Supersized wind turbines generate clean energy–and surprising physics
As wind energy scales up, researchers study the fluid dynamics challengesCredit: Jamey Jacob VIRTUAL MEETING (CST), November 22, 2020 -- ...
Tag: Climate Science
Reducing aerosol pollution without cutting carbon dioxide could make the planet hotter
Solving one environmental problem could create anotherCredit: R. Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Science/USGCRP Humans must reduce carbon dioxide and aerosol ...
UTA partners with NCTCOG to generate energy from food waste found in landfills
Project converts food waste into energyCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington environmental engineering professor is helping the ...
Scientists have discovered an ancient lake bed deep beneath the Greenland ice
Inaccessible for now, unique site may hold secrets of pastCredit: Kirsty Tinto/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Scientists have detected what they say ...
UM research essential to global arctic animal migration archive
Credit: Photo credit to Karsten Heuer MISSOULA - Warmer winters, earlier springs, shrinking ice and increased human development - the ...
Story tips: Ice breaker data, bacterial breakdown, catching heat and finding order
Credit: U.S. Dept. of Energy ARM User Facility Climate - Ice breaker data With the conclusion of an unprecedented yearlong ...
The burning question of Bonfire Night pollution
Credit: Michael Adams Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have found. Researchers from ...
The biggest trees capture the most carbon: Large trees dominate carbon storage in forests
Large-diameter trees make up 3% of total stems, but account for 42% of total carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forest ...
Supersonic winds, rocky rains forecasted on lava planet
'Rocky' weather could change the surface and atmosphere over time on exoplanet K2-141bCredit: Julie Roussy, McGill Graphic Design and Getty ...
To predict how crops cope with changing climate, 30 years of experiments simulate future
Credit: University of Illinois Five years ago, the United Nations committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger ...
Building cities with wood would store half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions
Slowly increasing the use of wood in European construction could increase the carbon storage of buildings by 420 million CO2 ...
New $53 million grant to create world-wide fleet of robotic floats to monitor ocean health
Credit: Image courtesy of SOCCOM (NSF Award PLR-1425989) MOSS LANDING, CA - On October 29, 2020 the National Science Foundation ...
International team tracks record-setting smoke cloud from Australian wildfires
Credit: Submitted/USask SASKATOON - Researchers with the University of Saskatchewan's Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies are part of a ...
Study finds seabird ecosystem shift in Falkland islands
Credit: Dulcinea Groff Seabird populations in the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean are facing direct and indirect impacts of climate ...
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