Global warming is accelerating, driven by the continuing rise in greenhouse gas emissions. Australia's climate has warmed by just over 1°C since 1910, with global temperatures on course for a 3-5°C rise this century.
Environment
Sep 19, 2019
0
9
Researchers from Tsinghua University and Brown University have discovered a simple way to give a major boost to turbulent heat exchange, a method of heat transport widely used in heating, ventilation and air conditioning ...
General Physics
Aug 1, 2019
6
2507
Mars may have a reputation for being a desolate world, but it is certainly not dead: its albeit thin atmosphere is still capable of whipping up a storm and, as this image reveals, send hundreds – maybe even thousands – ...
Space Exploration
Apr 8, 2019
0
22
Bacteria may travel thousands of miles through the air worldwide instead of hitching rides with people and animals, according to Rutgers and other scientists. Their "air bridge" hypothesis could shed light on how harmful ...
Ecology
Mar 25, 2019
0
1344
Getting into trouble after succumbing to peer pressure isn't just a human experience.
Ecology
Nov 2, 2018
0
69
Sheets of plastic similar to that used for garbage bags, packing tape, some string, a little charcoal dust and a white shoebox-size box are more than odds and ends. These are the supplies Danny Bowman, a Sandia National Laboratories ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2018
0
11
Slowly but steadily, an enormous mass of warm rock is rising beneath part of New England, although a major volcanic eruption isn't likely for millions of years, a Rutgers University-led study suggests. The research is groundbreaking ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2017
1
61
NASA on April 24 launched a football-stadium-sized, super-pressure balloon on a mission that aims to set a record for flight duration while carrying a telescope that scientists at the University of Chicago and around the ...
Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2017
0
5
Contact lenses, spectacles and eye implants are now being made more accurately thanks to research instruments flying on the International Space Station.
Engineering
Dec 22, 2016
0
7
Recent news headlines declared that one study suggested climate change will kill our sex drive and make people less likely to procreate.
Environment
Jan 15, 2016
0
9
