Forest soils recovering from effects of acid rain
Credit: Jennifer Knoepp Before the United States 1970 Clean Air Act, rainfall all over the country was acidic. As precipitation ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
Deep learning accurately forecasts heat waves, cold spells
Capsule neural network predicts extreme weather with WWII-era analog forecastsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Feb. 4, 2020) -- Rice ...
Scientists listen to whales, walruses, & seals in a changing arctic seascape
Multi-year, year-round acoustic study in northern Bering Sea records more than 30,000 whale, walrus, and seal callsCredit: Maxim Chakilev A ...
Australia’s orroral valley fire consumes over 155,000 acres in a week
Credit: NASA NASA's Terra satellite saw yet another fire, known as the Orroral Valley Fire, break out in the Canberra ...
Microscopic partners could help plants survive stressful environments
Credit: Photo by Ashley Finnestad, T.E. Cheeke Lab, WSU. Tiny, symbiotic fungi play an outsized role in helping plants survive ...
Helsinki declaration on planetary health calls for commitment from the EU
Credit: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Scientific evidence shows that human activities impact global warming, biodiversity loss, land degradation, ...
China health threats likely to increase due to heatwaves
Study reveals climate change will pose deadly threat in China in future as heatwaves become more severe and frequentCredit: University ...
Getting to the root of plant survival
Findings could help scientists control root emergence and battle dry conditions brought on by climate changeCredit: Monica Moriak/ University of ...
NASA catches the dying remnants of Tropical Cyclone 12P
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Cyclone 12P formed in the Southern Pacific Ocean on January 25 and two days later, NASA's ...
NASA’s Aqua satellite reveals Tropical Cyclone Esami’s dissipation
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Esami formed in the Southern Indian Ocean and just three days later, visible imagery from ...
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Diane’s quick fade
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Diane formed late on January 24 and by the next day it was reduced to ...
United Nations award goes to company born out of university pollution project
An energy start-up in India, formed out of an Aston University scheme, has won a prestigious United Nations' award for ...
Acetone plus light creates a green jet fuel additive
New product creates fuel from biomass, while improving engine performanceCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., January 23, 2020--Take ...
NASA finds wind shear affected new Tropical Cyclone 09S Â Â
Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Cyclone 09S formed on Jan. 22 in the Southern Indian Ocean despite being affected by vertical ...
Climate-friendly food choices protect the planet, promote health, reduce health costs
Credit: Jono Drew Increased uptake of plant-based diets in New Zealand could substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions while greatly improving ...
FSU Research: Despite less ozone pollution, not all plants benefit
Credit: Bruce Palmer / FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Breathe easy: Concentrations of ozone in the air have decreased ...
Mapping the path of climate change
A probabilistic framework is used to understand how climate change progresses under the influence of the greenhouse effect and other ...
Air pollution in New York City linked to wildfires hundreds of miles away
Credit: Stefan Doerr via Immageo, CC BY-ND 3.0 A new study shows that air pollutants from the smoke of fires ...
Arctic sea ice can’t ‘bounce back’
Credit: Paul Butler Arctic sea ice cannot "quickly bounce back" if climate change causes it to melt, new research suggests. ...
Study verifies a missing piece to urban air quality puzzle
Credit: CMU College of Engineering Despite the prominent health threat posed by fine particulate pollution, fundamental aspects of its formation ...