An area burned at low severity in the Rim Fire, as photographed in the summer of 2014.
Credit: Reed Crane, U.S. Forest Service
Forest composition, ground cover and topography are the best predictors of forest fire severity in the Western U.S.,...
NIST has combined a laser instrument that 'combs' the air with a flying multi-copter to scan and map atmospheric gases over kilometer distances.
Credit: NIST
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder...
The yellow shows old reconstruction, the black shows new reconstruction and the grey shaded shows observations.
Credit: GEOMAR
How much do solar cycle variations influence our climate system? Could the rising Earth temperatures due to anthropogenic effects partly be compensated by...
Waste containers for different types of residues in Madrid.
Credit: UCC-UPM
Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid suggest a new methodology to assess the environmental impact of the containers used for the collection of urban waste.
An inappropriate design of...
P. fluorescens is a common soil bacteria that colonises plant roots, entering into a “marriage of convenience”, where it improves plant health in return for exuded nutrients from the plant. (Stock image)
Credit: © Okea / Fotolia
Scientists have identified a...
Compounds extracted from mushroom waste.
Credit: Image courtesy of Asociación RUVID
More than 50,000 tonnes of mushroom waste are generated in Europe each week, posing an environmental challenge for the main industries that market this product worldwide. The University of Alicante...
Screenshot of visualization "A Year in the life of Earth's CO2.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
The world needs high-speed climate action for an immediate bending-down of the global greenhouse-gas emissions curve, leading experts caution. Aggressive reduction of fossil-fuel usage...
Using a new technique a device can detect gases, such as environmental pollutants, in extremely minute concentrations.
Credit: Gerald Diebold
A team of researchers has found a way to detect trace gases down to concentrations at the parts-per-quadrillion level using a...
Dust storm in Timna Park is shown.
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel is subjected to sand and dust storms from several directions: northeast from the Sahara, northwest from Saudi Arabia and southwest from the desert regions of Syria. The airborne...
Areas burnt after the fire in Oia (Pontevedra) in which more than 1,800 hectares burned in 2013.
Credit: Contando estrelas
The impact of forest fires is becoming ever greater on the Iberian Peninsula and climate change is partly to blame. In...
The impact of climate change in the Central Pyrenees has been greater since 1970, particularly in the spring and summer months.
Credit: Javier Sigró
The Iberian Peninsula is undergoing climate change, with temperatures on the rise, and mountain ranges are not...
