Electric vehicles would be a breath of fresh air for Houston
Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University researchers are expressing hope for the future of Houston's breathable air, despite ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
NASA catches development of Tropical Cyclone 02A
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite provided confirmation ...
Social interactions impact climate change predictions, U of G study reveals
In a first-ever study measuring the impact of social behavior on climate change predictions, researchers found social processes, such as ...
NASA estimates heavy Texas and Louisiana rainfall from gulf weather system
Credit: NASA/JAXA, Matt Lammers Earlier in the week, NOAA's National Hurricane Center was monitoring a low-pressure system in the Gulf ...
The Earth’s rotation moves water in Lake Garda
A research team from the universities of Trento and Utrecht found that the rotation of the Earth influences the mixing ...
Researchers identify link between more frequent, intense heat events and deaths in Las Vegas
Credit: DRI Over the last several decades, extreme heat events around the world--particularly in the American Southwest--have gotten hotter, occurred ...
NASA-NOAA satellite sees system 91L’s eeach into the western gulf of Mexico
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) System 91L is an area of tropical low pressure ...
New approach optimizes use of future wave electricity generators during disaster
Variational calculus technique shows the fastest way to provide enough electricity to restart local power grids hit by hurricanes through ...
New center at the University of Copenhagen to predict climate tipping points
Current climate models are unable to predict sudden and violent changes to climate, known as tipping points. This is a ...
Urban pollution enhances up to 400% formation of aerosols over the Amazon rainforest
This phenomenon affects cloud production and rainfall, with consequences for the local and global climate, which researchers have warned about ...
NASA sees strong storms in developing gulf system 91L
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite used infrared light to analyze the strength of storms in the developing low pressure area ...
Solving the entrainment puzzle
EU supports cloud studies in Leipzig as part of Marie Sklodowska Curie ActionsCredit: Tilo Arnhold, TROPOS Leipzig. An important contribution ...
UNH researchers find slowdown in Earth’s temps stabilized nature’s calendar
DURHAM, N.H.--Sometimes referred to as nature's calendar, phenology looks at the seasonal life cycle of plants and animals and is ...
What are the northern lights? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 31, 2019 -- Every winter, thousands of tourists head north hoping to catch ...
Edible insects? Lab-grown meat? The real future food is lab-grown insect meat
Cultured insect tissue could combine the planet-saving best of insect farming, GM livestock, labriculture and plant-based meat substitutes Livestock farming ...
NIST study identifies chemical blends as possible alternative refrigerants
Credit: Jimmie Pike/US Air Force More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won't heat the ...
Fuels out of thin air: New path to capturing and upgrading CO2
Engineering researchers offer a promising technique for converting atmospheric CO2 into commercially valuable productsCredit: Marit Mitchell A research team from ...
Study could improve fire monitoring in Brazilian savana
With the aim of enhancing the quality of Brazilian space research output, scientists investigated the accuracy of different satellite data ...
Study sheds new light on the harms of air pollution
University at Buffalo research reveals how fluctuating air pollution at the Beijing Olympics affected local residents' bodies at the level ...
German Research Foundation continues funding for research into limits of weather forecast
DFG approves second funding period for Transregional Collaborative Research Center "Waves to Weather" (CRC/TRR 165) The German Research Foundation (DFG) ...