There is considerable controversy over the nature of geophysically recognized low-velocity–high-conductivity zones (LV–HCZs) within the Tibetan crust, and their role in models for the development of ...

Imagine a world where the polar ice sheets are melting, sea level is rising and the atmosphere is stuffed with about 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide. Sound familiar? It should. We’re living it ...

A research team led by scientists at Kumamoto University has discovered a new genus of microscopic crustaceans from northern ...

For researchers seeking to understand the effects of climate change on the weather of the North American Southwest, the answer lies in traveling millions of years back in time on wings of wax—leaf wax ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

American Scientist, Vol. 99, No. 3 (May–June 2011), pp. 228-235 (8 pages) ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Aims: Insular Southeast Asia and adjacent regions are geographically complex, and were dramatically affected by both Pliocene and Pleistocene ...

The West Coast drinks from the wind. When westerly gales carry humid air from the Pacific Ocean into the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade mountain ranges, the West turns green, orchards blossom, and ...

New research has found that the release of forest emissions and smoke from wildfires had a far greater impact on global warming than carbon dioxide 3 million years ago. Dynamic atmospheric chemistry ...

Julie Brigham-Grette receives funding from the US National Science Foundation Steve Petsch receives funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation. Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean ...