Bleeding waterfalls of Antarctica: Inside the mysterious crimson blood falls that hide millions of years of frozen secrets

Antarctica is also known to have some of the most extreme and harsh environments on the planet, where life struggles to exist ...

How the US is abandoning joint climate action under Trump

The US officially exited the Paris Agreement on Jan. 27. It’s the second time President Donald Trump has pulled out of the ...

Ocean fronts revealed as key players in Earth's carbon cycle

Narrow bands of ocean covering just over one-third of the world's seas are responsible for absorbing nearly three-quarters of ...

Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar.

Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers Discover a New Phase of Ice by Squeezing Water Between Diamonds

The new form, called Ice XXI, appeared at room temperature in the lab, and it may have a similar density to ice on distant moons in our solar system ...
Nature

Phytoplankton macroecology and the ocean carbon cycle

Phytoplankton are key players in the ocean carbon cycle. Comprised of a variety of microscopic photosynthesizing bacteria, algae, and other single-cell organisms, phytoplankton form the base of marine ...