Global increase from melting ice and warming oceans is most significant change since 1800
Sea level rise leads to increased flooding at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
April 8, 2021
The rate of sea level rise in the 20th century along much of the U.S. Atlantic coast was the fastest in 2,000 years, and southern New Jersey had the fastest rates, according to a Rutgers University-led study funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
The global rise in sea level from melting ice and warming oceans from 1900 to 2000 led to a rate that s more than twice the average for the years 0 to 1800, according to a study in the journal
New analysis of strontium isotopes reveals how the carbon cycle responds to changing climate
New analysis of strontium isotopes reveals how the global carbon cycle responds to changing climate.
April 6, 2021
A new analysis of strontium isotopes in marine sediments has enabled scientists to reconstruct fluctuations in ocean chemistry reflecting changing climate conditions over the past 35 million years.
Science, provide new insights into the inner workings of the global carbon cycle and the processes by which carbon is removed from the environment through the deposition of carbonates. Strontium is very similar to calcium, so it gets incorporated into the calcium carbonate shells of marine organisms, said lead author Adina Paytan of the University of California, Santa Cruz.