To save biodiversity, scientists suggest ‘mega-conservation’
To save biodiversity, scientists suggest 'mega-conservation' -- starting with one of the most prolific species in the worldCredit: Credit: Paul ...
Tag: Earth Science
Conservatives more likely to support climate policy if they report harm due to extreme weather
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - People who identify as politically conservative are more like to support climate change ...
NASA looks at Tropical Cyclone Maha’s water vapor concentration
Credit: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Northern Indian Ocean, water vapor data provided information about the intensity ...
NASA finds thick ring of powerful storms around Super Typhoon Halong’s eye
Credit: NASA/NRL Typhoon Halong continued to strengthen and has become a super typhoon in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Infrared imagery ...
The truth behind the Paris Agreement climate pledges
Almost 75% of 184 Paris Agreement pledges were judged insufficient to slow climate change; Only 28 European Union nations and ...
NASA tracking remnants of Tropical Cyclone Matmo
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Matmo in the Arabian Sea is ...
Declaration of a climate emergency and next steps for action
Credit: New York Public Library Scientific consensus on the threat of climate change is well established, reaching back 40 years ...
Scientists studied the reasons for plant extinction in different world regions
A team of Russian researchers from Tyumen State University together with foreign colleagues studied the cases of plant extinction in ...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 2019
Credit: Jill Hemman/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable ...
NASA provides an infrared analysis of typhoon Halong
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Typhoon Halong continued to strengthen in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Infrared ...
Historical data confirms recent increase in West Texas earthquakes
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences A new analysis of historical seismic data led by ...
NASA provides an infrared analysis of Tropical Cyclone Maha
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery revealed Tropical Cyclone Maha was still a powerful storm as it continued moving through the ...
New way to date rocks
Credit: The University of Queensland A new way to date a common mineral could help pinpoint ore deposits and improve ...
Discriminating diets of meat-eating dinosaurs
Credit: Joep Schaeffer A big problem with dinosaurs is that there seem to be too many meat-eaters. From studies of ...
Satellites are key to monitoring ocean carbon
Credit: ESA, S Corvaja Satellites now play a key role in monitoring carbon levels in the oceans, but we are ...
NASA finds Tropical Storm Maha’s heavy rain potential over Lakshadweep
Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Tropical Cyclone Maha continued to move north along the southwestern coast of India when NASA's Aqua ...
NASA satellite imagery finds Rebekah now post-tropical
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra Satellite provided a visible image of Post-Tropical Cyclone Rebekah as it continued moving in an easterly ...
Rice yields plummet and arsenic rises in future climate-soil scenarios
Credit: (Image credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service) Rice is the largest global staple crop, consumed by more than half the ...
NASA gets infrared view of Atlantic Halloween subtropical storm
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL The latest addition to the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season developed quickly. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the ...
Ancient rhinos roamed the Yukon
Credit: Julius Csotonyi In 1973, a teacher named Joan Hodgins took her students on a hike near Whitehorse in Canada's ...
