Tag: Climate Change

September 24, 2020

Credit: Andrew Bladon Researchers have discovered significant variations in the ability of different UK butterfly species to maintain a suitable ...

Amazonia racing toward tipping point, fueled by unregulated fires

Invaluable rainforests could become become savannaCredit: Florida Institute of Technology Amazonia is closer to a catastrophic ecological tipping point than ...

NASA’s terra satellite confirms Paulette’s second post-tropical transition

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite passed over post-tropical storm Paulette after it had transitioned for a second time. Using ...

NASA tracking Beta’s heavy rainfall into lower Mississippi Valley

Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL Slow-moving post-tropical storm Beta continues to drop large amounts of rainfall in Texas as it moves into ...

Ambitious project spanning 5 states, 8 institutions will focus on intermittent streams

Credit: Carla Atkinson LAWRENCE -- A major new research project headquartered at the University of Kansas will investigate how intermittent ...

Halt post-disturbance logging in forests

Credit: (Photo: Simon Thorn / University of Wuerzburg) Storms, fires, bark beetles: Many forests around the world are increasingly affected ...

NASA finds Tropical Storm Lowell’s center north of strongest side

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite used infrared light to identify strongest storms and coldest cloud top temperatures in Tropical ...

Generational shifts help migratory bats keep pace with global warming

Credit: Anton Vlaschenko Many animal species are currently changing their distribution range owing to global warming. The underlying mechanisms are ...

Study shows impact of climate change on Neotropical freshwater ecosystems

Researchers from six countries in the Americas explored bromeliad microcosms, showing how drought and flood affect the functioning of aquatic ...

NASA sees post-tropical storm Teddy generating heavy rain over Eastern Canada

Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL Hurricane Teddy has transitioned to a large post-tropical cyclone over eastern Canada. Using a NASA satellite rainfall ...

NASA finds Dolphin swimming against wind shear

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite provided a visible image of a slightly elongated Tropical Storm Dolphin as it ...

UBCO researchers concerned about prey and predator species in post-fire logging areas

Salvage harvesting damages vital habitat for wildlife speciesCredit: Photo credit Angelina Kelly. New research from UBC Okanagan shows that salvage ...

WPI math professor verifies centuries-old conjecture about formation of the solar system

Findings have implications for understanding our place in the universeCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute/Matthew Burgos Worcester, Mass. - Sept. 23, 2020 ...

Is your drinking water toxic? This app may help you find out

A new tool developed by Penn Medicine researchers informs users about their potential exposure to hydraulic fracturing chemicalsCredit: Penn Medicine ...

Global change ecologist leads NASA satellite study of rapid greening across Arctic tundra

International team of researchers finds the region has become greener as warmer air and soil temperatures lead to increased plant ...

NASA catches Tropical Storm Dolphin swimming north

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of Tropical Storm Dolphin as it continued moving north though the ...

Fungi in a warmer world

Research project will explore impact of global warming on fungi speciesCredit: Dr Matthew Pound, Northumbria University Scientists from universities in ...

NASA analyzes Tropical Storm Lowell’s very cold cloud tops

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm Lowell using infrared light to determine the strength ...

NASA imagery reveals strongest areas of Tropical Storm Beta

Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Storm Beta in infrared imagery to determine where the strongest ...

NASA sees rebirth of Tropical Storm Paulette