A new study is warning that fresh water from melting ice in Antarctica is slowing ocean currents in the Southern Ocean that encircles the southern continent, and is in danger of completely collapsing, much like its counterpart in the North Atlantic. The study’s models predict that the currents thereread more
Archaeologists may have a new tool for use in the search for the remains of lost civilizations—especially in areas now covered by the sea—by detecting the magnetic anomalies borne by the traces of the people that once lived in these long-forgotten realms. Magnetometry is a technique used to measure minuteread more
Havana syndrome is a “genuine and compelling” phenomenon that is probably caused by a “pulsed electromagnetic energy” device of unknown origin, according to a declassified report on Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs), the official designation for what is colloquially known as Havana syndrome, prepared for the Director of National Intelligence. Generated by anread more
Earth’s closest celestial neighbors—Mars and Venus—couldn’t be more different in regards to the environments that each planet is home to, but two new discoveries—an ancient glacier at Mars’ equator and active volcanism on Venus—just serve to accentuate the diversity that exists amongst our planetary siblings. First up, ice: evidence ofread more