In the Arctic, a mysterious atmospheric phenomenon generates some of the oddest clouds on Earth.
Up there, streaky wisps can swiftly transform into towering thunderstorms. These strange clouds are not just visually mesmerizing. Nor are they just drivers of powerful storms. They may also play a role in the Arctic’s breakneck pace of warming, researchers say, a pace about four times as fast as that of the rest of the planet (SN: 8/11/22).
But climate simulations of the
Climate change is warming the Arctic tundra about four times faster than the rest of the planet. Now, a study suggests that rising temperatures will spur underground microbes there to produce more carbon dioxide — potentially creating a feedback loop that worsens climate change.
The tundra is “a sleepy biome,” says Sybryn Maes, an environmental scientist at Umeå University in Sweden. This ecosystem is populated by small shrubs, grasses and lichen growing in cold soils rich with stored organic carbon.
Meghan Markle looked every inch the snow queen as she stepped on to the slopes in Whistler, head to toe in winter whites.
The Duchess dug out her $240 Sorel Joan of Arctic snow boots for the occasion, which are currently on sale for $95.95, teamed with a $295 Calvin Klein Quilted Maxi Puffer.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appeared thrilled to be spending Valentine’s Day in Canada – the country where they fell in love – as they hit
The spring 2014 annual reindeer festival in Yar-Sale, a rural town on the Yamal Peninsula in Western Siberia, was a grim affair. A rainstorm followed by a deep freeze the previous November had turned the normally snow-covered tundra into an ice shield. Reindeer could not paw through the thick ice to access lichen, their primary food source. In a region where winter temperatures can plunge below –50° Celsius, that ground remained frozen months later. Tens of thousands of reindeer had
Wenn Architektur eingefrorene Musik ist, welche Melodie ist dann auf dem Cover des neuesten Albums der Arctic Monkeys, „The Car“, eingebettet? Das Bild, ein Foto von Matt Helders, dem Schlagzeuger und Dokumentarfilmer der Band, zeigt einen Parkplatz auf einem Dach von hoch oben, umgeben von modernen Bürogebäuden in der Innenstadt von Los Angeles. Ein einzelnes Auto, eine weiße Limousine, parkt auf dem Parkplatz, der von der Mittagssonne Südkaliforniens gebleicht wird.
Die vierköpfige britische Rockband war kürzlich für zwei ausverkaufte Shows
A flip-flopping, yearslong pattern of winds helps control the fate of the Arctic’s sea ice — by regulating how much of the Atlantic Ocean’s relatively warm, salty water sneaks northward into the Arctic Ocean.
From 2007 to 2021, winds over North America and Eurasia were circulating in such a way that they reduced the influx of warmer Atlantic water into the Arctic, researchers report in the Sept. 1 Science. That helped slow the rate of sea ice loss during
Berichten zufolge mussten die Arctic Monkeys ihre Headlinershow am Freitag in Glastonbury abbrechen, da sie sich Sorgen um einen Fan machten.
Die Band begab sich für ein 90-minütiges Set auf die legendäre Pyramid Stage im Worthy
Die Arctic Monkeys haben ihre Show in Dublin mit einer Frist von nur einem Tag abgesagt, nachdem kurz vor ihrem bevorstehenden Headliner-Set in Glastonbury bekannt wurde, dass ihr Frontmann Alex Turner wegen einer akuten Kehlkopfentzündung am Boden liegt.
Die Band sollte morgen im Marlay Park in Dublin, Irland, auftreten, während die Fans auch gespannt auf ihren Headliner-Auftritt in Glastonbury am kommenden Wochenende warten.
Leider wurde dem 37-jährigen Alex nun von den Ärzten eine Ruhepause verordnet, was bedeutet, dass er morgen
As the Arctic’s icebound ground warms, it may unleash toxic substances across the region.
By the end of the century, the thaw threatens to destabilize facilities at more than 2,000 industrial sites, such as mines and pipelines, and further compromise more than 5,000 already contaminated areas, researchers report March 28 in Nature Communications.
Those numbers come from the first comprehensive study to pinpoint where Arctic permafrost thaw could release industrial pollutants. But there are probably even more contaminated areas
As Halloween draws to close, the time has come for music lovers to frantically battle to get their tickets for the legendary Glastonbury Music Festival 2023.
The event, held at Worth Farm in Somerset, will take place from Wednesday 21st June to Sunday 25th June next year.
Tickets go on sale this week for the iconic festival, which earlier this year saw incredible headliners including Diana Ross, Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar.
This year’s headliners have not yet
