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“#Study finds dangerous mercury levels in Amazon fish” The high levels of mercury in the Brazilian Amapa region are being caused by illegal gold mining, according to a researcher from the country’s World Wildlife Fund office Nearly one-third of the fish in the Brazilian Amazon state of Amapa have such high levels of mercury caused…
“#Tropical Storm Isaias heads for Hispaniola with heavy rain” Heavy rains drenched the eastern Caribbean as a weather system strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaias late Wednesday while it passed south of Puerto Rico and headed for Hispaniola carrying the threat of flooding and landslides. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm was…
“#Report provides new framework for understanding climate risks, impacts to US agriculture” “We want to help farmers, ranchers and land managers adapt better under climate change, which requires understanding what is actually happening on the ground,” said Peter Backlund, Colorado State University. Credit: Joe Mendoza/CSU Photography Agricultural production is highly sensitive to weather and climate,…
“#NASA follows potential tropical cyclone 9 into eastern Caribbean” NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image to forecasters of Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 on July 29 at 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 UTC) after it moved into the eastern Caribbean Sea. Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA’s Terra…
“#US energy use hit 30-year low during pandemic shutdowns” In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. A record drop in U.S. energy consumption this spring was driven by less demand for coal that’s burned for electricity and oil that’s refined…
“#NASA’s Terra Satellite finds no strong storms left in Tropical Storm Douglas” On July 29 at 5:45 a.m. EDT (0945 UTC), the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Terra satellite gathered infrared data on Douglas showing that persistent south to southwest vertical wind shear had taken its toll on the storm. There were no strong…
“#Lead released in Notre Dame Cathedral fire detected in Parisian honey” Hives on ND sacristy rooftop. Credit: PCIGR Elevated levels of lead have been found in samples of honey from hives downwind of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire, collected three months after the April 2019 blaze. In research outlined in Environmental Science & Technology Letters,…
“#A snapshot of melting Arctic sea ice during the summer of 2018” This figure shows the sea ice concentration and thickness in the Arctic on September 23rd 2018. Credit: Juhi Yadav As sea ice in the Arctic retreats further and melts faster every decade, scientists are racing to understand the vulnerabilities of one of the…
“#Storm pummels Caribbean with heavy wind, rain en route to US” Heavy rains pummeled the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday due to a weather system headed to Puerto Rico and other islands that was expected to develop into a tropical storm and unleash flooding and landslides. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm…
“#Routine gas flaring is wasteful, polluting and undermeasured” The nonprofit Skytruth posts time series views of gas flares seen from space, from 2012 to the present. Above, how flares looked in mid-July 2020. Credit: Skytruth.org If you’ve driven through an area where companies extract oil and gas from shale formations, you’ve probably seen flames dancing…