International ozone treaty stops changes in Southern Hemisphere winds
Study adds to evidence showing effectiveness of Montreal ProtocolCredit: NASA Chemicals that deplete Earth's protective ozone layer have also been ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
Ships’ emissions create measurable regional change in clouds
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory A container ship leaves a trail of white clouds in its wake that can linger in ...
Concrete solutions that lower both emissions and air pollution
Air quality and climate change intertwine in unexpected ways; a concrete exampleCredit: Karin Higgins/UC Davis Sometimes, fixing one problem can ...
New satellite-based algorithm pinpoints crop water use
The BESS-STAIR framework, developed by CABBI researchers at the University of Illinois, was tested in 12 sites across the US ...
NASA find Herold a fading ex-tropical cyclone
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview Former Tropical Cyclone Herold is now a fading area of low-pressure in the Southern Indian Ocean ...
Surprise! Ammonia emitted from fertilized paddy fields mostly doesn’t end up in the air
Credit: Jianlin Shen Livestock production and nitrogen fertilizer used in croplands emit lots of ammonia, which is the most abundant ...
Ammonia has been wrongly missing in portraying air pollution impacts
Credit: Yuepeng Pan Nitrogen is essential for all living things. Synthetic fertilizer, which contains rich reactive nitrogen, has sustained food ...
NASA finds little strength left in Tropical Cyclone Herold
Credit: NASA/NRL Wind shear pushed former Tropical Cyclone Herold apart and infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed the system ...
NASA analyzes tropical cyclone Herold’s water vapor concentration
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean on Mar. 18, it gathered water vapor ...
Increasingly mobile sea ice risks polluting Arctic neighbors
Credit: Christopher Michel The movement of sea ice between Arctic countries is expected to significantly increase this century, raising the ...
Comparisons of organic and conventional agriculture need to be better, say researchers
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated. But the most widely used method of ...
Tropical Cyclone Herold’s eye opens further on NASA satellite imagery
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview As Tropical Cyclone Herold intensified, its eye appeared more defined in imagery taken by NASA's Terra ...
How horses can save the permafrost
New mitigation strategy bears great potentialCredit: Pleistocene Park Permafrost soils in the Arctic are thawing. As they do, large additional ...
NASA finds Gretel becoming extra-tropical
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and captured an image of Tropical Storm ...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Herold’s eye
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and captured an image of a well-developed ...
NASA’s Terra Satellite observes development of Tropical Storm 22S
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean ...
First-time direct proof of chemical reactions in particulates
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Mahir Dzambegovic Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new method to analyse particulate ...
NASA finds ex-Tropical Cyclone 21S affecting Australia’s Pilbara Coast
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and provided forecasters with a visible image ...
Aerial insect trap network describes life in the skies
Credit: Doris Lagos-Kutz, USDA-ARS and University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like most invasive species, when the soybean aphid arrived ...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches development of tropical storm 21S
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern ...