#Disparities in a common air pollutant are visible from space

“#Disparities in a common air pollutant are visible from space” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As a global center for petrochemical manufacturing, Houston, Texas, experiences some of the worst air quality in the country, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Evidence suggests that air pollution disproportionately affects low-income, non-white and Hispanic residents, but it’s difficult…

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#Brazil firefighters race to contain wetland blazes

“#Brazil firefighters race to contain wetland blazes” Aerial view showing large scale forest fires in Pocone, Pantanal region (the largest tropical wetlands in the world), Mato Grosso State, Brazil on Ausgust 1, 2020 A tractor cuts a firebreak through the vegetation of the Pantanal, the world’s biggest tropical wetlands, as firefighters race to contain the…

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#Cloudsat takes a slice from tropical storm Isaias

“#Cloudsat takes a slice from tropical storm Isaias” This visible image of Tropical Storm Isaias was taken from NOAA’s GOES-East satellite on Aug. 3 at 3.p.m. EDT (1900 UTC) shows the path that CloudSat observed the storm. Credit: NASA NASA’s CloudSat passed over Tropical Storm Isaias as it was strengthening back into a hurricane on Aug….

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#Small trees offer hope for rainforests

“#Small trees offer hope for rainforests” Drought in the Amazon affects larger trees more severely as they are more likely to die from hydraulic failure. Credit: David Bartholomew Small trees that grow up in drought conditions could form the basis of more drought-resistant rainforests, new research suggests. Severe and long-lasting droughts are becoming more common…

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#Gulf of Mexico’s ‘dead zone’ much smaller this year

“#Gulf of Mexico’s ‘dead zone’ much smaller this year” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Tropical weather stirred up the Gulf of Mexico, reducing this year’s dead zone off Louisiana’s coast to the third-smallest ever measured, the scientist who has measured it since 1985 said Tuesday. Marine ecologist Nancy Rabalais said the area where there’s too little…

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