Probing wet fire smoke in clouds: can water intensify the earth’s warming?
One-of-a-kind instrument measures humidity's effects on smoke, filling a key data gap in predicting the scale and long-term impact of ...
Tag: Atmospheric Science
Mapping policy for how the EU can reduce its impact on tropical deforestation
Credit: Anna Lena Lundqvist / Chalmers University of Technology EU imports of products including palm oil, soybeans, and beef contribute ...
Study exposes global ripple effects of regional water scarcity
Computer model shows how human economic activity can transmit and magnify climate change impactCredit: Drought.gov Water scarcity is often understood ...
Warm water has overlooked importance for cold-water fish, like salmon and trout
Credit: Jonny Armstrong CORVALLIS, Ore. - Warm river habitats appear to play a larger than expected role supporting the survival ...
Game on: Science edition
After AIs mastered Go and Super Mario, Brookhaven scientists have taught them how to "play" experiments at NSLS-IICredit: Brookhaven National ...
Planting trees to save the planet: The Chinese experience
Credit: Yangyong Ye A coordinated global effort to reduce the production of greenhouse gas emissions from industry and other sectors ...
Deadly heat waves will be common in South Asia, even at 1.5 degrees of warming
People living in South Asia already experience potentially deadly heat waves, but these events will likely become more commonplace in ...
Commencement of shortwave propagation simulator (HF-START) service
Demonstrating radio wave propagation paths between any two points based on real-time space weather informationCredit: ©National Institute of Information and ...
Copper foam as a highly efficient, durable filter for reusable masks and air cleaners
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00050 During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have grown accustomed to wearing facemasks, but ...
With drop in LA’s vehicular aerosol pollution, vegetation emerges as major source
Plants that emit lots of isoprenes may be causing unhealthful aerosol levels during heat wavesCredit: UC Berkeley graphics by Clara ...
Sea-level rise in 20th century was fastest in 2,000 years along much of East Coast
Global increase from melting ice and warming oceans is most significant change since 1800Credit: Jennifer S. Walker, Rutgers University The ...
Electronic nose sniffs out free radicals
Collaboration works on nanosensors to detect atmospheric pollutantsCredit: G. Mannaerts, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Smog?uselang=de#/media/File:Ciel_du_Havre_04.JPG) An international project involving researchers at ...
Algorithms inspired by social networks reveal lifecycle of substorms, a key element of space weather
Evolution of auroral substorms revealed by physicists at University of Warwick using the same methods that link people through social ...
Drought over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau triggered by ocean warming more than ten thousand miles away
Credit: Shuai Hu El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a recurring climate phenomenon involving changes in the temperature of waters in ...