Thirteen months ago, the Atlantic Ocean’s sea surface temperature soared, far beyond normal range. Since then, temperatures have remained more than 1 degree Celsius above normal – and no one knows exactly why. Yahoo News spoke to University of Reading expert Dr Till Kuhlbrodt about why Atlantic sea surface temperatures can be so high – … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Archimedes, often called the father of mathematics, was one of the most famous inventors in ancient Greece, and some of his ideas and principles are still used today. But one legendary device has had scientists … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Often called the father of mathematics, Archimedes was one of the most famous inventors in ancient Greece, and some of his ideas and principles are still used today. But one legendary device has had scientists … Read more
A handful of ancient sponges from deep in the Caribbean are leading some scientists to think that human-induced climate change may have started earlier and warmed the world more than they thought. They calculate that the world has already surpassed the internationally agreed goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) … Read more
A handful of ancient sponges from deep in the Caribbean are leading some scientists to think that human-induced climate change may have started earlier and warmed the world more than they thought. They calculate that the world has already surpassed the internationally agreed goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) … Read more
One of the most robust measures of Earth’s changing climate is that winter is warming faster than other seasons. The cascade of changes this brings, including ice storms and rain in areas that were once reliably below freezing, are symptoms of what I call “warming winter syndrome.” Winter warming represents the global accumulation of heat. … Read more
Using advanced computer simulations, scientists have shown how easily a runaway greenhouse effect can quickly transform a habitable planet into a hellish world incapable of life. This research not only has implications for our understanding of extrasolar planets, or “exoplanets”, but it also offers insights into the Earth’s man-made climate crisis. The team of astronomers … Read more