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[NEWS] Five pieces of coral with melted plastic attached were found on three beaches on the main island of Okinawa
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (578+ words) Today, I would like to introduce a story about a research group from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and the University of the Ryukyus, who found five pieces of coral with melted plastic attached on three beaches…...
Classification of Solid Earth Tide Observation Data Using GBDT-LGBM Hybrid Stacking Model
20+ hour, 36+ min ago (419+ words) Solid Earth tide observation sequences reflect crustal deformation, Earth’s internal structure and tidal dynamic evolution, with important theoretical and engineering value for earthquake precursor monitoring. Conventional standalone machine learning models struggle to handle the nonlinear, non-stationary features of solid tide…...
Antarctic sea ice hits alarming low in 2026: Scientists raise concerns over growing decline
5+ hour, 25+ min ago (242+ words) Maps tracking Antarctic sea ice from 1990 to 2026 show its average concentration in September and the following February. Between 1979 and 2014, Antarctic sea ice extent increased by about 1% per decade. Scientists use satellites equipped with passive microwave sensors to measure the microwave…...
Culberg Joins NASA Effort to Study Rapidly Changing Arctic Glaciers
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (787+ words) Riley Culberg spends much of his research time looking below the surface of glaciers, using radar to extract information hidden within layers of snow and ice. Beginning next year, that expertise will contribute to a large NASA effort to understand…...
Meltwater Characteristics of Western Mountain Glaciers and Rock Glaciers
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (560+ words) This article is part of the Fall 2016 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Meltwater Characteristics of Western Mountain Glaciers and Rock Glaciers This article is part of the Fall 2016 issue…...
300 glaciers have disappeared from the American West since the mid-20th century – the survivors have a few things in common
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (742+ words) From an airplane, most of the glaciers of the Rocky Mountain West look like small patches of white nestled into rugged landscape where the topography folds. The white is the snow cover, and lower down you can see the gray-blue…...
Culberg joins NASA effort to probe rapidly changing Arctic glaciers
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (962+ words) Riley Culberg spends much of his research time looking below the surface of glaciers, using radar to extract information hidden within layers of snow and ice. Beginning next year, that expertise will contribute to a large NASA effort to understand…...
Scientists uncover a hidden force behind the ocean’s carbon storage
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (772+ words) Scientists discovered that stickier marine snow can carry over six times more carbon into the deep ocean, revealing a hidden factor in carbon storage. It never stops snowing in the deep ocean. The snow just looks nothing like what falls…...
Antarctic sea ice reaches third-lowest winter peak on record
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (191+ words) This year's maximum Antarctic sea ice extent is the third-lowest on record, according to NASA. NASA says the ice likely peaked on Sept. 14 at nearly 6.8 million square miles, around the time the Southern Hemisphere's winter was coming to an end....
Antarctic sea ice records its third-smallest winter peak
11+ hour, 49+ min ago (284+ words) Sea ice around Antarctica reached its largest extent of 2026, but coverage remained unusually low even at its seasonal peak. The winter maximum was the third lowest in the satellite record, Qazinform News Agency reports. According to NASA and the US…...