Articles by

Douglas Fox

Antarctic lake microbes have flexible survival strategies 

Scientists have gotten their closest-ever view of the denizens that inhabit a frigid underworld.  An analysis of...

A glacier burst, flooding Juneau. Again. This one broke records

A glacial outburst has sent floodwaters rushing through the town of Juneau, Alaska, forcing residents to evacuate...

An ancient Earth impact could help in the search for Martian life

In a remote desert, scientists have discovered one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It dates to well...

Warming is chasing cloud forests steadily uphill

Cloud forests are strange and ghostly places — akin to coral reefs hidden high on tropical mountains....

Can geoengineering plans save glaciers and slow sea level rise?

Citations H. Seroussi et al. Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet over the next three centuries from...

An unexpected ice collapse hints at worrying changes on the Antarctic coast

A hot spot is starting to form along the coast of East Antarctica. An ice shelf that...

A transatlantic flight may turn Saharan dust into a key ocean nutrient

As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more...