Melting ice from West Antarctica once delivered huge amounts of iron to the Southern Ocean, but algae growth did not increase as expected. Researchers found the iron was in a form that marine life ...

Scientists studying ancient ocean sediments discovered a surprising link between the shrinking of West Antarctica’s ice and the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide.

Iron-rich sediments transported by icebergs from West Antarctica failed to support algae growth in the Southern Ocean, ...

A new study in Nature Geoscience uncovers a surprising link between West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat and the growth of marine ...

About 700 million years ago, Earth was entombed in a veneer of ice hundreds of feet thick—a frozen state scientists refer to ...

Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) have led a study, recently published in the Journal of Human Evolution, on the diet of individuals at the Sima de ...

Hundreds of millions of Americans are presently besieged by a massive arctic blast and winter storm. Luckily for them, it ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

In the heart of the Mojave Desert, far from snowcapped peaks or roaring rivers, a narrow crack in the rock has quietly stored half a million years of climate history. Now, scientists have learned to ...

Portland's top comedic talents are spotlighted in this week's issue of Willamette Week. Fire President says new jerseys are "Just one step along the way’ Portland's WNBA team revealed two new jersey ...

Surprisingly, at least to me, there are still climate change skeptics out there who either don’t believe that the climate is changing, or don’t think humans have anything to do with it. One of those ...