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The GAPS experiment prepares to launch from Antarctica Rubilotta NASA/Andy Hamilton The first scientific balloon flight of this year’s NASA Antarctica Balloon Campaign reached its float altitude after lifting off from the agency’s facility located near the U.S. National Science…
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A long, warm plume of airborne water snaked its way from the subtropical Pacific Ocean toward the U.S. West Coast at the beginning of this month. As the so-called atmospheric river made its way north, it sucked up moisture from…
Diplomats told E.U. officials that the bloc’s law on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would hurt American oil and gas companies.
Kuan-Man Xu Senior Research Scientist, Climate Science Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Dr. Kuan-Man Xu has 30 years of experience in cloud/climate modeling and 20 years of experience in satellite data analysis, focusing on improving cloud parameterizations,…
Restoration in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is finding success on private lands, according to a newly published study. Researchers evaluated the Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact, a collaborative initiative launched in 2009 to accelerate reforestation, and found a 20% increase in vegetation…
Housing minister announces exemption to 10% net gain rule in England for smaller developments The government has broken its promise to protect nature by weakening planning rules for housing developers, groups have said. While developers once had to create “biodiversity…
NASA/Jonny Kim Clockwise from left, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and NASA astronauts Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, and Mike Fincke pose for a playful portrait through a circular opening in a hatch thermal cover aboard the International…
A yearly checkup on the region documents a warmer, rainier Arctic and 200 Alaskan rivers “rusting” as melting tundra leaches minerals from the soil to waterways.
Climate change is pushing coral reefs to the brink. A new scientific report warns that the world has already crossed its first climate tipping point, and reefs could face long-term decline unless global warming slows dramatically. But despair is not…