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Earthquake-triggered cascading hazards under Arctic amplification

Arctic warming is rapidly changing the permafrost and glacierized places, yet its influence on earthquake-related hazards remains poorly understood. We investigate a major 2025...

Geologists reveal the Americas collided millions of years earlier than thought

Volcanic rocks in Colombia are rewriting the timeline of the collision between Central and South America. Their magnetic signatures show that major tectonic deformation...

Massive Glacial Collapse Triggers Deadly Floods on Nepal-China Border 

This past Wednesday, tragedy struck with at least 1,114 people have dead and more than 4,000 remaining missing after a catastrophic flash flood...

Antarctica gained a record 695 billion tons of ice. Scientists found the surprising reason

East Antarctica gained an astonishing 695 billion tons of ice between 2021 and 2023, temporarily slowing Antarctica’s long-term decline. Researchers found that warming thousands...

Past abrupt changes in Atlantic Ocean currents controlled the Earth’s energy balance

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) underwent a series of abrupt reorganizations. The global impact of these events reflects...

CO₂-Koalition könnte globale Emissionen um 750 Millionen Tonnen reduzieren

Gestaffelte CO₂-Preise schonen ärmere Mitgliedsländer - Gemeinsam statt im Alleingang: Eine internationale CO₂-Koalition für Stahl, Aluminium, Zement und Stickstoffdünger könnte laut Modellrechnung die weltweiten...

The impact of stochastic sea ice perturbations on seasonal forecasts

Numerical weather forecasts of sea ice are unreliable, exhibiting an overly narrow range of plausible sea ice evolutions. Stochastic perturbations introduce randomness to the...

Precipitation and soil phosphorus regulate post-drought resilience in tropical forests

Drought disturbances are reducing the recovery capacity of tropical forests, especially in drier conditions, but soil phosphorus can mitigate this impact, according to a...

UN warnt: El Niño wird sehr stark und hält bis Februar an

El Niño erreicht meist gegen Jahresende seinen Höhepunkt. Die Meereswärme gelangt jedoch verzögert in die Luft und treibt die globale Temperatur im Folgejahr weiter...

Island: Erhöhte Erdbebenaktivität bei Grindavik registriert

Erdbebenaktivität bei Grindavík auf Island auf dem höchsten Stand seit Monaten – Bodenhebung geht weiter In den vergangenen Wochen ist es um Grindavík und...