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332 Hidden Canyons Discovered Under Antarctica โ€“ And They Could Be Accelerating Climate Change #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #Antarctica #ClimateChange #Geology

05.08.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mass Extinction Unleashed a 5-Million-Year Heatwave. Hereโ€™s What Triggered It #Science #Biology #Paleontology #MassExtinction #ClimateChange

04.08.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Earth Is Getting Greener, But the Oceans Are Losing Life #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Sustainability

03.08.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They Went to the Arctic for Snow. They Found Rain and Flowers. #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #ArcticResearch #WeatherPatterns

03.08.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a โ€˜farceโ€™ full of misinformation Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research

Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a โ€˜farceโ€™ full of misinformation #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #Misinformation #SciencePolicy

01.08.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why a changing climate may mean less chocolate in the future #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #ChocolateCrisis #Sustainability

01.08.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientists Warn Of Climate 'Tipping Point' After Marine Heat Waves Hit 276-Year Extremes Marine heat waves in 2023 reached record extremes, with some events expected only once every 276 years, raising concerns about climate tipping points.

Scientists Warn Of Climate โ€˜Tipping Pointโ€™ After Marine Heat Waves Hit 276-Year Extremes #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #MarineHeatWaves #TippingPoint

31.07.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US says CO2 emissions arenโ€™t harmful โ€“ climate science shows otherwise The Trump administration is attempting to argue that greenhouses gases donโ€™t endanger people to reverse regulations limiting these harmful emissions โ€“ climate scientists are pushing back

US says CO2 emissions arenโ€™t harmful โ€“ climate science shows otherwise #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #CO2Emissions #ClimateScience

31.07.2025 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ancient Rift With Greenland Still Heating the U.S. From Below #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #GeothermalEnergy #Greenland #ClimateChange

31.07.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Why Earth Is Rotating Extra Fast This Summer, Shortening Days by Milliseconds As Earth spins through space, its rate of rotation changes. Hereโ€™s why

Why Earth Is Rotating Extra Fast This Summer, Shortening Days by Milliseconds #Science #EarthSciences #Meteorology #EarthRotation #ClimateChange #ShorteningDays

31.07.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report โ€œfundamentally misrepresentsโ€ climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #ClimateReport

30.07.2025 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You Have Never Felt Climate Change Like This Earth scientist Kate Marvel gets personal about climate science

You Have Never Felt Climate Change Like This #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalAwareness #Sustainability

30.07.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforests A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns.

Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforests #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #Rainforests #AtlanticCurrents

30.07.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hidden Greenland Lake Punches through Giant Blocks of Ice in โ€˜Extremely Surprisingโ€™ Event Water usually flows downward, but something strange happened under Greenlandโ€™s ice sheet when a deluge punched through the surface to scour an area nearly twice the size of New Yorkโ€™s Central Park

Hidden Greenland Lake Punches through Giant Blocks of Ice in โ€˜Extremely Surprisingโ€™ Event #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #Greenland #ClimateChange #IceMelting

30.07.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'It was so unexpected': 90 billion liters of meltwater punched its way through Greenland ice sheet in never-before-seen melting event A previously-undetected flood over Greenland's ice sheet has confounded model predictions about how the region's meltwater should leak.

'It was so unexpected': 90 billion liters of meltwater punched its way through Greenland ice sheet in never-before-seen melting event #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #GreenlandMelting #ClimateChange #IceSheetMelting

30.07.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An EPA rule change threatens to gut US climate regulations The endangerment finding underpins the EPAโ€™s ability to regulate greenhouse gases. The Trump administration is trying to reverse it.

An EPA rule change threatens to gut US climate regulations #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #EPA #EnvironmentalRegulations

30.07.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Greenland Ice Sheet Shattered by Hidden Lake Flood #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #GreenlandIceSheet #ClimateChange

30.07.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet โ€“ a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures

Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #GreenlandIce #MeltwaterEruption #ClimateChange

30.07.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This Summer of Extreme Weather Features Flash Floods and Corn Sweat Extreme weather is front-page news. But what are the phenomena behind the headlines?

This Summer of Extreme Weather Features Flash Floods and Corn Sweat #Science #EarthSciences #Meteorology #ExtremeWeather #FlashFloods #ClimateChange

30.07.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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90 Billion Liters of Water Punched Through Greenland's Ice Sheet โ€“ And Nobody Noticed A build-up of meltwater under the Greenland ice sheet in 2014 resulted in a flood of such magnitude that it burst upward through tens of meters of solid ice, fracturing the surface and spilling water...

90 Billion Liters of Water Punched Through Greenland's Ice Sheet โ€“ And Nobody Noticed #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #GreenlandIceSheet #ClimateChange #WaterResourceManagement

30.07.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Incredible Ice Core Captures 12,000 Years Of European Climate History An ice core sample from the European Alps has been the first to be dated to the last Ice Age, providing vital historical environmental data stretching back across the last 12,000 years.

Incredible Ice Core Captures 12,000 Years Of European Climate History #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #IceCoreResearch #EuropeanHistory

30.07.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EPA plans to ignore science, stop regulating greenhouse gases โ€œLargest deregulatory actionโ€ in the history of US would be one of the unhealthiest.

EPA plans to ignore science, stop regulating greenhouse gases #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #GreenhouseGases #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalPolicy

29.07.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump's EPA wants to eliminate regulation for greenhouse gases #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #EPARegulations #GreenhouseGases #ClimateChange

29.07.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s EPA Targets โ€˜Endangerment Findingโ€™ Underlying Climate Change Policy for Reducing Carbon The Trump administration is releasing its proposal to undo the โ€œendangerment finding,โ€ the long-standing rationale and legal imperative for regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act

Trumpโ€™s EPA Targets โ€˜Endangerment Findingโ€™ Underlying Climate Change Policy for Reducing Carbon #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalPolicy #EPA

29.07.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Summers are getting hotter. Here's how experts say to cope with it #Science #HealthandMedicine #PublicHealth #ClimateChange #HeatWave

29.07.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tampa Breaks Heat Record as Heat Dome Bakes Eastern U.S. Records are starting to fall to the continuing heat dome that is covering much of the eastern U.S.

Tampa Breaks Heat Record as Heat Dome Bakes Eastern U.S. #Science #EarthSciences #Meteorology #HeatWave #ClimateChange #WeatherRecords

28.07.2025 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Ocean Got Too Hot โ€“ And Life Collapsed From Plankton to Whales #Science #Biology #Ecology #ClimateChange #MarineLife #EcosystemCollapse

27.07.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Earth appears to be developing new never-before-seen human-made seasons, study finds Seasons are more than just divisions of time โ€” they are our connection with nature.

Earth appears to be developing new never-before-seen human-made seasons, study finds #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #HumanImpact #Seasons

27.07.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can we engineer our way out of ocean acidification? In October 2024, a headline made waves across climate and tech circles: Ebb Carbon, a California-based startup, had inked a multimillion-dollar agreement with

Can we engineer our way out of ocean acidification? #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #OceanAcidification #EnvironmentalEngineering #ClimateChangeSolutions

27.07.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Texas Floods Were a Preview of Whatโ€™s to Come Mounting evidence shows no US state is safe from the flooding that ravaged Texasโ€™ Kerr Country.

The Texas Floods Were a Preview of Whatโ€™s to Come #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #TexasFloods #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather

26.07.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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