Atmospheric Science

Conservation planning can be greatly improved to benefit human communities, while still protecting biodiversity, according to University of Queensland research. PhD candidate Jaramar Villarreal-Rosas, from UQ's School of Earth and…

Research project will explore impact of global warming on fungi speciesCredit: Dr Matthew Pound, Northumbria University Scientists from universities in the UK, US and Argentina are joining forces in a $1m research project to…

Impact of evaporation on virus survival, concentration, transmissionCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 -- As COVID-19 cases continue to rise worldwide, it is increasingly urgent to understand…

Credit: Photo courtesy OSU College of Forestry CORVALLIS, Ore. - Squeezed by changing ocean conditions that limit their food options and the long-term loss of old forest needed for nesting, marbled murrelets would benefit most from…

International research team led by Göttingen University shows patterned vegetation regenerates by "ecosystem engineering" of the grassesCredit: S Getzin, University of Göttingen Fairy circles are one of nature's greatest…

Credit: Kammie Tavares The reactive and piecemeal approach historically used to manage beaches in Hawai'i has failed to protect them. If policies are not changed, as much as 40% of all beaches on O'ahu, Hawai'i could be lost before…

The trade-off between gleaners and exploiters does not explain the diversity of biological species in the way that scientists expected. Our understanding of biodiversity has to change.Credit: ©DTU/ Erik Selander Biologists have…

University of Colorado Boulder co-led study completes first global detection of nitrous acid in wildfire plumesCredit: NASA worldview In lab studies of wildfire, nitrous acid seems like a minor actor, often underrepresented in…

Extreme warming events impact fisheries and economies; understanding processes beneath ocean surface is crucial for assessment and managementCredit: Photo by Darkydoors, Shutter Stock Images (royalty free) North America…

Effects of the pandemic will be detected in the atmosphere much later - To reach the Paris climate goals, decade-long measures are neededCredit: (Photo: Markus Rettinger, KIT) Based on current data measured in the energy, industry,…

Credit: Caltech Despite climate change being most obvious to people as unseasonably warm winter days or melting glaciers, as much as 95 percent of the extra heat trapped on Earth by greenhouse gases is held in the world's oceans. For…

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Subtropical Storm Alpha has formed near the coast of Portugal, becoming the first named storm using the Greek Alphabet list, now that…

New archaeological research presents the oldest securely dated evidence for humans in ArabiaCredit: Palaeodeserts Project Situated between Africa and Eurasia, the Arabian Peninsula is an important yet understudied region…

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Powerful storms with heavy rainmaking capabilities appeared over the coast of central Vietnam in NASA provided infrared imagery on Sept. 17. NASA's Infrared Data Reveals Heavy Rainmakers Tropical cyclones…

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite found Vicky to be a shadow of its former self, devoid of precipitation around its low-level center. Any precipitation had been pushed far to the northeast from wind shear. Vicky looked like a…

From Berryessa to Klamath Mountains, high-severity burns quadrupled during warm droughtCredit: UC Davis High-severity wildfires in northern coastal California have been increasing by about 10 percent per decade since 1984, according to…

Credit: NASA/Jason West NASA satellites provided a look at the rainfall potential in Hurricane Sally before and after it made landfall in southern Alabama. NASA's Aqua satellite and IMERG analysis were used to analyze the storm's flooding…

Credit: © Bruno Jourdain / Ipev / IGE / CNRS Photothèque Over 99% of terrestrial ice is bound up in the ice sheets covering Antarctic and Greenland. Even partial melting of this ice due to climate change will significantly…

Credit: Steve Techtmann/Michigan Tech It's a well-documented fact that we have a plastic problem. Plastic is so ubiquitous in packaging, many people don't even think twice about tossing it in the trash, even though it will likely…

The economist Joan Martínez Alier (ICTA-UAB) reflects on being awarded the Balzan Prize for Environmental ChallengesCredit: ICTA-UAB Economist Joan Martínez Alier from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the…