Are plastics and microplastics in the Ocean on the increase?
The answer might not be so straightforwardCredit: Prof. Alan Deidun That is the question that Prof. Alan Deidun, resident academic ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
Increasing snow depth prevented wintertime soils from cooling during the warming hiatus
Credit: Myriams Fotos from Pixabay Soil temperature has a significant impact on land-atmosphere interaction within the Earth system, affecting surrounding ...
Scientists look to soils to learn how forests affect air quality, climate change
New research shed lights on the complex relationships between tree types, forest soil nutrients and microbes, and impact on environmentCredit: ...
Local emissions amplify regional haze and particle growth
Credit: Yele Sun New particle formation (NPF) is a major source of aerosol particles in the global atmosphere. In polluted ...
Skoltech team developed on-chip printed ‘electronic nose’
Credit: Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Germany have designed an on-chip printed 'electronic nose' that serves ...
Reconstruction shows increased global warming trends since 1850s
Credit: Qingxiang Li Earth is warming rapidly, but there is too little observational data in some regions such as the ...
New NCAR-Wyoming supercomputer to accelerate scientific discovery
New system will advance nation's understanding of geosciencesCredit: Image by Matthias Rempel, ©University Corporation for Atmospheric Research The National Center ...
Purported phosphine on Venus more likely to be ordinary sulfur dioxide, new study shows
An image of Venus compiled using data from the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974. In September, a team led by ...
Late rainy season reliably predicts drought in regions prone to food insecurity
New indicator could help mitigate food insecurity in Sub-Saharan AfricaCredit: Shukla et al, PLOS ONE 2021 (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The ...
Acidification impedes shell development of plankton off the US West Coast
Credit: Credit: NOAA Ocean Acidification Program Shelled pteropods, microscopic free-swimming sea snails, are widely regarded as indicators for ocean acidification ...
A new carbon budget framework provides a clearer view of our climate deadlines
Concordia's Damon Matthews outlines a more comprehensive method of calculating how much CO2 we can emit and still meet Paris ...
UN disaster aid is driven by humanitarian need rather than by strategic donor interests
Credit: Photo: Bernhard Folz A new study published in PNAS finds that aid provided by the United Nations (UN) in ...
How aerosols are formed
Credit: ETH Zurich / Ruth Signorell Aerosols are suspensions of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas. Clouds, ...
Adger, Burton and O’Brien win the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change
The award has gone in this thirteenth edition to Neil Adger, Ian Burton and Karen O'Brien for changing the paradigm ...
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