Tag: Climate Change

August 14, 2020

Credit: Graeme Cumming A world-first study examining the scales of management of the Great Barrier Reef has the potential to ...

Reconstructing global climate through Earth’s history

Credit: Syracuse University A key component when forecasting what the Earth's climate might look like in the future is the ...

NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery reveals development of Tropical Storm Josephine

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The tenth named tropical cyclone of the Atlantic ...

Restoration helps forests recover faster

Credit: Michael O'Brien / SEARRP The rainforests of Southeast Asia are among the fastest declining tropical ecosystems worldwide. Researchers from ...

NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery helps confirm Elida now post-tropical

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a night-time image ...

NASA finds hurricane Elida’s eye covered

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua satellite obtained visible imagery of ...

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite finds a stubborn tropical depression 06W

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Depression 06W has been around for days, ...

Warming threat to tropical forests risks release of carbon from soil

Credit: Geetha Iyer Billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide risk being lost into the atmosphere due to tropical forest soils ...

Scientist to resurrect water fleas from U.S. nuclear fallout zone

UTA examining evolutionary effects of nuclear testing on preserved water flea eggsCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington A researcher ...

Collaboration is key to rebuilding coral reefs

Credit: Corales de Paz The most successful and cost-effective ways to restore coral reefs have been identified by an international ...

Forest geneticist receives $810,000 grant to study disease resistance in sugar pines

Amanda De La Torre is studying the genome of sugar pines to find out what makes some trees resistant to ...

Analysis pinpoints most important forests for biodiversity and conservation in Central Africa

Sites in Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea identifiedCredit: Forrest Hogg/WCS BYRON BAY, Australia ...

NASA finds Mekkhala coming apart after landfall in Southeastern China

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a ...

NASA-NOAA satellite night-time animation shows intensification of hurricane Elida

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) A new animation of night-time imagery from NASA-NOAA's ...

NASA finds a wispy, wind-sheared Tropical Depression 06W

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite revealed that a wispy looking Tropical Depression 06W in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean was ...

NASA finds Jangmi now an Extra-Tropical Storm

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua satellite obtained a visible image ...

NASA’s Aqua Satellite shows extent of Apple Fire’s burn scar

Credit: NASA Worldview On Aug. 9, 2020 NASA's Aqua satellite imaged the Apple Fire near Big Bear Lake in California ...

New global study shows ‘best of the last’ tropical forests urgently need protection

According to a paper released today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, only 6.5 of the world's pristine tropical forests--critical to ...

NASA finds strong storms in developing Tropical Storm Mekkhala

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL After Tropical Depression 07W formed close to the western Philippines, it moved away and strengthened into a ...

Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulfur to the environment