Planetary scientist Erdal Yiğit, with George Mason University, has published a Perspective piece in the journal Science suggesting that upper atmospheric interactions with solar wind cannot fully explain the loss of surface ...
Curtin University researchers have helped unravel the enduring mystery of the origins of the Earth's water, finding the Sun to be a surprising likely source.
Astronomy
Nov 29, 2021
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The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has just declared a La Niña in the tropical Pacific.
Environment
Nov 24, 2021
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Oceans, lakes and rivers often contain a large number of microplastic particles on their surface. Impacting raindrops cause many droplets with an almost equally high concentration of microplastics to be thrown up into the ...
Environment
Nov 18, 2021
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Lakes are usually pictured as tranquil environments, largely uninfluenced by the enormous tidal power which drives the oceans. But the surface winds that act upon lakes can significantly alter the environment in which many ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2021
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Severe sandstorms reoccurred in the spring of 2021 after absence for more than 10 years in North China. During 14-17 March, the severe sandstorm weather affected a board region of more than 3.8 million square kilometers. ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2021
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Can dragonflies migrate thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean, from India via the Maldives to Africa, and back again? An international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has used models and simulations to ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2021
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A new instrument that will fly to the moon has been delivered to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Space Exploration
Jul 9, 2021
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Atmospheric cold pools are pockets of air cooler than their surrounding environment that form when rain evaporates underneath thunderstorms. These relatively dense air masses, ranging between 10 and 200 kilometers in diameter, ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2021
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The most significant feature of global land surface wind speed (SWS) recently has been the long-term weakening trend since the 1960s, that is, the phenomenon known as global terrestrial stilling. Many studies have found that ...
Environment
Jun 28, 2021
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