US-wide, non-white neighborhoods are hotter than white ones
Wealthier, whiter urban and small-town residents benefit more from cooling infrastructure and treesCredit: Suzanne Benz WASHINGTON--In cities and towns across ...
Tag: Earth Science
Cobalt-containing catalysts used to study super-viscous oil resins at Ashalcha oilfield
A paper saw light in Catalysts.Credit: Kazan Federal University Ashalcha oilfield in Tatarstan is one of the most popular locations ...
USC study shows dire impacts downstream of Nile River dam
The research forecasts water supply and economic risks as tensions mount over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance DamCredit: (Photo/NASA-JPL) Rapid filling of ...
Human environmental genome recovered in the absence of skeletal remains
Credit: © Anna Belfer-Cohen The cave of Satsurblia was inhabited by humans in different periods of the Paleolithic: Up to ...
Rise in Southeast Asia forest clearance increasing greenhouse gases
Credit: Dominick Spracklen Forest clearance in Southeast Asia is accelerating, leading to unprecedented increases in carbon emissions, according to new ...
Sea-level rise may worsen existing Bay Area inequities
Credit: Wikimedia Commons Rather than waiting for certainty in sea-level rise projections, policymakers can plan now for future coastal flooding ...
Huge volcanic eruption disrupted climate but not human evolution
Credit: Steve Self, UC Berkeley New Brunswick, N.J. (July 9, 2021) -- A massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia about 74,000 ...
Ecologists compare accuracy of lidar technologies for monitoring forest vegetation
Findings suggest mobile platforms have great potential for monitoring a variety of forest attributesCredit: Northern Arizona University As light detection ...
Mapping biodiversity in South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region
The region includes two Global Biodiversity Hotspots; the project will document the distribution and function of species and ecosystemsCredit: Credit: ...
Coastal wetlands are nature’s flood defences
They offer more protection than we thought, estuaries study showsCredit: Swansea University Coastal wetlands - such as salt marshes - ...
Continental pirouettes
Supervolcano fed from Earth's mantle caused crustal plates to rotateCredit: Alisha Steinberger The plates of the Earth's crust perform complicated ...
To predict underwater volcano eruptions, scientist looks at images from space
A new study monitored satellite images to obtain sea discoloration data as a novel indicator in detecting if an underwater ...
Depression, suicidal thoughts plague ailing coal miners, study finds
Credit: UVA Health More than a third of coal miners and former coal miners suffering from black lung disease struggle ...
NASA space lasers map meltwater lakes in Antarctica with striking precision
Credit: Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Dr. Kelly Brunt From above, the Antarctic Ice Sheet might look like a calm, ...
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