Using prevalent technologies and ‘Internet of Things’ data for atmospheric science
Credit: Noam David The use of prevalent technologies and crowdsourced data may benefit weather forecasting and atmospheric research, according to ...
Tag: Climate Change
Satellite sees tropical cyclone Vayu centered off India coastline
Credit: NOAA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Vayu's eye was just off the western coast of India when the NOAA-20 satellite passed overhead ...
The surprising reason why some lemurs may be more sensitive to forest loss
The microbial mix inside some lemurs' guts is dictated by what species they are and where they liveCredit: David Haring, ...
UB team awarded $1.8 million to develop carbon capture technology
Membranes that separate carbon dioxide from other emissions could help slow the pace of climate changeCredit: Douglas Levere / University ...
Squid could thrive under climate change
Squid will survive and may even flourish under even the worst-case ocean acidification scenarios, according to a new study published ...
Bitcoin causing CO2 emissions comparable to Hamburg
Hardware and IP addresses analyzed to assess the carbon footprint of the cryptocurrency The use of Bitcoin causes around 22 ...
Carbon-neutral fuel made from sunlight and air
Credit: ETH Zurich / Alessandro Della Bella Carbon-neutral fuels are crucial for making aviation and maritime transport sustainable. ETH researchers ...
A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction
Credit: Ken Motokura Researchers in Japan present an organic catalyst for carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction that is inexpensive, readily available ...
Warming waters in western tropical Pacific may affect West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Rutgers study finds weather patterns that may influence global sea-level riseCredit: NASA/Jeremy Harbeck Warming waters in the western tropical Pacific ...
£2m to boost cyber power behind wind energy production
The University of Nottingham is leading a £2m High Performance Computing (HPC) project to optimise the sustainable exploitation of wind ...
Protecting coral reefs in a deteriorating environment
WASHINGTON -- Coral reefs around the world face growing danger from a changing climate, on top of the historic threats ...
NASA reveals Tropical Cyclone Vayu’s compact center
Credit: NASA /NRL Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed Tropical Cyclone Vayu has a compact central dense overcast cloud ...
Large summer ‘dead zone’ forecast for Chesapeake Bay after wet winter and spring
CAMBRIDGE, MD (JUNE 12, 2019)--Ecologists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the University of Michigan are ...
CABI to create the world’s first global burden of crop pests and diseases
CABI has received a US $200,000 grant from the Grand Challenges program, an initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates ...
Monkeys face climate change extinction threat
Credit: University of Stirling Monkeys living in South America are highly vulnerable to climate change and face an "elevated risk ...
Researchers identify human protein that aids development of malaria parasite
Credit: Bando et al., 2019 Researchers in Japan have discovered that the Plasmodium parasites responsible for malaria rely on a ...
Climate change benefits for giant petrels
Credit: Richard Sherley Giant petrels will be "temporary" winners from the effects of climate change in the Antarctic region - ...
Why Noah’s ark won’t work
For ocean species to survive climate change, large populations neededCredit: Joshua Brown/UVM A Noah's Ark strategy will fail. In the ...
NASA takes Tropical Cyclone’s Vayu’s temperature
Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Northern Indian Ocean and took the temperature of Tropical Cyclone ...
Holistic view of planning energy self-sufficient communities
If sustainable energy communities are going to grow, power fluctuations need to be managed, perhaps in a centralized mannerCredit: National ...