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“#Global methane emissions soar to record high” A visualization of global methane on January 26, 2018. Red shows areas with higher concentrations of methane in the atmosphere. Credit: Cindy Starr, Kel Elkins, Greg Shirah and Trent L. Schindler, NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Global emissions of methane have reached the highest levels on record. Increases are…
“#NASA infrared view finds small areas of strength in new depression 6E” On July 14 at 5:50 a.m. EDT (0950 UTC), the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite gathered temperature information about Tropical Depression 6E’s cloud tops. MODIS found a few small areas of powerful thunderstorms (red) where temperatures were as cold as or colder…
“#China rushes to contain floods after record rainfall” Chinese soldiers erect a sandbag barrier along the shore of Poyang lake after heavy seasonal rains in Jiujiang, in China’s central Jiangxi province Soldiers erected sandbag flood barriers in a city near China’s largest freshwater lake after the heaviest rainfall in nearly six decades drenched the swollen…
“#Pesticide mixtures a bigger problem than previously thought” A spray rig actually being tested for flow rate and coverage. Credit: Farmacist New research led by The University of Queensland has provided the first comprehensive analysis of pesticide mixtures in creeks and rivers discharging to the Great Barrier Reef. UQ’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences…
“#Road traffic microplastics flooding world’s oceans: study” As global plastic production continues to surge, the study is the first attempt at quantifying how much plastic from road vehicle tyres and brake pads is dispersed and deposited by air currents Airborne microplastics from traffic pollution may be entering the world’s oceans at a similar rate to…
“#Cloud computing could be producing hidden greenhouse gas emissions” Credit: Victorgrigas/Wikideia/ CC BY-SA 3.0 The amount of energy used for cloud computing, which contributes to climate change, needs to be more transparent says an Imperial researcher. Information technology (IT) services are increasingly outsourced to huge data centres, but it is not clear how much energy…
“#Understanding and predicting hurricanes in a warmer world” Tropical Storm Fay shortly after it formed on July 9, 2020. Credit: NASA A tropical storm warning was issued for New York, New Jersey, and other mid-Atlantic states on Friday, July 10 due to Tropical Storm Fay, the earliest sixth-named storm on record. The storm made landfall…
“#Saving Africa’s biggest trees to help Earth breathe” Nicholas School Ph.D. student Graden Froese admires a forest giant in Ivindo National Park, Gabon. Credit: Duke Research Blog Like wine, cheese, and savvy financial investments, many tropical trees become more valuable with age. This is particularly true when it comes to carbon storage, because old trees…
“#Researchers find sun and rain transform asphalt binder into potentially toxic compounds” Photos of asphalt binder before and after being exposed to water and a solar simulator for a week. Credit: Sydney Niles A dramatic oil spill, such as the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico a decade ago, can dominate headlines for…
“#COVID-19 has resurrected single-use plastics – are they back to stay?” States with enacted plastic bag legislation as of Jan. 24, 2020. Preemption means a state has adopted a law barring state or local regulation of plastic bags – measures often promoted by the affected industry. Credit: NCSL, CC BY-ND COVID-19 is changing how the…