NRL payloads deployed by SpaceX to study space weather and spacecraft propulsion
Credit: (Graphic courtesy of NASA/Ball Aerospace) WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers designed and built two science payloads that ...
Tag: Earth Science
Which climates are best for passive cooling technologies?
If you guessed locations with drier atmospheres and frequent clear skies, you're rightCredit: Carlos Coimbra WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2019 ...
Conceptual model can explain how thunderstorm clouds bunch together
Credit: Jan Härter Understanding how the weather and climate change is one of the most important challenges in science today. ...
Playing ‘tag’: Tracking movement of young oysters
Credit: Haley Nicholson Gancel A new publication in the journal Estuaries and Coasts investigates the use of a fluorescent dye ...
NASA makes dual investment in ocean worlds research at WHOI
Agency funds 5-year effort to understand the potential for life in outer solar system and establishes a new Network for ...
Tropical soil disturbance could be hidden source of CO2
Credit: Rob Spencer Thousand-year-old tropical soil unearthed by accelerating deforestation and agriculture land use could be unleashing carbon dioxide into ...
Does limited underground water storage make plants less susceptible to drought?
Plants adapted to Mediterranean climate may be more flexible in face of unpredictable rainsCredit: Wendy Baxter, UC Berkeley You might ...
More energy needed to cope with climate change
The world is dependent on energy both for human wellbeing and society's continued development. Energy use is however also one ...
UTSA uses permeable pavements and grass to cool cities and clean the water
Credit: Photo by Jonas Weckschmied (San Antonio, June 24, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College ...
Dental microwear provides clues to dietary habits of lepidosauria
Microscopic images allow to differentiate between carnivores and herbivores and might support the discovery of the first herbivorous terrestrial vertebratesCredit: ...
Scientists map huge undersea fresh-water aquifer off US Northeast
Biggest such known formation; could signal resources worldwideCredit: Kerry Key In a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S. ...
Stresses from past earthquakes explain location of seismic events
Credit: University of Plymouth The cumulative stresses caused by historic earthquakes could provide some explanation as to why and where ...
Famed oceanographer Walter Munk honored with new award for students
Alfredo Giron, Ph.D., is first recipient of the award presented by the Marine Technology Society and the Walter Munk Foundation ...
Rooftop solar panels get boost from Sandia tool that previews a year on grid in minutes
Credit: Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Homeowners and businesses may now have an easier time getting solar panels on rooftops ...
Heat kills invasive jumping worm cocoons, could help limit spread
Credit: Chris Barncard / UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum shows that temperatures ...
Achieving a healthy ocean — Regional ocean governance beyond 2020
The Marine Regions Forum 2019 in Berlin A unique space for actors from science, politics, civil society and the private ...
Green light for CASUS, the institute for data intensive systems research
Germany's Federal Government and the Free State of Saxony invest in shaping structural change on the German-Polish borderCredit: HZDR With ...
Why does the moon smell like gunpowder? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 -- After walking on the moon, astronauts hopped back into their ...
Magnetic field model with simpler means
GFZ researcher wins $20,000 prize in ideas competition to improve the global magnetic field model GFZ scientist Jürgen Matzka is ...
The Frontiers of Knowledge Awards call for a renewed commitment to global sustainability
The ceremony of the 11th edition of the BBVA Foundation's awards has been held in their new home in the ...