Super Typhoon Surigae Stirs Up the Pacific
The super typhoon reached extreme intensity earlier in the year than any storm in the satellite era. Surigae is not expected to make landfall, but…
The super typhoon reached extreme intensity earlier in the year than any storm in the satellite era. Surigae is not expected to make landfall, but…
Following the selection of the first Scout satellite mission last December, ESA has also given the greenlight to start negotiations with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd…
One of the most comprehensive pictures of our changing planet is now available to the public. Thanks to the close collaboration between Google Earth, ESA,…
A research study sheds new light upon an ongoing debate among conservation biologists: whether we should conserve sets of endangered species, or whether we should…
The Rann of Kutch can appear drastically different depending on the time of year. Located in northwest India, the Kutch district can appear drastically different…
On April 22, 2021, Earth Day, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is planning to return to the International Space Station for his second mission, Alpha. Ahead…
Despite important agricultural advancements to feed the world in the last 60 years, a Cornell-led study shows that global farming productivity is 21% lower than…
Scripps Oceanography researcher’s assertion bolstered by series of new studies. New research lends credence to an unorthodox retelling of the story of early Earth first…
It is well known that climate-induced sea level rise is a major threat. New research has found that previous ice loss events could have caused…
Volcanic eruptions on Saint Vincent have blanketed the Caribbean island in ash leading to over 16,000 residents being evacuated from their homes. False-color images captured…
Graduate Center, CUNY researchers uncover evidence suggesting that volcanic carbon emissions were not a major driver of the Earth’s most recent extinction event. Earth has…
Weathering of rocks can bind or release carbon dioxide — in active mountain ranges, carbon-dioxide release strongly dominates. Taiwan is an island of extremes: severe…
After an unusually dry winter, forest fires have raged throughout the mountainous country. Seasonal fires, lit to manage farmland and pastures, are common in Nepal…
Ancient clues, in the shape of fossils and archaeological evidence of varying quality scattered across Australia, have formed the basis of several hypotheses about the…
Throughout the last ice age, the climate changed repeatedly and rapidly during the so-called Dansgaard-Oeschger events, where Greenland temperatures rose between 5 and 16 degrees…
The April snow falling on fruit blossoms in Europe these days may be directly connected to the loss of the sea ice in the Barents…
New research methods may lead to earlier predictions of volcanic eruptions. Although there are telltale signs that a volcano is likely to erupt in the…
Every year, our planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere and give rise to shooting stars. Some…