Sean Duffy
Leading scientific journal says rate of Antarctic ice loss has tripled
Melting Antarctic ice has raised global sea levels by more than a quarter of an inch since 1992, with 40 percent of the increase occurring in the past five years, according to a study published Wednesday in the leading scientific journal Nature.
Study: Holding global warming to 2.75 degrees Fahrenheit saves most species
The report is the first to examine how species across the globe would benefit from restricting global warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial averages – the lower limit for temperature as outlined in the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Scientists strategize to help protect critically endangered whooping cranes
The habitat relied upon by whooping cranes as they migrate is being lost at an alarming rate to agriculture and development, and the birds’ widely scattered movements make it difficult for conservationists to identify key areas for protection.
Scientists lay out plan to use CO2 emissions for good, when we can capture them
While scientists develop ways to affordably capture CO2 waste and convert it into useful molecules for industry, a team of researchers has outlined a vision for what can be made with the byproducts and how to go about it.
Scientists uncover 13,000-year-old footprints off Canada’s Pacific coast
A report, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE, supports previous research that suggests humans migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last ice age – which ended about 11,700 years ago – across what was then a land bridge to North America.