Tiny sugars from marine microbes help clouds freeze over the Southern Ocean, offering new insight into cloud brightness and climate models.

Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. An international team has now taken an important step towards filling ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with a sudden wave of volcanic sediment, leaving them suffocated.

He added that this change to clouds is also likely a key reason that unusually warm ocean and global temperatures in 2023 surprised scientists by exceeding expectations so much.

A brighter Earth won’t solve every problem, but without it, every other climate effort will fall short.

The Ocean City Air Show ended early on Saturday due to low visibility and cloud ceilings.

Published in the print edition of the June 9, 2025, issue. Garrett Hongo is the author of “ The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo ” and the poetry collection “Ocean of Clouds” (2025).

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The American rock band Garbage’s new album is titled “Let All That We Imagine Be the Light.” It’s the sound of frontwoman Shirley Manson pushed to the brink by health issues and the fury of our times.

What’s One Way to Help Preserve the Antarctic Climate? Penguin Poop. Ammonia aerosols from penguin guano can help form heat-shielding clouds around the cold continent.

Science Penguin Poop May Help Preserve Antarctic Climate New study finds that ammonia aerosols from penguin guano likely play an important part in the formation of heat-shielding clouds around the ...