Posted on by Editor

What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of Nov. 23, 2021

.

Ice from Iceland's Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier is on its way to the Atlantic Ocean. 

Tue, 23 Nov 2021
Why did glacial cycles intensify a million years ago?

Researchers find clues to glacial mystery on the bed of the Atlantic Ocean

About a million years ago, something big happened to the planet. There was a major shift in the response of Earth’s climate system to variations in our orbit around the Sun. That shift is called the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, or MPT. Before the MPT, cycles between colder …

Continue Reading

  

A new global database documents 40 years of change in Earth's rivers.

Tue, 23 Nov 2021
First global river database documents 40 years of changes

New tool could help urban planners better understand river deltas

A first-ever database of four decades of changes in the world’s largest rivers could become an important tool for urban planners seeking to better understand river deltas and the large portion of Earth’s population that lives there.

The database, created by …

Continue Reading

  

 

For more National Science Foundation news, visit news site.

Please contact the news team for our news items.
And, for our Research News items please contact the .

 

 

This email was sent to using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111 GovDelivery logo