Climate change gives rise to more unstable weather, local droughts and extreme temperature records, but a coherent theory relating local and global climate is still under active development. Now a Danish astrophysics student ...
Earth Sciences
1 hour ago
1
6
Infrasound waves can probe some of the most complex weather patterns hidden to normal observations, but finding a powerful enough source of infrasound waves can be a challenge unless there is a munitions factory nearby.
Earth Sciences
2 hours ago
0
8
About 29 percent of the United States' population live in coastline counties—more than 41 million are in Atlantic counties. This high population density poses a critical challenge to sustainable developments in coastal ...
Earth Sciences
2 hours ago
1
7
Alleviating the urban heat-island effect through regulating urban landscape can improve human thermal comfort and living environment in urban residential areas. However, most previous studies focused on the single environmental ...
Environment
2 hours ago
1
10
In the cold, choppy waters of Alaska's Resurrection Bay, all eyes were on the gray water, looking for one thing only.
Environment
3 hours ago
1
35
Extreme heat was associated with higher all-cause mortality from 2008 to 2017, according to a study published online May 19 in JAMA Network Open.
Environment
3 hours ago
2
19
The Netherlands is not on course to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2030. In fact, at this pace, no single country will achieve this. That is one of the conclusions from the sixth national SDG report and ...
Environment
4 hours ago
0
50
From February to May 2022, many places in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia have seen record-breaking daily and monthly rainfall. Repeated periods of persistent and intense rain have caused devastating and ...
Environment
5 hours ago
1
5
Scientists have recently confirmed that the world's lakes are rapidly losing oxygen. With a seven-year, whole-ecosystem study, a team of freshwater scientists at Virginia Tech has been one of the first to take the next step ...
Environment
6 hours ago
1
34
A new study looking at litter in the UK has revealed the types of materials and products being dumped in its hedgerows and waterways.
Environment
23 hours ago
0
22
