Underwater Permafrost Is a Big, Gassy Wild Card for the Climate
The result is the worrisome image shown above — a massive sinkhole indicating that the subsea permafrost has thawed and collapsed. This sinkhole is a...
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The War in Ukraine Is Threatening the World’s Wheat Supply
The relentless shelling of Ukraine is obscuring a shadow crisis created by the war: long-term damage to the global food system that seems likely to...
How a Plucky Robot Found Shackleton’s Endurance Shipwreck
Photograph: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic Sabertooth’s tether makes it unlike other Antarctic ocean robots, which tend to be fully autonomous; scientists give...
Machines of War Take a Heavy Toll on Ukraine—and the Planet
War is hell, and it’s extremely energy intensive. The fighter jets screaming above Ukraine and the tanks rolling across the country’s terra firma are burning...
Cities Are Unlikely Yet Powerful Weapons to Fight Climate Change
That’s urgent because the world’s cities are rapidly getting hotter, the new IPCC report emphasizes: By the end of the century, up to three quarters...
Neural Noise Shows the Uncertainty of Our Memories
In the moment between reading a phone number and punching it into your phone, you may find that the digits have mysteriously gone astray —...
It Might Be Time to Take Methane Removal Seriously
If you have ever heard of the claylike mineral known as zeolite, chances are you share your home with a cat. You may also know...
Serious, Salty Trouble Is Brewing Under Antarctic Glaciers
Antarctica’s glaciers are under threat, but not in the way you’re thinking: The problem isn’t so much that the sun’s beating down on them, but...
A Twist on Stem Cell Transplants Could Help Blood Cancer Patients
“It’s exciting that we could do it,” says Shlomchik. “This is an important first step,” agrees Nelson Chao, chief of the division of Hematological Malignancies...
Huge Sponges Are Eating an Extinct Arctic Ecosystem
Stretching for nearly 80 miles across the seafloor of the central Arctic, the Langseth Ridge is craggy, barren, and generally inhospitable. And it should be:...