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“#Pesticides and industrial pollutants found in snow atop Arctic glaciers” One of four study sites, Austfonna is among the largest ice caps in the world, with an area of just over 3,200 square miles. Credit: Andreas Weith/Wikimedia Commons Researchers recently found pesticides and industrial compounds deposited in snow atop four high-elevation glacier sites on the…
“#Why scientists intentionally spilled oil into a Canadian lake” A captive adult dragonfly trapped in the sticky surface slick of Canadian diluted bitumen from a controlled experimental oil spill in a boreal lake located in Northwestern Ontario during the summer of 2018. Credit: Jeffrey Cederwall Canada sits on the third-largest oil reserve in the world….
“#Britain braces for record-breaking high temperatures” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Britain braced for record-breaking temperatures Friday as forecasters warned the public to take additional care in the heat. The mercury is set to rise to 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 Fahrenheit) in southeastern England amid a heatwave lasting through the weekend. Britain’s Met Office warned the…
“#Argentine marshland threatened by worst fires in decades” Parched wetland in the Parana Delta, an area of rich biodiversity that is under threat from thousands of fires Ravaged by drought, the Parana Delta in Argentina, one of the largest and most biodiverse in the world, has been burning like never before since the beginning of…
“#Atlantic in for very busy hurricane season: US forecasters” US forecasters say this hurricane season in the Atlantic could be one of the busiest on record This year’s Atlantic hurricane season could be one of the busiest on record, with as many as 25 named storms, forecasters said Thursday. Due to atmospheric and oceanic conditions,…
“#Identifying local solutions in the Barotse Floodplain for sustainable agriculture development” The study suggests several differences between how men and women access their ecosystems: for example, women go to shallower river areas for smaller fish. Credit: Bioversity International/E.Hermanowicz The Barotse Floodplain in Zambia is one of Africa’s largest wetlands, representing varied ecotypes and high biodiversity…
“#NASA satellites capture Isaias’ nighttime track into Canada” This animation of NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite imagery shows the positions of Tropical Storm Isaias from Aug. 2 to Aug. 5 at night as it moved north along the U.S. East Coast. Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Storm Isaias has…
“#Mix of contaminants in Fukushima wastewater, risks of ocean dumping” Some of the more than 1,000 tanks holding treated and untreated wastewater from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant visible at left in this photo of the power plant site from 2013. Credit: Ken Buesseler, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Nearly 10 years after the Tohoku-oki…
“#Climate change to bring longer droughts in Europe: study” The intense drought in Europe from 2018 to 2019 was the first two-year dry period in 250 years, the study found Punishing two-year droughts like the record-breaking one that gripped Central Europe from 2018 to 2019 could become much more frequent if the region fails to…
“#Hurricane Alpha? Amped up season forecast, names may run out” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Already smashing records, this year’s hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season is about to get even nastier, forecasters predict. In the coming months, they expect to run out of traditional hurricane names and see about twice as much storm activity as a normal…