Hurricane forecasts for 2024 have been the most accurate since the National Hurricane Center began producing them for the United States. But those achievements are at risk due to the deep cuts that the Trump administration is making to NOAA.
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The Antarctic ice sheet acts as a barrier to protect the continental ice mass. Now new research is beginning to explain how the ice sheet is melting, where very small-scale processes matter.
In Antarctica there is a strange pyramid-shaped mountain with four almost identical faces. This has sparked all kinds of conspiracy theories, especially attributing an extraterrestrial origin to it. Here we tell you how its development has a geological explanation and is similar to that of other similar mountains.
A scientific report has concluded that the planet is becoming drier with saltier soils. This implies profound future changes in the capacity to produce food sustainably over time. Rising temperatures accelerate the problem.
The drastic reduction in Antarctic sea ice in recent years could be linked to more stormy days in the Southern Ocean, according to new research. It is also likely to have implications for the behaviour of ocean currents and the global climate.
At the end of this decade, the Artemis mission will take humans back to the Moon. Now a study warns that the activities carried out could create temporary atmospheres on the Moon. This could cause problems for the missions and even for the health of the astronauts.
A new reversal of the planet's magnetic pole appears to be underway. What is now certain is that the magnetic north pole is moving unusually fast, and scientists are trying to understand this process.
A high-impact DANA has been responsible for extreme rainfall and flash flooding in eastern Spain, especially in Valencia. At least 52 people have died, roads have collapsed and damages that are difficult to quantify are the result of this historic event.
A new study confirms that fresh water on the planet appeared about 500 million years earlier than previously believed. The work was done on crystals dating from the beginning of the Precambrian in western Australia.
The extreme El Niño conditions of 2015-2016 caused a significant loss of carbon that was locked away in the Amazon basin. Now it has been shown that these effects may be longer lasting in the carbon cycle.
In April 2023, a powerful solar flare temporarily tore off the tail of the solar magnetosphere. During those two hours, the Earth's bow shock temporarily disappeared.
Although heatwaves have always occurred, the trend is set for them to become more frequent and intense. Strategies are therefore being sought to minimise their effects on transport systems, workers and the people who use them.
Hurricane Debby makes landfall in northern Florida, causing catastrophic flooding and significant storm surge. It is expected to move slowly northeastward, bringing extreme rainfall to Georgia and the Carolinas.
The colonization of Mars is a long-term goal of humanity. That is why it is relevant that it has been discovered that a desert moss can develop in the extreme conditions of that planet. It has the ability to live almost without humidity, at extreme temperatures and in an environment with high radiation.
Ancient DNA fragments are encrypted within the modern human genome. This activates some genes that are related to psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder, depression and schizophrenia.
Two extreme tornadoes claimed the lives of at least 11 people in eastern South Africa, a country where such events are not so common. Everything indicates that these would be tornadoes of at least the EF4 category, which implies gusts of more than 300 km/h.
Seismological images have allowed us to discover details of the solid inner core of the Earth, something that is still a mystery today. The report indicates that the center of the planet could be in a state of thermal convection.
Since the 2016 Antarctic ice minimum, the regime has changed and scientists are investigating what is causing it, and how it will behave in the future.
A floating city project under development is being built in South Korea. Sea level rise will be a serious problem for millions of people living in low-lying areas around the world. This project tries to find answers to that reality that is already being experienced, especially in Oceania.
It is the first American country to lose all its glaciers, a process that has accelerated as global temperatures rise.