Land conservation helps local economies grow
New England-wide analysis shows gains in employment follow gains in land protection Land conservation modestly increases employment rates, a traditional ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
Sometimes it’s not good to be green
Greening of lakes will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: John A. Downing/Minnesota Sea Grant The good news is global and ...
Satellite tracks Tropical Cyclone Veronica along Australia coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) On March 25, Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move ...
NASA finds heavy rainfall around Tropical Cyclone Joaninha’s center
Credit: JAXA/NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA calculated the rainfall rates occurring in Tropical Cyclone ...
The Forces behind South and Central China’s Extremely Hot Summer
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences The effects of extreme warming have been felt across the globe in recent years, especially ...
Hurricane Maria study warns: Future climate-driven storms may raze many tropical forests
Storm did damage with no recorded precedent, a tree census showsCredit: Kevin Krajick/Earth Institute, Columbia University A new study shows ...
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Veronica eyes Australia’s Pilbara Coast
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka III Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move toward Australia's Pilbara Coast in Western Australia. NASA-NOAA's ...
Breakthrough in air purification with a catalyst that works at room temperature
Turning ammonia into harmless substances using gold nanoparticles on a metal oxide frameworkCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers ...
Energy stealthily hitches ride in global trade
Fulfilling the world's growing energy needs summons images of oil pipelines, electric wires and truckloads of coal. But Michigan State ...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Trevor move into Gulf of Carpentaria
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Trevor has crossed Queensland, Australia's Cape York ...
Tropical Cyclone Savannah dissipating in Suomi NPP satellite imagery
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Cyclone Savannah appeared as a wispy area ...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Veronica affecting Australia’s Pilbara Coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed Tropical Cyclone ...
Heroines of the periodic table (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 21, 2019 -- In 1871, Dimitri Mendeleev presented his periodic table to the ...
Need for better forecasting and communication to mitigate repeat of Idai devastation
A better system for forecasting and communicating severe weather events in Africa is needed to reduce the impact of storms ...
NASA tracks Tropical Cyclone Trevor approaching Australia’s Cape York Peninsula
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Trevor appeared to have a cloud-filled ...
NASA’s Aqua Satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Veronica develop off western Australia’s coast
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System NASA's Aqua satellite provided a view of Tropical Cyclone ...
Turn off a light, save a life, says new UW-Madison study
MADISON, Wis. -- We all know that turning off lights and buying energy-efficient appliances affects our financial bottom line. Now, ...
Tropical storms likely to become more deadly as climate changes
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Tropical storms are likely to become more deadly under climate change, leaving people in developing countries, where ...
Discovery of parasitic arsenic cycle may offer glimpse of life in future, warmer oceans
Credit: Steve Giovannoni CORVALLIS, Ore. - A newly discovered parasitic cycle, in which ocean bacteria keep phytoplankton on an energy-sapping ...
Carbon monoxide detectors could warn of extraterrestrial life
For some distant worlds, carbon monoxide may actually be compatible with a robust microbial biosphereCredit: NASA, ESA, G. Bacon (STScI) ...