Carbon Monoxide From Brazil Fires Mapped by NASA Satellite
New data from NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, aboard the Aqua satellite, shows the movement high in the atmosphere of carbon monoxide associated with…
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Tokyo Scientists Find Clever Way to Deduce the Magnitude of Ancient Tsunamis
Researchers Developing Natural Pesticide Alternative That Doesn’t Harm Honeybees
Investigating the Subsurface Processes of Earthquakes and Eruptions of the Aso Volcano
New Microbe Produces Methane From Crude Oil
Amazon Rainforest Absorbing Less Carbon Than Expected
Study Reveals How Plants Adapt to Rising Carbon Dioxide
Even a Small Change in Earth’s Carbon Dioxide Makes a Big Difference – Here’s Why
Impact of Large-Scale Tree Death on Carbon Storage Shown
First Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change Melting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
A new study published this week reveals the first evidence of a direct link between human-induced global warming and melting of the West Antarctic Ice…
Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Has ‘Minimal Influence’ on Severe Cold Winter Weather
The dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice through climate change has only a “minimal influence” on severe cold winter weather across Asia and North America,…
Deep-Rooted Plumbing System Uncovered Beneath Ocean Volcanoes
Cardiff University scientists have revealed the true extent of the internal ‘plumbing system’ that drives volcanic activity around the world. An examination of pockets of…
New Study Shows Breaching Carbon Threshold Could Lead to Mass Extinction
In the brain, when neurons fire off electrical signals to their neighbors, this happens through an “all-or-none” response. The signal only happens once conditions in…
NASA Maps Surface Changes From Recent California Earthquakes
Damage from two strong earthquakes that rattled Southern California on July 4 and July 5 — a magnitude 6.4 and a magnitude 7.1, respectively —…
NASA Scientists Track the Future of Asia’s Glaciers
Himalaya. Karakoram. Hindu Kush. The names of Asia’s high mountain ranges conjure up adventure to those living far away, but for more than a billion…
NASA’s OMG Mission Raises Plenty of New Questions
Only seven months after NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission wrapped its last field campaign on the world’s largest island, an OMG crew is back…
Scientists Reproduce Origins of Life on Ocean Floor
Scientists have reproduced in the lab how the ingredients for life could have formed deep in the ocean 4 billion years ago. The results of…
New Project Seeks to Replicate the Cradle of Life
Yale professor of geology and geophysics Jun Korenaga will take part in a new, NASA-supported project that will examine the specific conditions that led to…