4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (938+ words) From nuclear energy to lab-grown meat, the list of effective but unpopular climate solutions is long. A new University of Colorado Boulder study sheds light on why people reject or accept some proposed sustainability technologies: If it doesn't seem natural,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (206+ words) Permafrost is ground made up of soil, rock and sediment bound together by ice that remains frozen for at least two consecutive years. It underlies nearly 15% of land surface in the Northern Hemisphere and nearly all ice-free land in Antarctica....

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (577+ words) Beneath the Arctic Ocean is an orchestra featuring natural and human composers, from cracking sea ice and whistling beluga whales to humming shipping-vessel engines. Researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory heard some of this cacophony when analyzing data from commercial off-the-shelf…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (628+ words) Australian Antarctic scientists are part of a bold international plan to target the knowledge gaps that prevent reliable predictions about future sea-level rise. A new community-led scientific review proposes geophysical surveys of the entire Antarctic coastal region with three circumpolar…...