Scientists and engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed testing for BurstCube, a shoebox-sized spacecraft designed to study the universe's most powerful explosions. Members of ...
Astronomy
Dec 18, 2023
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Scientists from Stockholm University have investigated the mechanisms that create cool microclimates beneath forest canopies during warm and dry summer days. The study reveals how canopy shading and water evaporation together ...
Ecology
Dec 4, 2023
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While humanity's efforts to curb planet-warming emissions are nowhere near enough to avoid heating the world to catastrophic levels, tentative improvements show that progress is possible.
Environment
Nov 24, 2023
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Global warming is making weather patterns more extreme and increasing inequalities across regions. However, economic growth is still possible, with economies showing a range of responses to the impacts of global heating.
Environment
Nov 8, 2023
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Confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization, July 2023 was the hottest month on record, with high-impact weather continuing through August. These records are based on air temperatures, but measurements of the temperature ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2023
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The world has just suffered through its warmest month ever recorded. Heatwaves have swept across southern Europe, the US and China, breaking many temperature records in the process.
Environment
Aug 3, 2023
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Sargassum seaweed—which wreaks annual havoc on coastal communities across the tropical Atlantic—is predicted to creep further north and into Europe in the coming decades.
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2023
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Oil and gas companies are not doing enough to cut methane emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday, despite high energy prices making abatement measures mostly pay for themselves.
Environment
Feb 21, 2023
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Keeping food cold as it moves through the supply chain is crucial to fighting food insecurity, preventing food waste, and supporting agricultural livelihoods and economies throughout the developing world.
Environment
Jan 30, 2023
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America may now be aiming to put astronauts back on the Moon, but for years the United States turned its back on manned missions after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2023
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