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Survey finds trust in science dips worldwide as wealth gaps widen, while the US and South Korea remain notable bright spots입력 2026.10.12. 08:00업데이트 2026.10.12. 09:32Medical staff administer a vaccine to a baby. Trust in science is shown to be lower than during the COVID-19 pandemic./Courtesy of UNICEFTrust in science has been trending downward worldwide. Trust remained consistently high among advanced economies and high-income groups, but distrust was higher in less developed countries and low-income groups. This suggests economic inequality can deepen distrust of science. The scientific community suggested that for science to help humanity overcome the crises it faces, there must first be a shared understanding that its benefits reach society as a whole. According to the Wellcome Global Monitor 2026 report that the Wellcome, a U. K.

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Mud from a fjord shows an Atlantic air pattern brought wetter, colder spells to southern Greenland, a clue to how its ice may fare. Greenland’s ice is shrinking as the planet warms. But in the island’s southwest, rainfall and snowfall have been influenced by the same North Atlantic air-pressure pattern for at least 5,000 years. When that pattern tipped one way, the region turned wetter and colder. The record comes from mud on the floor of a Greenland fjord, and it suggests snowfall, not only temperature, shaped how the area’s ice grew and shrank. It doesn’t yet show how glaciers there will respond to the warming ahead. Johan Faust, a researcher at MARUM, the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen in Germany, led the work with colleagues in Germany, Norway, Denmark and Canada. A seesaw in the airThe pattern is called the North Atlantic Oscillation. It’s the difference in air pressure between a low that sits near Iceland and a high near the Azores, and it’s strongest in winter. When that difference is large, the pattern is in its positive phase. Northwestern Europe and southwestern Greenland both get more rain and snow.