Tag: Earth Science

Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL Tropical Storm Marie has formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and NASA satellite data helped confirm the ...

Stellar explosion in Earth’s proximity

Discovery of iron-60 and manganese-53 substantiates supernova 2.5 million years agoCredit: Dominik Koll / TUM When the brightness of the ...

NASA imagery reveals Kujira transitioning into an extratropical cyclone

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical cyclones can become post-tropical before they dissipate, meaning they can become sub-tropical, extra-tropical or a remnant ...

New study reveals how reptiles divided up the spoils in ancient seas

Credit: Tom Stubbs, University of Bristol While dinosaurs ruled the land in the Mesozoic, the oceans were filled by predators ...

“Immortal” in tree resin

An international team led by researchers at the University of Bonn extracted DNA from resin-embedded insectsCredit: Georg Oleschinski / Universität ...

Study explores just transition task force lessons for depolarizing energy, climate policy

Credit: University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa's Positive Energy program released today a new report that explores the work ...

New fire containment research addresses risk and safety

Credit: Karina Puikkonen As 2020 has shown, wildfire frequency, size and severity is threatening communities and natural resources across the ...

NASA’s infrared view of typhoon Kujira

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite used infrared light to identify strongest storms and coldest cloud top temperatures in Typhoon ...

Vessel noise present year-round at Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Credit: J. Stock/Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary NEWPORT, Ore. - The environment in the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary off ...

New woodlands can help reduce flooding risk within 15 years

Credit: Buckfastleigh Flood Action Group The planting of woodlands in upland areas could play a significant role in preventing the ...

Evolution of pine needles helps trees cope with rainfall impact

Exploring the effect of rainfall on pine needles may lead to future fibers that are extremely water-repellent.Credit: Lebanoff and Dickerson, ...

NASA casts an infrared eye on Tropical Storm Kujira’s very cold cloud tops

September 28, 2020

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm Kujira using infrared light to determine the strength of ...

Ancient Adélie penguin colony revealed by snowmelt at Cape Irizar, Ross Sea, Antarctica

September 28, 2020

New study published in GeologyCredit: Photo courtesy Steven Emslie. Researcher Steven Emslie encountered a puzzle at Cape Irizar, a rocky ...

Princeton researchers join $1M NSF effort to model nation’s groundwater

September 28, 2020

Credit: (Image by Alex Hu from Pixabay) Researchers from Princeton will help lead a $1 million project funded by the ...

A new twist on public health tick surveillance

UMass Amherst scientists to capture the outdoor locations of people with tick-borne diseasesCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Marine heatwaves are human made

Credit: Courtesy NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center A marine heatwave (ocean heatwave) is an extended period of time ...

NASA finds post-tropical storm Beta’s clouds blanketing the Southeastern US

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of ...

NASA finds wind shear displacing Lowell’s strongest storms

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared view of Tropical Storm Lowell that revealed the effects of outside ...

Remnants of an ancient asteroid shed new light on the early solar system

Credit: Modified after Koike et al. (2020) EPSL Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in ...

New study to uncover how climate change and tectonics drove evolution in East Africa