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“#Just how sensitive is the climate to increased carbon dioxide? Scientists are narrowing in on the answer” Ranges of equilibrium climate sensitivity from the IPCC and the new study. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, the Earth’s atmosphere contained 278 parts of CO₂ per million. Today, after more than two and a half centuries…
“#Mercury remains a persistent poison in Connecticut’s Still River” Hat factories in Danbury, like the one featured on this early 20th century postcard, left mercury pollution in the Still River that researchers are still detecting today. Credit: UConn Library Archives and Special Collections Western Connecticut is known for rolling hills, rich history, and industry, such…
“#Black waters: Oil spills pollute northeast Syria creeks” Horses have reportedly died after drinking water polluted by oil in Syria’s Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province In his village near a northeast Syria oil facility, Abdulkarim Matar said he has watched his horses die because of oil spills that have polluted waterways in the resource-rich region. The…
“#Big wheel ruts, big economic losses” Aerial photo of wheel-traffic compaction on early-season crop stands in western Minnesota. Credit: Jodi DeJong-Hughes Excessively wet field conditions at harvest throughout the North Central and upper Midwest regions resulted in many fields with deep wheel-traffic compaction as evident by deep ruts from combines and grain wagons. Although this…
“#Discovery of first active seep in Antarctica provides new understanding of methane cycle” The discovery of the first active methane seep in Antarctica is providing scientists new understanding of the methane cycle and the role methane found in this region may play in warming the planet. A methane seep is a location where methane gas…
“#NASA sees record-breaking new Tropical Storm Gonzalo strengthening” On July 22 at 12:11 a.m. EDT (0411 UTC) NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Storm Gonzalo 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…
“#NASA infrared confirms Douglas still a tropical storm” On July 22 at 2:15 a.m. EDT (0615 UTC), the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite gathered temperature information about Tropical Storm Douglas’ cloud tops. MODIS found powerful thunderstorms (red) where temperatures were as cold as or colder than minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6 Celsius) around…
“#In the EU, space heating accounts for the majority of domestic energy use” A schematic summary of the results of this study (dotted black lines) and the conceptual structure of the broader literature.Healthy individuals have a wider range of temperatures that are not harmful, and typically do not experience them. Individuals with poor health have…
“#Novel PFAS comprise 24% of those measured in blood of Wilmington, North Carolina residents” Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a new paper detailing findings from North Carolina State University’s GenX Exposure Study, researchers detected novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) called ‘fluoroethers’ in blood from residents of Wilmington, North Carolina. The fluoroethers—Nafion byproduct 2, PFO4DA…
“#Flood data from 500 years: Rivers and climate change in Europe” Flooding in Bristol in 1607 Credit: TU Wien Overflowing rivers can cause enormous problems. Worldwide, the annual damage caused by river floods is estimated at over $100 billion—and it continues to rise. To date, it has been unclear whether Europe is currently in a…