Now part of Halfar’s research group studying changes in sea ice cover in northern Labrador, Dias and her co-researchers are ...

The glacier ice algae Ancylonema alaskanum and Ancylonema nordenskiöldii grow in harsh dynamic environments on bare ice surfaces. In these environments, they contribute to the continuous darkening of ...

A preliminary investigation by an international team of researchers revealed that the amount of carbon absorbed by land ...

Minoli Dias's interest in sea ice began in an unlikely place: polar bear poop.She was studying microplastics in polar bear feces and intestinal tracts ...

So, what do we make of these green deserts and melting polar edges? These are not signs of nature healing but signals of a ...

Plants, trees, and soil absorbed almost no net CO2 last year. If this continues, we're in bigger trouble than we thought.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern New Mexico is home to 119 known caves, including North America's largest cave ...

They fix up to 20 percent of the Earth's CO2. A research team has now discovered a protein shell in these algae that is necessary for efficient CO2 fixation.

Recently much attention has focused on the problem of microplastics in our environment. Garbage dumped in the ocean ...

They fix up to 20 percent of the Earth's CO2. A research team has now discovered a protein shell in these algae ... Alaska's Iliamna Lake Harbor Seals Genetically Isolated from Entire Pacific ...

The melting of Antarctic ice is not only causing global sea levels to rise but is also altering weather patterns, indirectly resulting in a 36 per cent increase in cyclones in the Arabian Peninsula.

For years, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — a spacecraft circling the Red Planet — has seen white material lining dry ...