Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than normal.
Environment
Mar 22, 2022
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The interplay between the terrestrial carbon cycle and emissions of carbon dioxide from streams and rivers into the atmosphere is at the center of a new Yale School of the Environment-led study aimed at calculating the amount ...
Environment
Mar 15, 2022
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Termites are destructive, and notoriously hard to kill. Structural fumigation—tenting a house and piping in chemicals to kill the bugs—is the most effective way to do it.
Environment
Mar 14, 2022
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In a season plagued by drought and high fertilizer prices, Texas A&M AgriLife scientists appreciate what guar provides in a crop rotation.
Agriculture
Feb 21, 2022
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In a landmark study of airborne microorganisms from ground level up to 3,500 meters, scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ...
Ecology
Feb 7, 2022
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Most Texans will never forget last year's historic winter storm that paralyzed much of the state and set numerous record-low temperatures. But a Texas A&M University expert says that in any given year, there is only about ...
Environment
Feb 3, 2022
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While climate change is making much of the world warmer, temperatures in a subpolar region of the North Atlantic are getting cooler. A team of researchers report that changes in the wind pattern, among other factors, may ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 1, 2022
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Methane recently reached 1,900 parts per billion (ppb) of Earth's atmosphere according to measurements taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US. This compares with about 700 ppb before ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2022
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Several tree-ring studies have been carried out in the Hengduan Mountain (HM) region. However, long-term growth trends and physiological responses of high-elevation forests to atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) rise and climate ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2021
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The calendar said December but the warm moist air screamed of springtime. Add an eastbound storm front guided by a La Nina weather pattern into that mismatch and it spawned tornadoes that killed dozens over five U.S. states.
Environment
Dec 12, 2021
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