Tag: Earth Science

October 28, 2019

Most researchers believe that the mass extinction 201 million years ago was caused by release of CO2 by volcanism with ...

Satellite analysis reveals and asymmetric Typhoon Bualoi

Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka III NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite and NASA's Aqua satellite both passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean ...

NASA-NOAA satellite catches development of gulf Tropical Depression 17

Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Gulf of Mexico and revealed that a low pressure area was ...

NASA observes Tropical Storm Kyarr form near southwest India coast

Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Kyarr formed near the southwestern coast of India, and NASA's Aqua satellite provided forecasters with a ...

NASA-NOAA satellite shows wind shear affecting a changing Typhoon Bualoi

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific ...

Jurassic dinosaurs trotted between Africa and Europe

Credit: Matteo Belvedere et al. Dinosaur footprints found in several European countries, very similar to others in Morocco, suggest that ...

Reframing Antarctica’s meltwater pond dangers to ice shelves and sea level

There's a speed limit on the damage surface ponds can do to ice shelves, but that doesn't mean they're not ...

MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air

The process could work on the gas at any concentrations, from power plant emissions to open airCredit: Sahag Voskian and ...

Public, schools are invited to join interactive broadcasts from the Antarctic

Polar scientists to share how region is responding to rapid warmingCredit: United States Antarctic Program KINGSTON, R.I., - October 25, ...

Using AI to better understand and model the earth system

International research team wins major grant to support work combining machine learning with physical models of atmosphere and land to ...

NASA finds heavy rain potential in typhoon Bualoi over Marianas

Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Typhoon Bualoi was lashing the Marianas Islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean when NASA's Aqua ...

NASA imagery reveals Neoguri now extra-tropical

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Formerly a typhoon, now an extra-tropical storm, Neoguri ...

SwRI concept wins NREL energy storage prize

Approach aims to lower costs, construction time for building pumped storage reservoir damsCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. ...

Lead isotopes a new tool for tracking coal ash

Tracer will help scientists monitor exposure risks of people near coal ash ponds and landfills or sites where ash is ...

Much of the earth is still wild, but threatened by fragmentation

Credit: Andrew Jacobson, Catawba College Half of the Earth's land surface not covered with ice remains relatively wild - but ...

$2.3 million DOE grant to advance ethanol fuel research

Grant supports mathematical modeling of biomass movement in large fermentation facilitiesCredit: Purdue University/Michael Ladisch WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Imagine trying ...

Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water

Switch to natural gas would save 12,000 billion gallons a year by 2030; switching to solar or wind power would ...

NASA catches short-lived Tropical Storm Priscilla’s landfall in Mexico

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Storm Priscilla was short-lived because it formed on ...

NASA finds a transitioning Tropical Storm Neoguri

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

Large-scale afforestation of African savannas will destroy valuable ecosystems