Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans. But ...

A storm, even once it has passed, can leave traces in the ocean that last for thousands of years. These consist of sediment layers composed of coarse particles, which are different from the finer ...

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, ...

Rising sea levels are a threat to coastal regions everywhere, but especially for islands. No example stands out more than the South Pacific nation of Tuvalu. But as Kathleen Schuster reports from our ...

U.S. space agency NASA on Thursday said that the global sea level in 2024 rose more than expected due to thermal expansion of seawater and melting ice sheets and glaciers. Last year, the hottest on ...

Climate change was a major driver to an unexpected level of sea level rise in 2024, according to a new NASA analysis. Global sea levels rose 0.23 inches in 2024, satellite records show ...

“The rise we saw in 2024 was higher than we expected,” said Josh Willis, a sea level researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “Every year is a little bit different, but ...

London — The Monday collision between a cargo ship and an oil tanker in the North Sea "has a high risk of being an environmental disaster in really important protected areas," Naomi Tilley ...

The crash ignited a huge fire, which is still burning on one of the vessels in the North Sea, about 10 miles off the coast of Hull, a busy port and fishing center. Dozens of people were rescued ...

The aim is to bring them closer to the level of results awarded in 2020. The rise in CAO applications will concern Leaving Certificate students aiming for courses where there is competition for ...