Depending on your side of the aisle, climate change either elicits doomsday anxiety or unabashed skepticism. Jason Hubbart , director of Institute of Water Security and Science at West Virginia University , takes a more centered approach. He’s studied the…
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The positives of climate change? WVU research shows agricultural, economic possibilities
Depending on your side of the aisle, climate change either elicits doomsday anxiety or unabashed skepticism. Jason Hubbart , director of Institute of Water Security and Science at West Virginia University , takes a more centered approach. He’s studied the…
NASA-NOAA satellite finds heavy rainmaking ability in tropical storm Dorian
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over Tropical Storm Dorian as it triggered warnings and watches for the islands of the Eastern Caribbean Sea. On Monday, August 26, 2019, a Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Barbados, Martinique, St. Lucia,…
NASA’s Terra Satellite finds some power in Tropical Depression 13W
Infrared imagery from NASA’s Terra satellite revealed Tropical Depression 13W contained some powerful thunderstorms pushing high into the troposphere as it was moving west in the Philippine Sea toward the Philippines. Tropical Depression 13W has already triggered warnings in the…
Scientists use a new method to track pollution from cooking
Cooking organic aerosol (COA) is one of the most important primary sources of pollution in urban environments. There is growing evidence that exposure to cooking oil fumes is linked to lung cancer. Currently, the most effective method to identify and…
Clean air for a sustainable future
Three Leibniz Institutes are working on solutions to reduce the health impact of air pollution by so
NASA finds Tropical Depression Bailu forms east of Philippines
NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and captured an image of newly developed Tropical Depression Bailu, east of the Philippines. On Aug. 20, 2019, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite provided…
Researcher hones model to forecast dusty conditions months in advance
LAWRENCE — Southwestern Kansas in the 1930s saw some of the worst dust storms ever recorded in the U.S., when apocalyptic clouds of heavy dust terrified and even killed people, livestock and wildlife. Long ago, farmers phased out the kinds…
‘Tornado Alley’ twisters may be easier to predict in April than in May
North American April tornado occurrences linked to global sea surface temperature anomalies
NASA pinpointed tropical storm Krosa’s strength before Japan landfall
NASA’s Aqua satellite provided forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center with infrared data and cloud top temperature information for Tropical Storm Krosa as it was making landfall in southern Japan. Cloud top temperatures provide information to forecasters about where…
Data assimilation method offers improved hurricane forecasting
Operational models for severe weather forecasting predicted Hurricane Harvey would become a Category 1 hurricane in 2017, according to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Instead, it became a massive Category 4 just before it made landfall, tying Hurricane Katrina…
Ice sheets impact core elements of the Earth’s carbon cycle
The Earth’s carbon cycle is crucial in controlling the greenhouse gas content of our atmosphere, and ultimately our climate. Ice sheets which cover about 10 percent of our Earth’s land surface at present, were thought 20 years ago to be…
Attacking asthma in kids
According to the World Health Organization, asthma is the most prevalent chronic childhood disease worldwide. That’s why researchers are working on developing technology that could predict when a child will have an asthma attack and provide prevention and treatment suggestions,…
New study: Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane
As methane concentrations increase in the Earth’s atmosphere, chemical fingerprints point to a probable source: shale oil and gas, according to new Cornell University research published today (14 August) in Biogeosciences , a journal of the European Geosciences Union. The…
NASA follows tropical storm Krosa’s approach to landfall in southern Japan
Infrared imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite shows that Tropical Storm Krosa contains powerful thunderstorms with heavy rain capabilities as it moves toward landfall in southern Japan. Krosa’s center is expected to make landfall in the western part of Shikoku Island,…
Tropical Soil Disturbance Could Be Hidden Source of CO2
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Thousand-year-old tropical soil unearthed by accelerating deforestation and agriculture land use could be unleashing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new study from researchers at Florida State University. In an investigation of 19 sites in…