City trees can offset neighborhood heat islands, Concordia researcher says
A new study shows that enough canopy cover can dramatically reduce urban temperaturesCredit: Courtesy Carly Ziter The idea of the ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
Ocean acidification ‘could have consequences for millions’
Credit: Ben Harvey Ocean acidification could have serious consequences for the millions of people globally whose lives depend on coastal ...
Study: Deep-ocean creatures living a ‘feast-or-famine’ existence because of energy fluxes
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists for the first time have tracked how much energy from plants and animals at the surface ...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches intense Tropical Cyclone Kenneth make landfall in northern Mozambique
Credit: NASA/NOAA/ University of Wisconsin - Madison, SSES-CIMSS, William Straka III Mozambique is still recovering from deadly Tropical Cyclone Idai, ...
NASA finds a more circular Tropical Cyclone Lorna
Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and captured a visible image of what appeared ...
Human encroachment alters air quality over Amazon rainforest
Plumes of air pollution generated from a rapidly expanding city within the Amazon rainforest are wafting hundreds of miles and ...
Unravelling the complexity of air pollution in the world’s coldest capital city
Credit: Kanazawa University Ulaanbaatar is often called the world's coldest capital city because the temperature can reach ?40 °C on ...
Holy Pleistocene Batman, the answer’s in the cave
Let's say you wanted to solve a 20,000-year-old mystery, where would you start? Let's say you wanted to solve a ...
NASA’s Aqua Satellite catches Tropical Cyclone Lorna organizing
Credit: NASA/NRL Visible satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed the recently formed Tropical Storm Lorna was getting organized in ...
Changes in rainfall and temperatures have already impacted water quality
Climate key factor in how much nitrogen ended up in the water systemCredit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, ...
NASA examines Tropical Cyclone Kenneth in infrared light
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument aboard NASA's ...
NASA catches formation of Tropical Cyclone Kenneth near Aldabra
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Visible satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed the formation of Tropical Storm Kenneth in the Southern ...
Human influence on climate change is traced back to the 19th century
Credit: Qian Cheng/Columbia Engineering Climate change poses a serious challenge to the human society and it is generally believed that ...
Disappearing bumblebee species under threat of extinction
York University research shows species is critically endangered The American Bumblebee - a species once more commonly seen buzzing around ...
Synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes may cause severe haze in northern China
Credit: IEE Regional severe haze in northern China is characterized by exceedingly high concentrations of fine particulate matter and exhibits ...
Climate engineering needs to look at the big picture, says researcher
Concordia study examines the potential effects of large-scale projects designed to offset the Earth's changing climateCredit: Courtesy Nadine Mengis Of ...
How to defend the Earth from asteroids
The trick is spotting the near-Earth objects first, according to NASA researchers presenting at the 2019 APS April meeting in ...
Plastic’s carbon footprint
Researchers conduct first global assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from plastics From campaigns against microplastics to news ...
Predictability limit: Scientists find bounds of weather forecasting
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the future, weather forecasts that provide storm warnings and help us plan our daily lives ...
DOE announces $95 million for small business research and development grants
86 grants will support scientific innovation U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry today announced that the Department of Energy will award ...