Examining the role of Hadley cells in ongoing climate change
In the tropics, above the equatorial rainforests and oceans, the strong solar radiation hitting Earth propels a stream of warm, moist air far upward.
In the tropics, above the equatorial rainforests and oceans, the strong solar radiation hitting Earth propels a stream of warm, moist air far upward.
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2023
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Carbon dioxide is known to have a fertilizing effect on plant growth, and the gas is often added to greenhouse crops to help improve yields.
Environment
May 5, 2022
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In the search for potentially life-supporting exoplanets, liquid water is the key indicator. Life on Earth requires liquid water, and scientists strongly believe the same is true elsewhere. But from a great distance, it's ...
Astronomy
Jan 17, 2024
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(Phys.org) -- Atmospheric scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Nanjing University have produced the first "bottom-up" estimates of China's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, for 2005 ...
Environment
Jul 6, 2012
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Chat with an atmospheric scientist for more than a few minutes, and it's likely they'll start advocating for a planetary name change. Planet Ocean-Cloud is much more fitting than Earth, they'll say, when so much of our planet's ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2020
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The amount of wind blowing off the California coast is teeming with potential.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 10, 2011
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You probably remember your grade school science teachers explaining that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. That's a fundamental property of the universe.
Environment
Aug 4, 2021
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Soot belches out of diesel engines, rises from wood- and dung-burning cookstoves and shoots out of oil refinery stacks. According to recent research, air pollution, including soot, is linked to heart disease, some cancers ...
General Physics
Nov 19, 2018
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An earth scientist from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science discovered evidence of an ancient underwater landslide and associated tsunami in the Gulf of Aqaba, a subsidiary of the Red ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Uncertainty just became more certain. Atmospheric and computational researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used a new scientific approach called "uncertainty quantification," or UQ, that allowed ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2012
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