Coal power stations disrupt rainfall, global study finds
Modern coal-fired power stations produce more ultrafine dust particles than road traffic and can even modify and redistribute rainfall patterns, a new 15-year international study shows.
Modern coal-fired power stations produce more ultrafine dust particles than road traffic and can even modify and redistribute rainfall patterns, a new 15-year international study shows.
Environment
Mar 12, 2019
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The International Space Station orbits Earth, 400 km above our heads, running scientific experiments that cannot be done anywhere else. Read on for our bi-weekly update on European science in space.
Space Exploration
Mar 6, 2019
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Many people hope to catch a glimpse of these reddish-green swirls of colour floating in the polar skies. Few are as lucky as ESA astronaut Tim Peake, who captured this dazzling display of the aurora Australis from the International ...
Space Exploration
Mar 6, 2019
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This photograph, taken a short hike from the Geographic South Pole in Antarctica, shows some of the antennas comprising the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) array. They are visible here as the chain of antennas ...
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2019
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NASA has selected a new mission that will help scientists understand and, ultimately, forecast the vast space weather system around our planet. Space weather is important because it can have profound impacts – affecting ...
Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2019
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Kenya could soon host the only research-class observatory in equatorial Africa, thanks to a collaboration between the nation and the UK.
Astronomy
Feb 8, 2019
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Earth's global surface temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Environment
Feb 6, 2019
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The 4,300 kilometer Mekong River is a lifeline for Southeast Asia. If this mighty river system bursts its banks, flooding can affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. A new method developed by a team of researchers ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2019
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Record breaking heat waves, severe hurricanes, forest fires, and floods. The weather made the headlines right across the world in 2018.
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2018
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It's often said that the Arctic is one of the places most vulnerable to climate change. Temperatures are climbing faster there than anywhere else on the planet. Increasing winter temperatures mean increasing amounts of rain ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2018
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