This composite color full-disk visible image of the Western Hemisphere was captured from NOAA GOES-16 satellite at 1:07 pm EST on Jan. 15, 2017 and created using several of the 16 spectral channels available on the satellite's sophisticated Advanced...
Dead trees in the Sierra National Forest in April 2016.Credit: USFS Region 5
Why do some trees die in a drought and others don't? And how can we predict where trees are most likely to die in future droughts?
Scientists from...
The fairy circles of the Namib Desert.Credit: Photo by Tyler Coverdale, Princeton University; and Jen Guyton, Princeton University
One of nature's greatest mysteries -- the 'Fairy Circles' of Namibia -- may have been unraveled by researchers at the University of...
Researchers find the East Pacific Rise is dynamic as heat is transferred, showing that plate dynamics are driven significantly by additional force of heat drawn from Earth’s core. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
For decades, scientists have theorized that the movement of...
This is a 1.9-billion-year-old stromatolite -- or mound made by microbes that lived in shallow water -- called the Gunflint Formation in northern Minnesota. The environment of the oxygen "overshoot" described in research by Michael Kipp, Eva Stüeken and...
The SMAP observations are providing an unprecedented level of detailed, worldwide information on the amount of water in the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of soil, collected globally every two to three days.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
First year of data from SMAP...
The Ross Ice Shelf, the largest of its kind in Antarctica. Credit: Rob Anthony, USGS
Over the past few years, a large fracture has grown across a large floating ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. The world is watching the...
These are hedges as ecological focus area in Germany. A biotope network for fauna and flora.Credit: Thomas Hesse
New evidence shows that the 'Ecological Focus Areas' introduced under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) greening rules can provide a lot...
A cuvette central swamp. Credit: Simon Lewis- University of Leeds
A vast peatland in the Congo Basin has been mapped for the first time, revealing it to be the largest in the tropics.
The new study found that the Cuvette Centrale...
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Methane emissions caused by human activity may have a bigger impact on global warming than previously thought, scientists have found.
Research led by the University of Reading indicates that emissions of methane due to human activity have, to...
ORNL's Charles Seipp synthesized a simple compound known as guanidine that was found to bind strongly with carbon dioxide directly from the air and form insoluble carbonate crystals that are easily separated from water.Credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin
Scientists at the Department...
