NASA's InSight has a thermometer for Mars
Ambitious climbers, forget Mt. Everest. Dream about Mars.
Space Exploration
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Image: Station crew sees 'night-shining' clouds
(Phys.org) -- In both the Earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres polar mesospheric clouds are at the peak of their visibility, during their respective late spring and early summer seasons. Visible from aircraft in flight, ...
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2012
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New scientific approach assesses land recovery following oil and gas drilling
A new scientific approach can now provide regional assessments of land recovery following oil and gas drilling activities, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
Environment
Feb 7, 2017
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Effects of organic matter input and temperature change on soil aggregate-associated respiration and microbial carbon use
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is one of the most dramatically affected regions by global warming. For a long time, the region has been exposed by low temperature and soil moisture, which led to the severe inhibition of the soil ...
Ecology
Apr 18, 2024
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Cleaner air brings wetter weather in High Mountain Asia
High Mountain Asia (HMA), encompassing the Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalayan ranges, harbors the world's third-largest amount of glacial ice. It is the source of more than 10 major Asian ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2023
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Why is east Asian summer monsoon circulation enhanced under global warming?
The near-surface southerly wind is a key feature of East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) circulation, and a stronger EASM circulation leads to a northward shift of East Asian rainfall. Almost all climate models show an enhanced ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 8, 2019
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China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateau
There's a building boom on the Tibetan plateau, one of the world's last remote places. Mountains long crowned by garlands of fluttering prayer flags—a traditional landscape blessing—are newly topped with sprawling steel ...
Environment
Nov 12, 2019
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The revelation of the crustal geometry of the western Qilian Mountains, NE Tibetan Plateau
As the largest orogenic plateau on Earth, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was caused by a complex crustal deformation process during the continuous collision and compression process between the Indian and Eurasian continents starting ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2021
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Feeling heat on the roof of the world
The Tibetan Plateau, also known as the "roof of the world," is getting hotter. This process is especially fast in places marked by retreating snow, according to new research by scientists from the University of Portsmouth ...
Environment
Jun 6, 2019
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Convection-permitting modelling improves simulated precipitation over Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is the highest and most extensive highland in the world. The thermal and mechanical forces of the TP play an essential role in influencing the global climate, and precipitation is one of its most ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 4, 2020
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