Tag: Earth Science

September 1, 2020

Findings will help advance basic understanding of the genetic mechanisms by which plants control their associations with potentially beneficial root-associated ...

Secret weapon to stop invasive honeysuckle: Satellites

Bane of gardeners and foresters alike, Amur honeysuckle can be identified from spaceCredit: Denis Conover One common invasive species is ...

To the choir: Forward-thinking faculty sharing innovations mostly among themselves

Study suggests faculty networks not enough to spread evidence-based practicesCredit: Jacob McAlpin | University of South Florida Eager to learn ...

NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite shows two views of California’s smoky skies

Credit: NOAA/NASA NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured two images that tell the story about the smoke coming off the fires ...

NASA finds Typhoon Maysak moving near Okinawa, Japan

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Typhoon Maysak continued to move through the ...

Humans’ construction ‘footprint’ on ocean quantified for first time

Scale of marine intrusion comparable to that on landCredit: Bugnot et al., 'Current and projected global extent of marine built ...

NASA Terra Satellite sees development of Tropical Storm Maysak

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery revealed several areas of strong thunderstorms around the center of the recently organized Tropical Storm ...

NASA Terra Satellite examines Tropical Storm Hernan’s relocated center

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery revealed a burst of strength in Tropical Storm Hernan, located over the Gulf of California. ...

NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery tracks Tropical Depression Laura over US

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) A new animation of nighttime imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi ...

Fossil trees on Peru’s Central Andean Plateau tell a tale of dramatic environmental change

Credit: Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute On an expedition to the Central Andean Plateau, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical ...

NASA sees wind shear still battering tropical storm Iselle

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery shows wind shear continued to batter Tropical Storm Iselle in the Eastern Pacific Ocean ...

Failures of Germany’s largest cliff coast sensed by seismometers

Dry summers are increasing the risk of large cliff collapsesCredit: photo: Kristen Cook, GFZ The ten km long, bright white ...

Canada renews support for UN University Institute in Hamilton addressing world water issues: $10M

Research organization is at forefront of pressing global water challenges; New funding coincides with World Water Week and UN's 75th ...

A nighttime view of Tropical Storm Hernan from a NASA-NOAA satellite

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Nighttime imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite revealed the ...

NASA’s Terra Satellite reveals burn scars from California’s two largest fires

Credit: NASA On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA's Terra satellite was able to image the two areas in California where the ...

NASA finds new Tropical Storm Iselle already battling wind shear

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery shows that newly formed Tropical Storm Iselle is already battling for its life under wind ...

NASA’s Terra Satellite sees the end of Bavi

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

NASA sees Hurricane Laura’s nighttime landfall

Credit: Credit: NASA/Chris Cassidy Many NASA assets were used to provide forecasters with information to incorporate into their analysis of ...

Artificial intelligence learns continental hydrology

The complex distribution of continental water masses in South America has been determined with a new Deep-Learning-Method using satellite dataCredit: ...

CSU’s Kyle Horton leads $1 million NSF project to study migratory birds and bats