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“#Newly hatched Florida sea turtles are consuming dangerous quantities of floating plastic” Deceased post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtle next to plastic pieces found in its stomach and intestines. Credit: Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, CC BY-ND Plastic pollution has been found in practically every environment on the planet, with especially severe effects on ocean life. Plastic waste…
“#A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura’s damage in this area of oil fields and industry” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hurricane Laura plowed through the heart of Louisiana’s oil and chemical industries as a powerful Category 4 storm, leaving a chlorine plant on fire and the potential for more hazardous…
“#Carbon footprints are hard to understand—here’s what you need to know” Well-meaning individuals often make poor choices when it comes to reducing their carbon footprint. Credit: Shutterstock Imagine drinking endless orange juice from concentrate because you’re convinced this is the best way to lose weight. In moderation, orange juice is fine, but it wouldn’t be…
“#California is on fire. From across the Pacific, Australians watch and buckle up” Credit: CC0 Public Domain California is ablaze, again. Currently, the second and third largest fires in the US state’s history are burning at the same time, and are only partially controlled. Already, seven people have died and 2,144 structures are damaged—and their…
“#Climate change could increase rice yields” Many people around the globe rely on rice as a source of nutrition. Credit: Rachel Schutte Rice is the most consumed staple food in the world. It is especially common in Asia, where hunger concerns are prevalent. Rice is classified as an annual plant, which means it completes its…
“#Outlook shows bushfire risk for spring” Credit: Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC The 2020/21 fire season will be driven by vastly different climate drivers than the previous two fire seasons, according to the Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: September–November 2020, released today by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Center. With a La Niña alert…
“#Greece: Wildfire blackens gate of ancient fortress city” Smoke raises during a wildfire over the ancient site of Mycenae, Greece, some 140 kilometers (90 miles) south of Athens, on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. The fire that broke out at the Mycenae, one of the most popular archaeological sites in Greece, has not caused any damage…
“#A wobble, luck and preparations lessened Laura’s devastation” Blown down trees and debris surround damaged homes and buildings in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, near Lake Charles, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Hurricane Laura was a monster storm that could have, even should have, wreaked much more destruction than it did,…
“#NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery tracks Tropical Depression Laura over US” This animation of nighttime imagery from NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite shows track of Hurricane Laura from the landfall northeast over Louisiana to the Mississippi Valley from Aug. 23 to 28, 2020 (0000 UTC). Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) A…
“#NASA Terra Satellite examines Tropical Storm Hernan’s relocated center” On Aug. 28, 2020 at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 UTC) the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Terra satellite revealed the most powerful thunderstorms (yellow) minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 degrees Celsius) near Hernan’s center and over the Gulf of California. Surrounding that area were…