Scientists have discovered the oldest ice ❄️ and air 🌬️ on Earth 🌍 on record, trapped in 6-million-year-old Antarctic ice, giving an unprecedented look back at our ancient climate 🌡️.

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Study uncovers why some hurricanes balloon in size 🌪️ and what that means for forecasting future storms 🌊.

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Tree Bark Microbes Capture Greenhouse Gases, New Study Finds

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Global warming is speeding breakdown of major greenhouse gas - University of California, Irvine

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Climate models are likely overestimating how much Antarctic ice sheets could contribute to sea level rise. Ice sheet simulations, a recent study showed, don’t fully account for the way supporting bedrock rebounds upward when ice above shrinks. This effect could slow melting by up to 20%.

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A decade-long study reveals that Sweden’s old-growth forests store up to 89% more carbon than managed forests. Researchers found that the soil alone in these ancient ecosystems holds as much carbon as the trees, dead wood, and soil of managed forests combined.

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🌡️ New research from Northeastern University explains a discrepancy: climate models predicted faster ocean warming in the Northern Hemisphere, but 70 years of observational data show the Southern Hemisphere is warming faster.

💨 The reason? Climate models, according to researcher Chengfei He, are too sensitive to greenhouse gases, overemphasizing a feedback loop involving wind speed, ocean temperature, and evaporation.

🌍 Instead of global average surface temperature, looking at the "interhemispheric temperature contrast" (the difference in mean sea surface temperature between hemispheres) reveals the Southern Hemisphere's faster warming.

💧 This finding has implications for tropical weather, as it suggests the tropical rain belt, hurricanes, and areas at risk from drought and wildfires will shift south of current model predictions.

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📉 Antarctic sea ice hit its lowest point since the 1970s in 2023, showing a decline that began in 2015.

💨 Analysis of 2013-2023 data points to three key phases: increased westerly winds preconditioned the ocean with warm deep water, strong winds in 2015-2016 mixed this warm water into the upper ocean initiating ice loss, and sustained mixing along with reduced freshwater export locked in the low ice state.

🌊 East Antarctic sea ice loss was mainly driven by subsurface warming, while West Antarctic loss was also influenced by cloud effects on heat radiation.

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Scientists Solve "Missing Data" Mystery of Sea Level Rise

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Trump-shuttered climate change site back online in nonprofit hands

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The first signs of human-induced ozone depletion appeared in 1957—30 years earlier than previously thought, an MIT simulation reveals. Surprisingly, this initial damage occurred over the tropics and was driven by carbon tetrachloride, a dry-cleaning solvent, long before CFCs took over.

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🌡️ New research published in Nature Communications on July 9, 2026, reveals Earth's past temperatures were cooler than previously thought, with warm periods likely around 10°C above pre-industrial levels, not the up to 30°C once estimated.

🌏 This indicates that natural feedback processes have long regulated Earth's climate, allowing life to evolve and flourish over the Phanerozoic period (540 million years ago to present).

💡 The findings suggest human-driven warming could push Earth into unprecedented temperature ranges, emphasizing the need for human intervention to maintain a habitable climate.

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🌍 Study from Stockholm University reveals that the most severe droughts in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean, linked to the Late Bronze Age collapse around 3,200 years ago, occurred when multiple natural climate cycles coincided.

🌊 This convergence of cycles, including long-term orbital changes and shorter-term Atlantic Ocean fluctuations, pushed the region beyond a critical threshold, amplifying drought intensity and contributing to the collapse of civilizations like the Mycenaeans, Minoans, and Hittite Empire.

☀️ The findings, published in Science Advances, suggest future drought risk in the warming Mediterranean may depend on the interaction of natural climate variability with human-driven warming.

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As temperatures rise, so does climate skepticism in Germany. Some 98% of active climate scientists say climate change is happening, and is man-made. Nonetheless, a new study shows the number of climate-change skeptics in Germany has increased.

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Atmospheric data show Siberian methane emissions rose 12 teragrams a year between 2010 and 2023, and could offset a fifth of global methane cuts needed by 2050.

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A billion tons of ancient ice may be hidden beneath Utah’s mountains, according to new research. Scientists say these buried ice reserves could reshape our understanding of regional water resources and past climate conditions.

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Ignoring a plant's bloom duration completely skews climate predictions. Researchers fixed this major error using a new mathematical tool that separates a flower's start time from its total blooming period in historical museum records.

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Climate scientists fired by Trump step in to fill U.S. report gap

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🔬 Over 175 independent climate scientists have released a special collection of research to fill a perceived gap in climate change findings, following the dismissal of scientists from the National Climate Assessment by the Trump administration.

📅 This new research, published in journals like Earth's Future and the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, is intended to guide future climate research and inform communities.

⚠️ The report highlights areas needing more focus, such as the risks of compounding climate events (e.g., heat waves followed by hurricanes) and improvements in understanding flood risk and coastal subsidence.

❓ The future of official U.S. National Climate Assessments remains uncertain, with the Trump administration having halted independent scientists' work in April 2025 and questioning previously published findings.

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Antarctica’s ice loss is locked in and extra snowfall won’t save it, even if 1.5° warming target is met, according to new study using physics-informed machine learning model that looked at hundreds of thousands of potential futures and the impact of each on the ice sheet

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