Dai’s initial results have revealed that rainfall was low in South Africa during the last glacial maximum and increased as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ellen Mosley-Thompson, senior research scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at Ohio State University Ellen ...

Ellen Mosley-Thompson is a distinguished university professor emerita and senior research scientist at Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center. She has worked for Ohio State ...

Ancient Antarctic ice is revealing a surprising new chapter in Earth’s climate story, stretching back 3 million years. By analyzing tiny pockets of trapped air and rare gases, scientists have ...

She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, among numerous other affiliations. Mosley-Thompson says she is “very proud … to have been the first woman to lead a field team to a remote ...

Glaciers can reveal vast archives of information about Earth's environmental past, but deciphering the origins of the matter within them can be a challenge. Now, using a novel technique that enables ...

Imagine being tasked with counting every blade of grass in a field, noting every single species as you go. This is not far ...

Ice comes in more forms than what you’ll find in a freezer or a glacier. Since 1900, scientists have observed more than 20 ...

This summer, the vast Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica had so much meltwater running down its face, it looked like it was ...

Frozen Arctic soil is not silent. When it thaws, microbes wake up in stages, release carbon, and even hunt each other.

A violent impact might have ejected material from deep within the moon's mantle — and future Artemis astronauts might be able ...