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NASA adds up record Australia rainfallGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 22, 2017 Over the week of May 15, extreme rainfall drenched northeastern Australia and NASA data provided a look at the record totals. The rainfall was the heaviest rainfall in that area since tropical cyclone Debbie hit Queensland Australia in late March. Much of the recent extremely heavy rainfall was due to storms associated with a trough or elongated area of low pressure slowly moving over northeastern Queensland from the Coral Sea. More than 100 millimeters or 3.9 inches of rain in 24 hours was ... read more |
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 Water is surprisingly ordered on the nanoscale The forces that affect species' movements in a changing climate How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones. Countries most affected by weather disasters do not spend more on weather services Sentinel-2 captures coral bleaching of Great Barrier Reef Helping plants pump iron | .. |
 Heat on for Australia's Great Barrier Reef as temperatures rise If global temperatures hit 1.5C above pre-industrial conditions - the target negotiated at the 2015 Paris Agreement - it will be twice as likely that we will see a repeat of the extreme ocean heat t ... more | .. |
 Dams are major driver of global environmental change Water reservoirs created by damming rivers could have significant impacts on the world's carbon cycle and climate system that aren't being accounted for, a new study concludes. The study, cond ... more | .. |
 Scientists begin to unlock secrets of deep ocean color from organic materials About half of atmospheric carbon dioxide is fixed by ocean's phytoplankton, mainly picocyanobacteria, through a process called photosynthesis. Picocyanobacteria are tiny, unicellular microorganisms ... more | .. |
 Refining the ocean's thermometer Chronicling Earth's past temperature swings is a basic part of understanding climate change. One of the best records of past ocean temperatures can be found in the shells of marine creatures called ... more |
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 Code of conduct needed for ocean conservation, study says A diverse group of the world's leading experts in marine conservation is calling for a Hippocratic Oath for ocean conservation ? not unlike the pledge physicians take to uphold specific ethical stan ... more | .. |
 Study: Climate scientists underestimating influence of dams New research suggests dams and the reservoirs they create play a significant role in the global carbon cycle, yet are largely unaccounted for in climate models. ... more | .. |
 Invention produces cleaner water with less energy and no filter The same technology that adds fizz to soda can now be used to remove particles from dirty water. Researchers at Princeton University have found a technique for using carbon dioxide in a low-cost wat ... more | .. |
 Rising seas set to double coastal flooding by 2050: study Rising sea levels driven by global warming are on track to dramatically boost the frequency of coastal flooding worldwide by mid-century, especially in tropical regions, researchers said Thursday. ... more |
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 Climate change refuge for corals discovered WCS scientists have discovered a refuge for corals where the environment protects otherwise sensitive species to the increasing severity of climate change. The bad news is that the reefs are showing ... more | .. |
 Fish should figure in to fate of nation's aging dams As nearly 75 percent of the nation's largest dams approach the high maintenance years, safety and economics figure large in decisions to fix or replace. A recent study by Michigan State University ( ... more | .. |
 Teleconnection between the tropical Pacific and Antarctica In April 2016, a large-scale breakup of land-fast ice was observed in Lutzow-Holm Bay near Syowa Station, a Japanese research facility. It was the first comparably large calving in the region since ... more | .. |
 Dying Guatemala lake underlines climate change threat The dried-out oyster shells lie on a landscape parched and cracked by the sun. ... more |
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 As summer heat looms, post-IS Mosul faces water crisis In the battle against jihadists in northern Iraq, the village of Sayramun was recaptured in February but remains as isolated as ever and crucially still has no drinking water. ... more | .. |
 Large storms can flood aging sewer systems with harmful bacteria, viruses Researchers have discovered a worrying link between heavy rainfall and upticks in infections caused by bacteria and viruses carried by human waste. The correlation was identified in cities with aging sewer systems. ... more | .. |
 Warmer temperatures cause decline in key runoff measure Since the mid-1980s, the percentage of precipitation that becomes streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande watershed has fallen more steeply than at any point in at least 445 years, according to a new stu ... more | .. |
As summer heat looms, post-IS Mosul faces water crisis In the battle against jihadists in northern Iraq, the village of Sayramun was recaptured in February but remains as isolated as ever and crucially still has no drinking water. ... more |
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 NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid Schiaparelli landing investigation completed Successful launch puts New Zealand in space race Robots help shed light on how humans walk Mouse sperm survives in space, but could human babies? SES-14 integrates NASA ultraviolet space spectrograph | .. |
 New research could transform how we filter water A new process for water filtration using carbon dioxide consumes one thousand times less energy than conventional methods, scientific research published recently has shown. The research was le ... more | .. |
 New method can selectively remove micropollutants from water When it comes to removing very dilute concentrations of pollutants from water, existing separation methods tend to be energy- and chemical-intensive. Now, a new method developed at MIT could provide ... more | .. |
 Robots may bring reef relief A study authored by University of Delaware Professor Art Trembanis and colleagues reveals new details about deep sea reefs - known as mesophotic reefs - near the island of Bonaire in the Dutch Carib ... more | .. |
 Dutch design breakthrough fast tracks oceans clean-up plan A Dutch engineer aiming to clean up vast ocean "garbage patches" of plastic Thursday unveiled a radical design breakthrough, enabling his ambitious project to start two years early. ... more |
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 US fishing generated more than $200 billion in sales in 2015; two stocks rebuilt in 2016 U.S. commercial and recreational fishing generated $208 billion in sales, contributed $97 billion to the gross domestic product, and supported 1.6 million full- and part-time jobs in 2015 - above th ... more | .. |
 Puerto Rico drinking water is worst in US: report The US territory of Puerto Rico has the worst drinking water in the nation, and the majority of the island's water supply is in violation of federal standards, a report said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 New Tool May Assist US Regional Sea Level Planning Thanks in large part to satellite measurements, scientists' skill in measuring how much sea levels are rising on a global scale - currently 0.13 inch (3.4 millimeters) per year - has improved dramat ... more | .. |
 Decades of data on world's oceans reveal a troubling oxygen decline A new analysis of decades of data on oceans across the globe has revealed that the amount of dissolved oxygen contained in the water - an important measure of ocean health - has been declining for m ... more |
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