Newly identified atmospheric circulation enhances heatwaves and wildfires around the Arctic
Credit: Teppei J. Yasunari, et al. Environmental Research Letters. May 17, 2021. Scientists have uncovered a summertime climate pattern in ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
If countries implement Paris pledges with cuts to aerosols, millions of lives can be saved
A strategic approach to reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution can reap major health and temperature benefits, according ...
Californian smoke drifted as far as Europe in 2020 and caused heavy clouding of sun
ESA's Aeolus wind satellite also provides valuable data on aerosol in the atmosphereCredit: Holger Baars, TROPOS Leipzig. The smoke from ...
Air quality improved during India lockdown, study shows
Credit: Environmental Research Research by scientists from University of Southampton (UK) and the Central University of Jharkhand (India) and has ...
Less is more? New take on machine learning helps us “scale up” phase transitions
Features of large systems yielded from tiny simulations with super-resolution techniquesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo ...
Does cold wildfire smoke contribute to water repellent soils in burned areas?
New pilot study finds severe water repellency in sand samples after treatment with both hot and cold smokeCredit: Vera Samburova/DRI. ...
Researchers identify the causes of the extreme drought that affected the Pantanal
The study shows that the 2019-20 drought resulted from a natural meteorological phenomenon similar to the one that caused the ...
University of Montana students lead prescribed wildfire burn on university ranch
University of Montana leads prescribed wildfire burnCredit: University of Montana MISSOULA - In mid-April on the University of Montana-owned Bandy ...
Railway infrastructure susceptible to greater damages from climate change
$2.06 billion/year can be saved by keeping warming to 1.5 °C instead of 3 °C for Chinese railwayCredit: Kai Liu ...
Indigenous peoples and local communities, key to achieving biodiversity goals
An international study led by the ICTA-UAB states that recognizing indigenous peoples' and local communities' rights and agency is critical ...
Russian wildfires and tropospheric ozone pollution over Northern Tibetan Plateau
Credit: Jinqiang Zhang Atmospheric ozone, which can regulate the amount of incoming ultraviolet radiation on the Earth's surface, is important ...
Earth’s vegetation is changing faster today than it has over the last 18,000 years
Credit: Jack Williams. MADISON - A global survey of fossil pollen has discovered that the planet's vegetation is changing at ...
Clearing the air: A reduction-based solution to nitrogen pollution with a novel catalyst
A new iron catalyst helps preferentially reduce nitric oxide to hydroxylamine, opening doors to pollution control and clean energy.Credit: Gwangju ...
Did Earth’s early rise in oxygen help multicellular life evolve?
A new study is taking the air out of a hypothesis linking early Earth's oxygenation to larger, more complex organisms. ...
Peatlands pose complex, poorly understood risk for similar fires, researchers warn
Findings come five years after disastrous fire in Fort McMurray, AlbertaCredit: Sophie Wilkinson, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON May 18, 2021 ...
Land can retain about 1/4 monthly precipitation
Credit: Enda Zhu To support growing human and animal life, freshwater sources must continuously supply water. Freshwater from lakes, rivers, ...
Oregon State research shows why some pockets of conifer survive repeated forest fires
Credit: Will Downing, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University researchers say "topographic templates" can help forest conservation managers develop ...
Slow research to understand fast change
Forty years of experiments, observation, modeling and theory may be just what's needed to see where the world is headedCredit: ...
MIT unveils a new action plan to tackle the climate crisis
The Institute commits to net-zero emissions by 2026, charts course marshaling all of MIT's capabilities toward decarbonizationCredit: Image: Christopher Harting ...
Earth’s oldest minerals date onset of plate tectonics to 3.6 billion years ago
Ancient zircons from the jack hills of western Australia hone date of an event that was crucial to making the ...