Climate change threatens one-third of global food production
New estimates show that if greenhouse gases continue growing at current rates, large regions at risk of being pushed into ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
James Anderson wins the Dreyfus Foundation’s high honor
The pioneer of environmental chemistry earns the 2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences for decades of ground-breaking workCredit: Harvard ...
Protecting local water has global benefits
New paper published May 11, 2021 in Nature CommunicationsCredit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. 2019. ...
1.5°C degrowth scenarios suggest need for new mitigation pathways: Research
Wellbeing can be maintained in a degrowth transitionCredit: Lorenz Keyßer The first comprehensive comparison of 'degrowth' scenarios with established pathways ...
Rapid lifestyle changes during early COVID-19 pandemic had no impact on climate change
Household carbon footprints did not significantly change during the first state of emergency in JapanCredit: Image by Yin Long, first ...
Study helps to better understand the link between indoor and outdoor air quality
Credit: Junyao Li People spend about 80-90% of their time indoors. Compared to outdoor air quality, the indoor air quality ...
Emissions from human activity modify biogenic secondary organic aerosol formation
Credit: Li Xu Despite their extremely small size, submicron atmospheric aerosols are critical pollutants with climate change, air quality, and ...
Ice core data show why, despite lower sulfur emissions in US and Western Europe, air pollution is
Credit: Hokkaido University The air in the United States and Western Europe is much cleaner than even a decade ago. ...
Antarctica remains the wild card for sea-level rise estimates through 2100
LANL scientists contribute to comprehensive sea-level rise projectionsCredit: (photo by Jeremy Harbeck, NASA Icebridge). LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 5, 2021-- ...
Microplastics found in Europe’s largest ice cap
Credit: Eirikur Sigurdsson In a recent article in Sustainability, scientists from Reykjavik University (RU), the University of Gothenburg, and the ...
Wildfire smoke trends worsening for Western US
A new study shows how the timing and location of smoke impacts shift in August and September.Credit: Kai Wilmot From ...
Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it stored in 2010s
Credit: Ted Feldpausch The Brazilian Amazon rainforest released more carbon than it stored over the last decade - with degradation ...
Northern forest fires could accelerate climate change
BU researchers used NASA satellite imaging data to analyze 30 years of Earth's northern forests and found that fires are ...
El Niño can help predict cacao harvests up to 2 years in advance
Long-term weather data is absent in many places, complicating rain predictions for crops. Researchers found that the El Niño climate ...
Using cosmic-ray neutron bursts to understand gamma-ray bursts from lightning
An 'accidental discovery' confirms what simulations showCredit: Jordan Goodman, HAWC Collaboration (NSF.gov) LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 28, 2021--Analysis of data ...
Causes of extreme weather and climate events in China during 2020/21
Credit: Chunzai Wang During the summer of 2020, especially June and July, periods of extreme heavy rainfall occurred in China's ...
Airports could generate enough solar energy to power a city: Study
Australian airports are ideal hosts for large-scale solar installationsCredit: RMIT University A new study has found Australia's government-owned airports could ...
Here comes the sun: Tethered-balloon tests ensure safety of new solar-power technology
Credit: Photo by Randy Montoya/Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- What do tiny dust particles, 22-foot-wide red balloons and "concentrated" ...
The COVID-19 is a unique opportunity to move towards more sustainable and equitable society
Credit: Potterf, Maria [email protected] Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä highlight how the struggles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic can ...
Northern Red Sea corals live close to the threshold of resistance to cold temperatures
Though these corals can tolerate very high temperatures, a new study reveals that even a slight cold spell can cause ...