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“#Ocean acidification and human health” Credit: Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) While ocean acidification was initially perceived as a threat only to the marine realm, the authors of a new publication argue that it is also an emerging human health issue. The global threats from carbon dioxide (CO2) accumulating in the world’s oceans and…
“#NASA sees storms wrapping around Tropical Cyclone Cristina” On June 8 at 4:20 p.m. EDT (2020 UTC) NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Storm Cristina using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument. AIRS found coldest cloud top temperatures as cold as or colder than (purple) minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 degrees Celsius). Credit: NASA…
“#Multi-university center aims to minimize mine tailings risk” The front of the mine tailings pile at the Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site in Yavapai County. Credit: UA Superfund Research Center As the global demand for minerals and metals continues to grow, so too does the proliferation of mine tailings—the waste materials left…
“#A view on climate change from the treetops of Western Africa” Tropical rainforest landscape in Ankasa national park, Ghana. Credit: Shutterstock The tropical forest canopy is one of the Earth’s underexplored frontiers. To understand how these unique environments respond to climate change a team from the Ecosystems Lab at the University of Oxford and partner…
“#UN forecasts even warmer temperatures over next 5 years” A man cools himself in a fountain in Gorky park in central Moscow The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least one degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels in each of the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization said Thursday. The WMO said…
“#Heavy rain hits scenic central Japan, more damage in south” A landslide is seen near an exit of a highway in Kyoto, western Japan Thursday, July 9, 2020. Pounding rain spread to central Japan and triggered mudslides. (Kyodo News via AP) Flooding and mudslides have stranded hundreds of people in scenic hot springs and hiking…
“#Extreme rainfall events cause top-heavy aquatic food webs” Scientists used the insect larvae that live in the water trapped by bromeliad plants as a model ecosystem, discovering that food webs become top-heavy with predators when there are large day-to-day variations in rainfall. Credit: The Bromeliad Working Group/UBC. An expansive, multi-site ecology study led by UBC…
“#Water-saving alternative forage crops for Texas livestock” Bishwoyog Bhattarai, a graduate student in Sukhbir Singh’s lab at Texas Tech University, measuring the canopy temperature using the infrared thermometer. Credit: Sukhbir Singh In the semi-arid Texas High Plains, growers and producers are concerned about the sustainability of beef and dairy industries, which rely heavily on irrigated…
“#Almost 2 million acres of Great Britain grassland lost as woodland and urban areas expand” The Land Cover Maps show different types of land cover across the UK at a high resolution. Credit: UKCEH A major loss of grassland and significant increases in urbanisation and woodland in Great Britain since 1990 have been revealed in…
“#”Protect 30% of the planet for nature,” scientists urge in new report” Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the most comprehensive report to date on the economic implications of protecting nature, over 100 economists and scientists find that the global economy would benefit from the establishment of far more protected areas on land and at sea…