The loss of biodiversity comes at a price
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Almost 300,000€ is what the Doñana fire cost in terms of biodiversity, according to an estimate ...
Tag: Climate Change
By cutting ozone pollution now, China could save 330,000 lives by 2050
Climate change could worsen ozone pollution; a study says it does not have to be thatCredit: Westervelt et al., 2019 ...
Tropical Depression Danas affecting Philippines in NASA satellite imagery
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Northwester Pacific ...
NASA looks at Barry’s rainfall rates
Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA, using GPM data archived at https://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/. After Barry made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, NASA's GPM ...
New species of tree discovered in Tanzania mountains
Credit: Dr Andy Marshall Researchers have discovered a new species of tree in the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania, part of ...
Chaos theory produces map for predicting paths of particles emitted into the atmosphere
Combining wind data with the fractal-like behavior that air particles take on in the atmosphere provides a way for determining ...
Tracking down climate change with radar eyes
Long-term measurements document sea level rise in the ArcticCredit: DTU/DGFI-TUM Over the past 22 years, sea levels in the Arctic ...
Joshua trees facing extinction
Credit: Nicholas Graver / NPS They outlived mammoths and saber-toothed tigers. But without dramatic action to reduce climate change, new ...
Field research in Turkmenistan’s highest mountain reveals high biological diversity
New open-access book presents a comprehensive report on the remarkable ecosystems of the Koytendag nature reserveCredit: Koytendag State Nature Reserve ...
NASA creates a flood proxy map of areas affected by tropical storm Barry
Credit: NASA JPL, Sang-Ho Yun and Jungkyo Jung Even before Tropical Storm Barry made landfall in Louisiana on Saturday, July ...
City College-led experts develop flood prediction model
The duration of floods can be determined by river flow, precipitation and atmospheric blocking. Now an international team of researchers ...
NASA’s aqua satellite documents the brief life of tropical depression 4E
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The Eastern Pacific Ocean generated the fourth tropical cyclone ...
Study documents impacts of selective logging on Congo’s intact forest landscapes
Credit: GTAP/LCZ/WCS BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (July 15, 2019) - A new study says that the tropical forests of Western ...
A legal framework for vector-borne diseases and land use
104th Annual Meeting: Bridging Communities and Ecosystems: Inclusion as an Ecological Imperative Vector-borne diseases cause more than 700,000 deaths and ...
NASA-NOAA satellite tracking Barry through Louisiana, Arkansas
Credit: Credit: NWS/NOAA/NCEP/WPC Barry, now a tropical depression, continues moving slowly north through Arkansas and rainfall and flooding remains a ...
The rush to air conditioning in Europe pushed by urbanization and climate change
A new study published in Environmental Science and Policy shows that without adequate and focused policies, many households will rely ...
Better river basins network to protect biodiversity in Spain
Reservial Project: a pioneering initiativeCredit: Tony Herrera (New Water Culture Foundation, FNCA) The European eel (Anguilla anguilla), the freshwater blenny ...
NASA examines Tropical Storm Barry post-landfall
Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Barry made landfall mid-day on July 13, but infrared satellite imagery from NASA early on July ...
Study bolsters case that climate change is driving many California wildfires
Link seen to fivefold jump in area burnedCredit: NASA Against a backdrop of long-term rises in temperature in recent decades, ...
NASA sees heavy rainfall potential in strengthening Tropical Storm Barry
Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Barry continued to linger in the Gulf of Mexico, generating a lot of heavy rainfall on ...
