Tag: Earth Science

Credit: NASA/NRL Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed the hint of an eye developing in the center of Tropical ...

PE, PP and PS: The most abundant type of microplastics in Mediterranean coastal waters

Effects of the plastic civilizationCredit: GRC Marine Geosciences - University of Barcelona Polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene are the most abundant ...

2015-2016 El Niño triggered disease outbreaks across globe

The 2015-2016 El Niño event brought weather conditions that triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world, according to a new ...

Wutip now a depression, spotted on NASA-NOAA satellite imagery

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Once a super typhoon, Tropical Cyclone Wutip weakened to ...

500-million-year old worm ‘superhighway’ discovered in Canada

Credit: Professor Brian Pratt, University of Saskatchewan Prehistoric worms populated the sea bed 500 million years ago--evidence that life was ...

2018’s biggest volcanic eruption of sulfur dioxide

Credit: Image by Lauren Dauphin, NASA Earth Observatory. The Manaro Voui volcano on the island of Ambae in the nation ...

Visualizing the interconnections among climate risks

Contributing to the understanding of global warming impactsCredit: NIES Socio-economic activities in the present world have become increasingly interdependent because ...

Light wakes up freshwater bacteria

Researchers find pond bacteria grows faster during the day, suggest a genetic explanationCredit: Photo by Evan Krape Some of the ...

NASA catches Tropical Cyclone Pola near Fiji

Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Tropical Cyclone Pola was passing near the Southern Pacific country of Fiji when NASA's Aqua satellite ...

NASA tracks a weaker Typhoon Wutip through northwestern Pacific

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed that ...

How fungi influence global plant colonisation

International research team with Göttingen participation analyses impact on biodiversityCredit: Holger Kreft The symbiosis of plants and fungi has a ...

High-tech laser scans uncover hidden military traverse at Alcatraz Island

Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - High-tech radar and laser scans have uncovered a hidden ...

Getting to the core of underwater soil

Scientists collect data, map little-understood soilsCredit: Mark Stolt Soils all over the Earth's surface are rigorously tested and managed. But ...

More extreme coastal weather events likely to increase bluff erosion, landslide activity