Tag: Climate Change

Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson One of the ways NASA observes tropical cyclones is by using infrared data that provides ...

Environmental damage from fog reduction is observable from outer space, find hydrologists

IUPUI-led study is the first to find satellite data can detect fog's impact on vegetation levels under climate changeCredit: Image ...

NASA finds Nisarga’s remnants over Central India

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in west central India on June 4, and the next day ...

Two vital buffers against climate change are just offshore

New study underscores need to conserve and restore mangroves, coral reefsCredit: Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Ill. -- A new study ...

Ocean uptake of CO2 could drop as carbon emissions are cut

Shrinkage due to COVID-19 may provide case in pointCredit: Kevin Krajick/Earth Institute Volcanic eruptions and human-caused changes to the atmosphere ...

Collaborative research addresses need for conservation of springs in drying climate

The team created a conceptual model that takes into account the response of springs to drying events and what investigations ...

NASA infrared data shows Tropical Cyclone Nisarga strengthened before landfall

Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Satellite data of Tropical Cyclone Nisarga's cloud top temperatures revealed that the storm had strengthened ...

NASA finds heavy rainfall in Tropical Storm Cristobal

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL The third tropical cyclone of the Atlantic Ocean basin has been generating large amounts of rainfall over ...

A new strategy for the optimal electroreduction of Co2 to high-value products

Credit: KAIST Researchers suggest that modulation of local CO2 concentration improves the selectivity, conversion rate, and electrode stability, and shed ...

Scientists decipher the role of carbon and the break-up of continents

UNM researcher Tobias Fischer part of international collaborationCredit: UNM University of New Mexico (UNM) Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, ...

Bacteria fed by algae biochemicals can harm coral health

Credit: Ty Roach Though corals worldwide are threatened due to climate change and local stressors, the front lines of the ...

Science snapshots May 2020

Berkeley Lab news: changing forest structures, aging wind plants, fungi food choicesCredit: Vincent Wu/JGI The World's Forests Are Growing Younger ...

How bacteria fertilize soya

Credit: ETH Zurich / Anne-Greet Bittermann Plants need nitrogen in the form of ammonium if they are to grow. In ...

NASA analyzes Gulf of Mexico’s reborn tropical depression soaking potential

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed that strong storms from a redeveloped tropical cyclone were soaking ...

Story tips: Shuffling atoms, thinning forests, fusion assembly and nuclear medicine

Credit: Jill Hemman/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Neutrons - Deuterium shuffle Scientists have found a new method ...

On the hunt for megafauna in North America

Credit: Curtin University, Mike Bunce Research from Curtin University has found that pre-historic climate change does not explain the extinction ...

Environmental justice defenders victims of violence and murder

Credit: Daniela Del Bene Activists protesting against environmental injustices around the world suffer from high rates of criminalization, physical violence ...

Finding balance between green energy storage, harvesting

Three indicators will help researchers find the perfect size for renewable wind and solar energy storage facilities while optimizing energy ...

NAU’s Vulcan Project fossil fuel emissions show best match to carbon-14 measurements

Credit: Vulcan Project Results from Northern Arizona University's Vulcan Project estimating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion for ...

Smart farms of the future: Making bioenergy crops more environmentally friendly