Upper ocean temperatures hit record high in 2020
Credit: Shaoqing Wang Even with the COVID-19-related small dip in global carbon emissions due to limited travel and other activities, ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
International research team calls for ‘glocal’ approach to help mitigate flooding damage
Credit: Advances in Atmopheric Sciences Large-scale global forecasting and on-the-ground observations need to meld into one system to better predict ...
Semper floats! Marines use sensor buoys to better understand ocean battlespace
Credit: (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Anaya) ARLINGTON, Va.--Flying several thousand feet above the Pacific Ocean, an ...
The quest for carbon capture: WVU engineer explores the ways through four federally-funded projects
Credit: Paige Nesbit/WVU One silver lining to COVID-19 restrictions, based on a recent report, is a 2.4 billion-ton plummet in ...
Water limitations in the tropics offset carbon uptake from arctic greening
Credit: Credits: NASA/Nima Madani More plants and longer growing seasons in the northern latitudes have converted parts of Alaska, Canada ...
NASA finds what a glacier’s slope reveals about Greenland Ice Sheet thinning
Credit: Credits: Denis Felikson As glaciers flow outward from the Greenland Ice Sheet, what lies beneath them offers clues to ...
Scientists develop new land surface model including multiple processes and human activities
Credit: Longhuan WANG Human activities, such as urban planning, irrigation and agricultural fertilization, can affect terrestrial carbon, nitrogen and water ...
Taking greenhouse gas analysis on the road, er, rails
Train-mounted sensors are a cost-effective way to monitor emissions over an entire cityCredit: University of Utah Research-grade air quality sensors ...
Change in global precipitation patterns as a result of climate change
Variation in temperature differences between tropics and polar regions plays a fundamental role in controlling atmospheric circulation and in consequence ...
When dinosaurs disappeared, forests thrived
Rainfall patterns remained largely unaffected despite dramatic climate changesCredit: McGill University It's known that the primary cause of the mass ...
Extracting precious zinc from waste ash
Credit: JO Yxell /Chalmers University of Technology Incineration of solid waste produces millions of tonnes of waste fly ash in ...
Mystery solved: new study shows link between hot and dry weather and air quality in Korea
Scientists demonstrate ground-level ozone concentrations have risen alongside the increasingly frequent spells of dry tropical weatherCredit: Daniel Moqvist on Unsplash ...
Marine pollution: How do plastic additives dilute in water and how risky are they?
Scientists provide improved method to estimate public exposure to hazardous micropollutants from plastic wasteCredit: Seung-Kyu Kim from Incheon National University ...
Tri-lab initiative leads innovation in novel hybrid energy systems
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Future novel hybrid energy systems could lead to paradigm shifts in clean energy production, according to ...
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