A new look into the sources and impacts of greenhouse gases in China
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences China's implementation of a national carbon trading market to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions requires ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
Emissions from road construction could be halved using today’s technology
Credit: Skanska The construction sector accounts for a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions, in Sweden and globally. Researchers from Chalmers ...
Clear reduction in urban CO2 emissions as a result of COVID-19 lockdown
Credit: ICOS Ecosystem Thematic Centre (ETC) The Covid-19 related restrictions have forced many of us to stay at home. This ...
NASA analyzes developing System 90L in Straits of Florida
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL A low-pressure area designated as System 90L appears to be developing in the Straits of Florida, located ...
Satellites eye typhoon Vongfong landfall in the Philippines
Credit: Credit: NOAA/William Straka III, Univ. of Wisconsin Madison NASA and NOAA satellites have been providing forecasters with satellite data ...
The revolt of the plants: The arctic melts when plants stop breathing
Credit: Jong-Seong Kug (POSTECH) The vapor that plants emit when they breathe serves to lower the land surface temperature, much ...
Field study reveals how ammonia isotope molecules diffuse in air
Credit: Yuepeng Pan Scientists are working to find ways to monitor ammonia - an increasing species in the atmosphere closely ...
NASA finds Vongfong at typhoon strength Philippine warnings up
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite revealed powerful storms in Vongfong as it ramped up from a tropical storm to ...
Cold War nuke tests changed rainfall
Radioactive period following nuclear bomb tests changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles from the detonation sitesCredit: Prof Giles Harrison, University ...
NASA sees Tropical Storm Vongfong form and threaten the Philippines
Credit: NASA/BRL A low-pressure area that formed in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean several days ago has consolidated and organized into ...
Ancient rocks show high oxygen levels on Earth 2 billion years ago
Research on Russian drill core challenges long-standing models of oxygenation on EarthCredit: K. Paiste. Earth may have been far more ...
Street smarts required in heat mitigation
ASU researchers investigate how reflective coatings on city streets affect pedestrians when the heat is onCredit: Photo by Ken Fagan/ASU ...
El Niño-linked decreases in soil moisture could trigger massive tropical-plant die offs
New insights could help farmers, water managers in tropical regions prepare for impact on cropsCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ...
Water loss in northern peatlands threatens to intensify fires, global warming
Boreal climate change study features 59 authorsCredit: Manuel Helbig, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, May 11, 2020 - A group of ...
Variance in tree species results in the cleanest urban air
Credit: Sasu Karttunen What kind of an effect do trees have on aerosol particle concentrations in cities? Modelling carried out ...
How does nitrogen dynamics affect carbon and water budgets in China?
Credit: Jingjing Liang As an important part of biogeochemical cycling, the nitrogen cycle modulates terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage, water consumption, ...
Simulations forecast nationwide increase in human exposure to extreme climate events
Credit: Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 5, 2020 -- By 2050, the ...
How the coronavirus has changed air quality and what it could mean for the weather
Credit: Paul Miller, LSU. The change in air pollution in China from January to February as stay-at-home orders were put ...
Free use of Kudos Pro to help researchers keep communicating during pandemic disruption
Credit: Kudos Innovations Ltd For immediate release - Oxford, UK - May 1st, 2020 - Kudos, the award-winning service for ...
Oregon State University research wins Marcus Wallenberg Prize
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Richard Waring, professor emeritus in the Oregon State University College of Forestry, is ...