Tag: Climate Change

Temperature-resistant gel helps the eggs of wingless flies survive the extreme conditions of the southern continent.Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative ...

Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? New evidence points to ‘maybe.’

New precise ages for Deccan Traps volcanoes ties the second major eruption pulse to the mass extinctionCredit: Gerta Keller, Department ...

Captured carbon dioxide converts into oxalic acid to process rare earth elements

Credit: Nathan Shaiyen/Michigan Tech Until now, carbon dioxide has been dumped in oceans or buried underground. Industry has been reluctant ...

NASA-NOAA satellite provides wide view of Tropical Cyclone Oma

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) When you look at a Tropical Cyclone Oma from ...

UCF study finds high IQs won’t be enough to prevent ecological disasters

Credit: UCF: Karen Norum High IQs aren't going to be enough to stop an ecological disaster. It's going to take ...

NASA-NOAA satellite analyzes Typhoon Wutip

Credit: NASA/NOAA/Williams Straka III/UWM/CIMSS Typhoon Wutip was impacting the Federated States of Micronesia in the Southern Pacific Ocean when NASA-NOAA's ...

Proximity to land determines how coral reef communities respond to climate change events

Credit: Laura Richardson Location, location, location: Proximity to the mainland determines how coral reef communities respond to major environmental disturbances ...

More water resources over the Sahel region of Africa in the 21st century under global warming

The Sahel is a semi-arid region of transition in Africa between the Sahara and the Sudanian Savanna, which is extremely ...

Climate change may affect ecological interactions among species

Predator-prey equilibria are being disrupted by climate change, according to a study led by Brazilian researchers and published in Nature ...

NASA infrared image shows powerful center of Typhoon Wutip

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite provided a look at the temperatures in Tropical Cyclone Wutip as it threatens Chuuk and ...

Recent drought may provide a glimpse of the future for birds in the Sierra Nevada

Many birds respond positively to the warmer climate conditions associated with droughtCredit: Brent Campos/Point Blue How wildlife respond to climate ...

Too hot for comfort: the physiological dangers of extreme heat

Climate change will increase the frequency of temperatures 'inconsistent with life,' review says Rockville, Md. (February 21, 2019)--A new review ...

NASA takes an infrared analysis of Tropical Cyclone Oma

Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson An infrared look by NASA's Aqua satellite revealed where the strongest storms were located within ...

CLEAR at UTA continues collaboration with the Apache Corporation

Analyzing surface, groundwaterCredit: UT Arlington The Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation at The University of Texas at Arlington ...

2 Rice faculty members awarded Sloan Research Fellowships

Torres, Yi selected for work in ocean sciences, physicsCredit: Photo courtesy of Dawn Harmer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory HOUSTON -- (Feb. ...

NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Wutip organizing

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Depression 02W has organized and strengthened into ...

NASA-NOAA satellite looks at large-eyed Tropical Cyclone Oma

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Oma is a large hurricane with ...

Earth may be 140 years away from reaching carbon levels not seen in 56 million years

WASHINGTON -- Total human carbon dioxide emissions could match those of Earth's last major greenhouse warming event in fewer than ...

Fossil fuel combustion is the main contributor to black carbon around Arctic

An international team conducted study at sites in Russia, Canada, Sweden and Norway, with Baylor University researchers contributing measurements for ...

Researchers discover a flipping crab feeding on methane seeps