Geoengineering has gained a foothold in the climate change discussion. But before effective action can be taken, the Earth's natural biogeochemical cycles must be better understood, sciencedaily.com writes.
Global warming will likely lead to dramatic poleward shifts of Earth's wettest storm-laden weather patterns, according to a remarkable 56,000-year-old stalactite found in a New Mexican cave, discovery.com says.
In November 2009, an international team of 34 scientists and 92 support staff on board the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR) were at work investigating sea-level change in a region called the Canterbury Basin, nsf.gov says.
Midt under siste istid smeltet enorme isdekker. Landområder som hadde vært presset ned av isen ble oversvømt. Havet steg svært raskt. I noen av de store elvedalene i Nordvest-Russland nådde havet 200-300 kilometer lenger inn i landet enn i dag. Det forskning.no som skriver dette.
