Tag: Earth Science

January 13, 2020

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2020 -- People have been developing different forms of shark repellent for ...

Arabian Peninsula a trap for summer dust

January 13, 2020

Credit: © NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response team Intense winds blowing from Africa through a mountainous gap ...

Inside story on cassowary evolution

January 13, 2020

3D scans confirm Australian bird's link to South AmericaCredit: Flinders University One of the largest living birds, the Southern Cassowary, ...

Leading astronomers and geophysicists honored in RAS bicentenary

Credit: Steve Kurtz / UC Santa Cruz The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to announce the winners of its medals ...

NASA satellite sees Blake’s remnants bringing desert rain to Western Australia

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite provided a look at the remnant clouds and storms associated with Ex-tropical Cyclone ...

MU scientists find oldest-known fossilized digestive tract — 550 million years

Credit: University of Missouri A 550 million-year-old fossilized digestive tract found in the Nevada desert could be a key find ...

Global warming is the kindling that caused extensive wildfire

Credit: Jong-Seong Kug (POSTECH) In November of last year, the wildfire that started in California, U.S.A burned areas that amount ...

Plants found to speak roundworm’s language

Researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute have found that plants manipulate nematode pheromones to repel these pests, which cause more than ...

NASA-NOAA satellite tracks Tropical Storm Blake’s remnants spreading

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The South Interior area of the state of ...

Improved functioning of diverse landscape mosaics

Credit: University of Zurich To date, biodiversity research primarily focused on the number of plant species present in ecosystems. "Most ...

Greening at high latitudes may inhibit the expansion of midlatitude deserts

Credit: Yongli He Desertification has always been a serious challenge for human beings, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Projections ...

A ‘pivotal’ moment for understanding whale evolution

Credit: Taro Okamura Scientists could soon better investigate the feeding behaviors of extinct dolphin and whale species. A third year ...

NASA-NOAA satellite catches Tropical Cyclone Blake and western Australia fires

January 8, 2020

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical cyclone Blake made landfall in the Kimberley ...

Research will help land managers take risk-analysis approach to new wildfire reality

January 8, 2020

Credit: Photo by Kari Greer CORVALLIS, Ore. - New digital tools developed by Oregon State University will enable land managers ...

Kangaroo Island shows burn scars on one third of the land mass

Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite provided before and after imagery that showed the extent of the fires that have ...

Geographers find tipping point in deforestation

Global satellite imagery shows transitions occur quickly after blocks of forest are cut in halfCredit: Tomasz Stepinski/UC University of Cincinnati ...

Researchers develop predictive tools to tackle childhood diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana

Credit: Virginia Tech In 2006, more than 400 children under the age of 5 died during an outbreak of diarrheal ...

NASA sees Tropical Storm Blake’s center off Australia’s Kimberley Coast

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean ...

Grant aims to improve environmental education

Credit: Daniel Pratson. Field trips can be transformative experiences for students: Having the chance to get outside of the classroom, ...

Rural water wells in High Plains Aquifer show large increase in nitrate levels