NASA-NOAA satellite finds development of Tropical Cyclone Sarai
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed that a ...
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Untangling links between nitrogen oxides and airborne sulfates helps tackle hazy air pollution
Credit: Liu Guorui Dense, hazy fog episodes characterized by relatively high humidity, low visibility and extremely high PM2.5 have been ...
NASA sees Typhoon Phanfone landfall in the Philippines
Credit: Credit: NOAA/NASA Worldview Typhoon Phanfone, known locally in the Philippines as Ursula, was making landfall in the central part ...
Cultural evolution caused broad-scale historical declines of large mammals across China
Extirpations of 5 megafauna taxa from much of China over the past 2 millennia were found to be closely linked ...
The global reef expedition: French Polynesia
Scientists complete largest comprehensive study of French Polynesia's coral reefsCredit: ©Michele Westmorland/iLCP Scientists have released their findings from the largest ...
NASA analyzes Tropical Cyclone Phanfone’s water vapor concentration
Credit: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, water vapor data provided information about the intensity ...
Climate change not the only threat to vulnerable species, habitat matters
UMass Amherst ecologist and team: Madagascar's rainforest could be lost this century, threatening endangered lemursCredit: Andrea Baden/Hunter College AMHERST, Mass. ...
Book looks at how landscape design helps solve water issues
Landscape design research can help solve environmental problems related to water systemsCredit: Courtesy Mary Pat McGuire CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- North ...
It’s a small (coal-polluted) world, after all
Credit: Frank Dunnivant A study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry underscores that the release of pollutants in one region ...
Could every country have a Green New Deal? Stanford report charts paths for 143 countries
Credit: Jacobson et al. / One Earth Ten years after the publication of their first plan for powering the world ...
Genetic variation gives mussels a chance to adapt to climate change
Existing genetic variation in natural populations of Mediterranean mussels allows them to adapt to declining pH levels in seawater caused ...
When good plants go bad
Some native plants can behave as invasive speciesCredit: Lyn Gettys, University of Florida A study out of the University of ...
Amazon forest regrowth much slower than previously thought
The regrowth of Amazonian forests following deforestation can happen much slower than previously thought, a new study showsCredit: Marizilda Cruppe/Rede ...
Breakthrough innovation enabling cheaper solar energy production is one step closer to the market
Material, synthesised by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania scientists, which self-assemble to form a molecular-thick electrode layer, presents a ...
Fossil expands ancient fish family tree
Second African lungfish found far southCredit: Artist's impression by Maggie Newman A second ancient lungfish has been discovered in Africa, ...
Watered down biodiversity: sample type is critical in environmental DNA studies for biomonitoring
Credit: Photo by Daryl Halliwell DNA-based biomonitoring relies on species-specific segments of organisms DNA for their taxonomic identification and is ...
State of the climate over the Three Gorges Region of the Yangtze River in 2018
Credit: Wei Li The Three Gorges Project of the Yangtze River is a large-scale water conservancy project that attracts worldwide ...
If the world can capture carbon, there’s capacity to store it
Humankind will need to harness carbon capture and storage technologies to help keep global warming to 2 degrees C or ...
Preparing for extreme sea levels depends on location, time, UCF study finds
Using historical data from tide gauges that line US coasts, researchers created an extreme sea level indicatorCredit: Karen Norum, University ...
Consider marine life when implementing offshore renewable power
Credit: John Wang With countries such as Iceland, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Norway adopting green energy practices, renewable energy ...
