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Discovering the Arctic Ocean's seafloorsCredit: José Luis Casamor (GRC Marine Geosciences/University of Barcelona) A scientific study describes for the first ...
Tag: Climate Change
Tropical storms likely to become more deadly as climate changes
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Tropical storms are likely to become more deadly under climate change, leaving people in developing countries, where ...
US indoor climate most similar to northeast African outdoors
What do you do to remain comfortable in your home? If you're like the American citizen scientists who reported information ...
UMass Amherst student-led permaculture gardens serve as model for sustainable agriculture
Gardens are highlighted by USDA Climate HubsCredit: UMass Amherst To educate and inspire people about how to farm and garden ...
Data-driven modeling and estimation of lithium-ion battery properties
Columbia Engineers design a model that can predict how to get the best performance from Li-Ion batteries Electric vehicles are ...
Discovery of parasitic arsenic cycle may offer glimpse of life in future, warmer oceans
Credit: Steve Giovannoni CORVALLIS, Ore. - A newly discovered parasitic cycle, in which ocean bacteria keep phytoplankton on an energy-sapping ...
‘Insectageddon’ is ‘alarmist by bad design’: Scientists point out the study’s major flaws
Earlier this year, a research article triggered a media frenzy by predicting that as a result of an ongoing rapid ...
Floodplain forests under threat
Credit: Photo: Albert Reif A team from the Institute of Forest Sciences at the University of Freiburg shows that the ...
Tiny song bird makes record migration, U of G study proves
For the first time, University of Guelph biologists have tracked an annual migration of up to 20,000 kilometers made by ...
NASA finds heavy rainfall potential in new Tropical Cyclone Trevor
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Trevor formed in the Coral Sea of the Southwestern Pacific Ocean on March 18. NASA's ...
NASA sees Savannah lose its tropical eye
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Savannah weakened and "lost" its eye ...
When it comes to monarchs, fall migration matters
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Scientists studying monarch butterflies have traditionally focused on two sources for their decline - ...
Rising global shipping traffic could lead to surge in invasive species
Maritime trade likely to far outweigh climate change as driver of bio-invasions over next 30 years, study finds Rising global ...
Uncertain projections help to reveal the truth about future climate change
A team of four scientists from the US and the UK explain how differing climate model projections can be used ...
EPFL researchers make a key discovery on how alpine streams work
Credit: © SBER / EPFL An EPFL study has prompted scientists to rethink a standard approach used to calculate the ...
NASA-NOAA Satellite catches last burst of energy in Tropical Depression 03W
Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Depression 03W has dissipated in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, but not without one last show of strength ...
Climate change negatively affects waterbirds in the American West
CORVALLIS, Ore. - New research shows that recent climate change is having profound effects on wetlands across the American West ...
Green tech startups see boost in patents and investment when partnering with government
Latest research on hundreds of new green technology companies in the US shows the patenting activity of a startup climbs ...
Microbes can grow on nitric oxide
A study by Max Planck scientist Boran Kartal and colleagues now published in Nature Communications sheds a new light on ...
New global standard counts the cost of environmental damage
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Environmental damage costs society enormous amounts of money - and often leaves future generations ...