Typhoon Saola swept across southern China on Saturday after tearing down trees and smashing windows in Hong Kong, although the megacity avoided a feared direct hit from one of the region's strongest storms in decades.
Environment
Sep 2, 2023
0
6
Recently, a study by Associate Prof. Sheng Chen and Prof. Fangli Qiao from the First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources was published in Science China Earth Sciences. The observational data from a coastal ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2023
0
4
High temperatures exacerbate ground-level ozone production, resulting in a deadly combination of extreme heat and poor air quality that is especially dangerous for children, seniors, and people suffering from preexisting ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 13, 2023
0
31
A joint research team led by Prof. Wang Fan from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) has revealed how the seas around China respond to warming climate. The review article was published in ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 31, 2023
0
1
A powerful storm pounded the northern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least one person, toppling trees and knocking out power as thousands sheltered with neighbors or in emergency evacuation centers.
Environment
Jul 26, 2023
0
1
The precipitation in West Antarctica, especially around the Antarctic Peninsula, exhibits large variability on the interannual time scale. In recent years, scientific research activities, tourism and fisheries have been experiencing ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 25, 2023
0
1
Economic expansion leaves indelible marks on coral chemistry, according to a new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. By analyzing barium levels in coral cores, scientists can access decades-old ...
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2023
0
10
Large-scale circulation anomalies are a key factor in the transportation of water vapor and changes in climate. For tropical and subtropical regions, an atmospheric circulation field not only determines the characteristics ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2023
0
11
Climate change is raising the risk of extreme weather, causing food shortages and threatening the existence of myriad species—and if that weren't enough, it's now prompting pirates to plague the world's oceans and seas.
Environment
Apr 27, 2023
0
20
In the late 1980s, scientists discovered that when a whale dies, its carcass sinks to the ocean bottom and a new ecosystem springs forth around the carcass. The carcass becomes a food source for this new ecosystem. A team ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 24, 2023
0
80
