Tag: Earth Science

Credit: Jennifer Dijkstra/UNH DURHAM, N.H. - The effects of climate change are becoming more apparent, from the rapidly warming Gulf ...

SeaWorld commits $900,000 to protect North Atlantic right whale

Credit: Image: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, NOAA Permit #594-1759 The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund announced that it ...

ASU study shows some aquatic plants depend on the landscape for photosynthesis

Runoff from soils and surrounding environments provide life-sustaining carbonCredit: Lars Iversen All plants need carbon dioxide, or CO2 to live. ...

NASA infrared data shows strength in Fengshen

Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Tropical Storm Fengshen's cold cloud top temperatures revealed that the storm was maintaining strength as ...

New process kills mosquito larvae using bacteria in the male’s gut microbiome

Ben-Gurion University team wins gold medal for research at 2019 iGem CompetitionCredit: Ben-Gurion University/IGem BEER-SHEVA, Israel...November 14, 2019 - A ...

Global climate change concerns for Africa’s Lake Victoria

UH researcher develops model to project lake levels in world's largest tropical lakeCredit: Emily Beverly Global climate change could cause ...

Typhoons and marine eutrophication are probably the missing source of organic nitrogen in ecosystems

Credit: Ming Chang Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has a significant impact on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and alterations in its ...

Crystal coatings could help solve mystery of fracture patterns

Credit: Lander et al. Fractures are everywhere. They are the cracks in the sidewalk. The rifts in roadcuts. The spidery ...

Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to ’17 Hiroshimas’

Credit: ESA / ATG medialab North Korea withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003. It ...

Can a UNICORN outrun earthquakes?

University of Tokyo team reconfigures solver, taps into Summit's AI architecture to accelerate earthquake applicationCredit: UTokyo Each year, anywhere from ...

NASA finds heavy rainfall along Central Philippine Coast from Tropical Depression Kalmaegi

Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Tropical Depression Kalmaegi continues moving west through the Philippine Sea and toward a landfall in the east central ...

NASA’s terra satellite sees fire and smoke from devastating bushfires in Australia

Credit: NASA The state of New South Wales (NSW) in south eastern Australia is continuing to experience devastating bushfires due ...

NASA provides an infrared analysis of Tropical Storm Fengshen

Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Fengshen continued to strengthen in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Infrared ...

Urban development reduces flash flooding chances in arid West