reader comments 8 with 7 posters participating Share this story The Arctic—that remote, largely undisturbed, 5.5 million square miles of frozen terrain—is heating up fast. In fact, it’s warming nearly four times quicker than the rest of the world, with disastrous consequences for the region and its inhabitants. Many of these impacts you probably know ..
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Enlarge / The destabilization of ice sheets in West Antarctica would be a major climate tipping point. reader comments 60 with 43 posters participating Share this story Rising temperatures are producing some very predictable effects: gradually worsening droughts, a steady rise in sea levels, and so on. But we also risk crossing thresholds in which ..
Enlarge / After thawing out, these tiny creatures started making clones of themselves. Michael Plewka reader comments 50 with 37 posters participating Share this story Rotifers are microscopic freshwater-dwelling multicellular organisms. They’re already known to withstand freezing (even in liquid nitrogen), boiling, desiccation, and radiation, and the group has persisted for millions of years without ..
Enlarge / Lightning strikes in the far north of Canada. Sandra Angers-Blondin reader comments 49 with 28 posters participating Share this story The Arctic isn’t doing so hot. That’s because it is, in fact, too hot. It’s warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the planet, which is setting off vicious feedback ..
Enlarge / The puppy’s remains are dried out but mostly intact thanks to being buried in permafrost. reader comments 41 with 32 posters participating Share this story This Ice Age wolf puppy doesn’t look much like a fearsome predator, what with her tiny puppy teeth and soft little ears. According to her DNA, however, the ..
Enlarge / The study took place near Denali National Park, pictured here. reader comments 72 with 40 posters participating, including story author Share this story Emissions from burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests, and agricultural practices aren’t the only things that control how high atmospheric CO2 will go in the future. There are also feedbacks ..
Enlarge / Measuring Beaufort Sea methane aboard the R/V Ukpik. reader comments 32 Share this story The Earth responds to climate change in interesting ways, sometimes producing what we call “feedbacks,” which can either amplify global warming or dampen it. Some of the feedbacks that can amplify warming have behavior that is hard to predict ..