Record of Antarctic Ice Sheet Response to Climate Cycles Found in Rock Samples

“Antarctica has these interesting brines with no carbon in them, because it all precipitated out earlier, so when those brines are isolated from other sources of water they form opal,”…

New analysis highlights importance of groundwater discharge into oceans

“It’s really hard to characterize groundwater discharge, so it has been a source of uncertainty in the modeling of global cycles,” said first author Kimberley Mayfield, who led the study…

Researchers chart path to cheaper flexible solar cells

Public Release: 7-Feb-2019 Georgia Institute of Technology   There’s a lot to like about perovskite-based solar cells. They are simple and cheap to produce, offer flexibility that could unlock a…

Upper-ocean warming is changing the global wave climate, making waves stronger

From EurekAlert! Public Release: 14-Jan-2019 Upper-ocean warming is changing the global wave climate, making waves stronger The energy in ocean waves has been increasing as a consequence of climate change,…