MADISON — Stand on the ocean’s shore and take a big whiff of the salt spray and you’ll smell the unmistakably pungent scent of the sea. That ripe, almost rotting smell? That’s sulfur. Marine plankton…
Breaking waves and moisture transport drive extreme precipitation events
MUNICH — Around the world each year, extreme precipitation events cause catastrophic flooding that results in tragic loss of life and costly damage to infrastructure and property. However, a variety of different weather systems can…
Sea level will rise faster than previously thought
MUNICH— There are two main elements to observe when assessing sea-level rise. One is the loss of the ice on land, e.g., melting mountain glaciers and inland ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, and the other…
Research Shows Large Volcanic Eruption Caused ‘Largest Mass Extinction’
Researchers have found evidence of the volcanic cause of the largest mass extinction of life. Their latest research looked at two discrete eruption events: one that was previously unknown to researchers, and the other that…
Emissions could add 38 cm to 2100 sea level rise
A NASA-led effort indicates that if greenhouse gas emissions continue apace, Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could substantially contribute to global sea level rise. MUNICH — An international effort that brought together more than 60 ice, oceanic…