(PhysOrg.com) -- While NASA's fleet of Earth science spacecraft -- its "eyes on the Earth" - continues to monitor the pulse of our home planet, 2012 is also shaping up to be an extraordinary time for NASA's Airborne Science ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2012
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A rocket carrying an Earth-observing satellite launched early Friday on a mission to measure the saltiness of the ocean from space.
Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2011
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According to climate change experts, our planet has a fever -- melting glaciers are just one stark sign of the radical changes we can expect. But global warming's effects on farming and water resources is still a mystery. ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 1, 2009
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New Curtin University research has shown the warming climate will turn Australia's soil into a net emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2), unless action is taken. "A warming climate will make Australian soil a net emitter of atmospheric ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2024
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Both dead and alive, trees are an important ally for farmers in helping the environment, a new University of Alberta study shows. The research appears in Global Change Biology.
Environment
Sep 15, 2022
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On Sol 65 (Oct. 11, 2012) of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed several activities in preparation for collecting its second scoop of soil. Like the first scoop, the next will come from ...
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2012
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(Phys.org)—NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed a touch-and-go inspection of one rock on Sunday, Nov. 18, then pivoted and, on the same day, drove toward a Thanksgiving overlook location.
Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2012
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The journal Applied Clay Science has recently published the paper 'Sulfate soils stabilization with magnesium-based bindersâ', a piece of research led by Dr Andrés Seco-Meneses on the stabilizing of sulfate soils in which ...
Environment
Mar 8, 2017
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The fact that 30 per cent of Australia's cropping land does not retain water and produces only 10 per cent of the nation's broad-acre crops could be about to change.
Environment
Aug 27, 2012
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A new tool helps farmers feed crops only as much as they really need.
Environment
May 14, 2013
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