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Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The ...
A groundbreaking study published inGeophysical Research Letters has revealed that Earth’s North and South Poles are shifting faster than ever before, with projections showing a potential shift ...
Hidden Planet Why melting ice sheets are making our days longer. As polar ice melts, water moves from the poles toward the equator — making our Earth bulkier and rotate slower.
Earth's rotation is currently speeding up, leading to slightly shorter days, a trend that began around 2020. Scientists ...
Antarctic sea ice is more than just a platform for penguins. The sea ice's high reflectivity influences the whole Earth's ...
NASA images reveal shallow ice beneath Mars’s surface, offering a promising water source for future astronauts and clues to ...
Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.
As sea ice melts, it creates feedback that warms the Earth. New research shows that feedback is happening faster than previously estimated. As a result, there has been a 13-15 percent reduction in ...
A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...
Ice is rebounding at BOTH poles — climate is more complex than we know By . Roger Pielke Jr. ... Two new studies show that the Earth’s climate is far more complex than often acknowledged, ...
British explorer Sir James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada, approximately 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) south of the true North Pole.