Tag: Climate Change

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Storm Claudia is battling wind shear as ...

High temperatures due to global warming will be dramatic even for tardigrades

Credit: Ricardo Neves Global warming, a major aspect of climate change, is already causing a wide range of negative impacts ...

Research identifies possible on/off switch for plant growth

Protein could be key to saving crops endangered by extreme weatherCredit: Jaimie Van Norman / UCR New research from UC ...

Can solar geoengineering mitigate both climate change and income inequality?

Potential economic benefits of reversing rising temperatures would benefit developing countries greatly, representing a global GDP growth of 200%Credit: Anastasia ...

Predicting non-native invasions in Antarctica

Credit: David Barnes @BAS A new study identifies the non-native species most likely to invade the Antarctic Peninsula region over ...

Gasification goes green

Rice's low-temp photocatalyst could slash the carbon footprint for syngasCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Jan. 10, 2020) ...

NASA satellite sees Blake’s remnants bringing desert rain to Western Australia

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite provided a look at the remnant clouds and storms associated with Ex-tropical Cyclone ...

Improving solar cells’ back-contact is goal of $3.5 million DOE project

Before cadmium telluride solar cells can corner the market, they require further improvement in their performanceCredit: Jim Sites/Colorado State University ...

Team led by NUS avian researcher discovered 10 new bird taxa in Wallacea

Understanding of Quaternary land connections and knowledge of historic collection gaps were crucial in identifying remote regions likely to harbor ...

Global warming is the kindling that caused extensive wildfire

Credit: Jong-Seong Kug (POSTECH) In November of last year, the wildfire that started in California, U.S.A burned areas that amount ...

Large ‘herbivores of the sea’ help keep coral reefs healthy

Fishing practices that selectively remove large parrotfish could put corals at riskCredit: Andrew Shantz, Penn State Selective fishing can disrupt ...

Preparing for the hydrogen economy

Key step taken for hydrogen fuelled futureCredit: University of Sydney In a world first, University of Sydney researchers have found ...

NASA-NOAA satellite tracks Tropical Storm Blake’s remnants spreading

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The South Interior area of the state of ...

Improved functioning of diverse landscape mosaics

Credit: University of Zurich To date, biodiversity research primarily focused on the number of plant species present in ecosystems. "Most ...

Greening at high latitudes may inhibit the expansion of midlatitude deserts

Credit: Yongli He Desertification has always been a serious challenge for human beings, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Projections ...

NASA-NOAA satellite catches Tropical Cyclone Blake and western Australia fires

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical cyclone Blake made landfall in the Kimberley ...

Research will help land managers take risk-analysis approach to new wildfire reality

Credit: Photo by Kari Greer CORVALLIS, Ore. - New digital tools developed by Oregon State University will enable land managers ...

How do corals make the most of their symbiotic algae?

New work indicates how sea anemones control the size of their algal populations that reside within their tissueCredit: Photograph is ...

Ocean acidification is damaging shark scales

HHU marine biologists publish article in Scientific ReportsCredit: Lutz Auerswald (left) / Jacqueline Dziergwa (right) While regular fish have flat ...

Kangaroo Island shows burn scars on one third of the land mass