MIT Press’s New Environmental History book: The Contamination of the Earth
A History of Pollutions in the Industrial AgeCredit: The MIT Press Through the centuries, the march of economic progress has ...
Tag: Climate Science
Where are arctic mosquitoes most abundant in Greenland and why?
Examining the population dynamics during the larval life stage of these pestsCredit: Photo by Melissa DeSiervo. Bzz! It's mosquito season ...
NASA sees compact Douglas strengthening to a major hurricane
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Although a compact storm, hurricane Douglas in the Eastern Pacific is mighty, as it has become the ...
Lightning strikes more than 100 million times per year in the tropics
Credit: Credit: Evan Gora Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama have published dramatic maps showing the ...
Mitigation of greenhouse gases in dairy cattle through genetic selection
Study targets reducing methane production by 20 percent in 10 years according to research in the Journal of Dairy Science®Credit: ...
Discovery of first active seep in Antarctica provides new understanding of methane cycle
Credit: Andrew Thurber Oregon State University. CORVALLIS, Ore. - The discovery of the first active methane seep in Antarctica is ...
NASA sees record-breaking new Tropical Storm Gonzalo strengthening
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson The seventh named tropical cyclone of the North Atlantic Ocean has formed, and like some ...
NASA infrared confirms Douglas still a tropical storm
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Infrared data from NASA's Terra satellite showed that dry air around Tropical Storm Douglas has been inhibiting ...
International analysis narrows range of climate’s sensitivity to CO2
Four years of research confidently narrows range of 1.5°C-4.5°C down to 2.3°C-3.9°CCredit: NOAA (Unsplash) The most advanced and comprehensive analysis ...
Tropical Storm Douglas organizing in NASA infrared imagery
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Depression 8E developed on July 20 and quickly organized into a tropical storm. Infrared NASA satellite ...
NASA finds wind shear and cooler waters winding down Tropical Depression 7E
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Eastern ...
Aerosols have an impact on the solar power yield in Europe
A joint research project of KIT, the German Weather Service, and meteocontrol investigates how tiny suspended particles in the air ...
NASA analyzes new eastern Pacific Ocean Tropical Depression 7E
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL The seventh tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific Ocean has formed. NASA's Terra satellite used infrared light ...
Geoengineering is just a partial solution to fight climate change
The technology's regional impacts depend on how much greenhouse gas emissions are reducedCredit: AGU/Brian West Could we create massive sulfuric ...
NOAA names University of Miami to lead cooperative institute
Awarded up to $310 million over the course of five years, potential for renewal for another five years based on ...
Robust laser technology for climate satellites
Credit: © FBH/schurian.com The Franco-German satellite MERLIN is due to be launched into space in 2025 to measure the methane ...
NASA finds limited water vapor as depression 06E becomes a trough
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, it gathered water vapor data on Tropical ...
Geoengineering’s benefits limited for apple crops in India
Abruptly ending climate intervention might backfire rapidlyCredit: Jyoti Singh Geoengineering - spraying sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to combat global ...
NASA infrared view finds small areas of strength in new depression 6E
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite used infrared light to identify the strongest storms and coldest cloud top temperatures in Tropical ...
Space to grow, or grow in space — how vertical farms could be ready to take-off
Credit: LettUs Grow Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi. But there is a growing environmental ...