Model development is crucial in understanding climate change
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Numerical models are a key tool for climate scientists in understanding the past, present and ...
Tag: Climate Change
Shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty, PSU study finds
Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon ...
NASA finds an asymmetric Tropical Storm Barry
Credit: NASA/NRL Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite shows that Tropical Storm Barry doesn't look like a typical strong tropical ...
Researchers push for better policies around toxic chemicals
From high levels of lead found in school drinking water to industry sites releasing toxic heavy metals into the air, ...
Early arrival of spring disrupts the mutualism between plants and pollinators
Credit: Yuimi Hirabayashi (Bihoro Museum) Gaku Kudo of Hokkaido University and Elisabeth J. Cooper of the Arctic University of Norway ...
GPM satellite provides a 3D look at Tropical Storm Barry
Credit: Image Credit: Jacob Reed / NASA The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite provided a couple of ...
Coral skeleton crystals record ocean acidification
Credit: Ratha Grimes The acidification of the oceans is recorded in the crystals of the coral skeleton. This is a ...
DNA analysis reveals cryptic underwater ecosystem engineers
They look like smears of pink bubblegum on the rocks off British Columbia's coast, indistinguishable from one another. They look ...
NASA takes potential tropical cyclone 2’s temperature
Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Gulf of Mexico and took the temperature of Potential Tropical ...
No new males: Climate change threat to Cape Verde turtles
Credit: Lucy Hawkes Rising temperatures could mean no male loggerhead turtles hatch at a key breeding ground by the end ...
New developments with Chinese satellites over the past decade
Credit: National Satellite Meteorological Center of the China Meteorological Administration To date, 17 Chinese self-developed FengYun (FY) meteorological satellites have ...
Wakanda forever! Scientists describe new species of ‘twilight zone’ fish from Africa
Named for Black Panther's mythical nation of Wakanda, a dazzling new 'Vibranium' Fairy Wrasse enchants with purple scales and a ...
The discovery of a more effective method to estimate polluting emissions from nitrogen fertilizers
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Agriculture contributes to 70% of total emissions by humans of nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent polluting ...
Study: Global farming trends threaten food security
Credit: Martin Husemann Citrus fruits, coffee and avocados: The food on our tables has become more diverse in recent decades. ...
Lack of crop diversity and increasing dependence on pollinators may threaten food security
New research suggests that global trends in farming practices are undermining the pollinators crops depend on and putting agricultural productivity ...
Discovering vertical farming and hydroponic growing at the ASHS Conference in Las Vegas
Access to the largest and most technologically advanced Indoor Vertical Farming facility ever designed and implemented in this country The ...
Satellites analyzing developing gulf potential Tropical Cyclone Two
Credit: Credit: NOAA/NRL A massive complex of thunderstorms over the southeastern United States slid into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico ...
Genetic breakthrough in cereal crops could help improve yields worldwide
Clemson University scientists announce genetic breakthrough in cereal cropsCredit: Pete Martin / College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina -- A ...
ICARUS has been switched on: Testing has started
Credit: University of Konstanz To analyze global animal movements from space and to understand how large numbers of animals and ...
UNH research finds thicker pavement is more cost effective down the road
DURHAM, N.H. - As the summer months heat up, so will the asphalt and other materials used to make roads. ...
