Tag: Earth Science

October 3, 2019

Credit: MaxPixel DURHAM, N.H.--As the popular saying goes, "winter is coming," but is it? Researchers at the University of New ...

NASA finds Mitag’s areas of heavy rainfall over Korean Peninsula

October 2, 2019

Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Mitag was dropping heavy rainfall along coastal areas of South Korea and lighter rainfall over the ...

NASA examines extra-tropical large Lorenzo’s rainfall

October 2, 2019

Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Lorenzo is still at hurricane force in the eastern North Atlantic has now transitioned to an extra-tropical ...

Planes and vehicles main culprits masking iconic natural sounds in peaceful national parks

October 2, 2019

Nearly 47,000 hours of audio recording reveals vehicles, aircraft are primary sources of human-caused noise in US national parksCredit: Rachel ...

WVU awarded $5 million to continue rare earth project, build acid mine drainage treatment facility

Credit: Raymond Thompson Jr./West Virginia University The West Virginia Water Research Institute at West Virginia University has been awarded $5 ...

NASA finds Narda’s remnants bringing rain to mexico, headed to southwestern US

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL The remnant low pressure area that was formerly known as tropical cyclone Narda is still generating rainfall ...

NASA satellite shows Typhoon Mitag’s large reach over East China Sea

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The bulk of Typhoon Mitag's clouds and precipitation ...

Scientists quantify global volcanic CO2 venting; estimate total carbon on Earth

Scientists update estimates of Earth's immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon Deep Earth naturally swallows and exhalesGas sampling ...

NASA satellite sees a large Hurricane Lorenzo headed toward Azores

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Hurricane Lorenzo was heading toward the Azores Islands ...

Early warning signals heralded fatal collapse of Krakatau volcano

GFZ Potsdam researchers reconstruct the flank collapse event that triggered a tsunami which killed 430 people in December 2018 - ...

What did ancient crocodiles eat? Study says as much as a snout can grab

Credit: Envato While most people imagine alligators and crocodiles as being much the same now as they were during the ...

NASA finds Typhoon Mitag’s eye east of Taiwan

Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Typhoon Mitag's cloud-filled eye, located east of Taiwan. On Sept. ...

NASA finds tropical storm Narda bringing heavy rainfall to western Mexico

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of Tropical Storm Narda along Mexico's west coast in the ...

Multifactor models reveal worse picture of climate change impact on marine life

Credit: FSU Photo/Bruce Palmer Rising ocean temperatures have long been linked to negative impacts for marine life, but a Florida ...

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP analyzes record-setting hurricane Lorenzo

Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka Over the weekend of Sept. 28 and 29, Hurricane Lorenzo attained Category 5 strength briefly, ...

Weird ideas for combating climate change (video)

September 27, 2019

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2019 --There are things you can do right now to help our ...

NASA-NOAA satellite sees Tropical Depression 19W organizing