As a result of the broader campaign by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to dramatically clear-cut the funding of dozens of federal agencies, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have announced that they will be cancelling numerous space missions andread more
Continued warnings that a key glacier in West Antarctica is at serious risk of collapse has prompted a debate over using geoengineering as a way of slowing the ice sheet’s rate of melt, using artificial barriers to shield the vulnerable ice shelf from warm water that is eroding it from below: would suchread more
A combination of rising water temperatures and ebbing El Niño conditions in the Pacific have prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to forecast a potentially record-breaking hurricane season for the North Atlantic, with the expectation of at least 13 hurricanes to form over the season. “This season is lookingread more
Detailed satellite scans of a key glacier in West Antarctica have renewed warnings that a combination of meltwater and seawater flowing deep underneath the ice is causing “vigorous melting” at the base of the Thwaites Glacier—nicknamed the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ because of its potential to raise sea levels by ten feet if itread more