Category: BUMMER

For more than 100 years, a persistent pocket of unusually cold water south of Greenland has stood out against the[…]

Crops are far more vulnerable when too much rainfall originates from land rather than the ocean. Land-sourced moisture leads to[…]

CO2 and ocean acidity are tightly coupled. The more CO2 is released into the atmosphere, the more seawater absorbs, making the ocean progressively[…]

Almost half of the world’s beaches will disappear by the end of the century due to a combination of rising[…]

The proliferating data centers housing AI servers produce electronic waste (often containing hazardous substances), are large consumers of water, rely[…]

Global pet food emissions rival those of a small country. Switching dogs to plant-based foods could slash emissions tenfold—without sacrificing[…]

Weeklong floods are killing rice crops worldwide with damage surging in recent decades. Severe floods reduced global yields by 4.3%[…]

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet experienced a major retreat about 9,000 years ago, triggered by a powerful feedback between melting[…]

An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history. Grounded glaciers[…]

The Southern Ocean absorbs nearly half of all ocean-stored human CO2, but its future role is uncertain. Despite models predicting[…]