off the...
View ArticleCassini transmits first images from new orbit
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent to Earth its first views of Saturn's atmosphere since beginning the latest phase of its mission. The new images show scenes from high above Saturn's northern...
View ArticleWhy researchers should get the same client confidentiality as doctors
Social scientists routinely promise confidentiality to those who participate in their research. They tell participants that they will not inform anyone else about their involvement with the research or...
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