The types of land around us play an important role in how major storms will unfold—flood waters may travel differently over rural versus urban areas, for example. However, it's challenging to get an accurate picture of ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 14, 2021
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Jordan said Sunday it plans to build a Red Sea desalination plant operating within five years, to provide the mostly-desert and drought-hit kingdom with critical drinking water.
Environment
Jun 13, 2021
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The Gulf Stream, which has reliably channeled warm water from the tropics northward along the East Coast of North America for thousands of years, is changing. Recent research shows that it may be slowing down, and more and ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2021
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"The big mystery about plankton is what controls its distribution and abundance, and what conditions lead to big plankton blooms," said Dennis McGillicuddy, Senior Scientist and Department Chair in Applied Ocean Physics and ...
Environment
Jun 7, 2021
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A team of scientists including a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist is forecasting this summer's Gulf of Mexico hypoxic area or "dead zone," an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life, to be ...
Environment
Jun 4, 2021
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The approach of summer in the U.S. means that it's time to be ready for hurricanes and wildfires. The incidence of weather and climate disasters is increasing in the U.S., a trend due partly to climate change but also to ...
Environment
Jun 3, 2021
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By mid-century, the Northeast is expected to experience significant changes in climate, on land and in the region's waters. Leaders from across New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces teamed up with experts to compile ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2021
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For centuries, pelagic Sargassum, floating brown seaweed, have grown in low nutrient waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, supported by natural nutrient sources like excretions from fishes and invertebrates, upwelling and nitrogen ...
Environment
May 24, 2021
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SpaceX this weekend will attempt the first U.S. splashdown of returning astronauts in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot in 1968.
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2021
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The Northwest Atlantic Shelf is one of the fastest-changing regions in the global ocean, and is currently experiencing marine heat waves, altered fisheries and a surge in sea level rise along the North American east coast. ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2021
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