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Proposed seawater-based air conditioning could benefit farmers
A proposed seawater air conditioning plant in Honolulu, Hawaii will draw cold seawater from the deep ocean, and a potential agricultural resource with it: phosphorus.Credit: Sam Kimbrel By Alexandra...
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Airborne measurements confirm leaks from oil and gas operations
By Katy Human During two days of intensive airborne measurements, oil and gas operations in Colorado’s Front Range leaked nearly three times as much methane, a greenhouse gas, as predicted based on...
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New research questions emerge from Arctic melting
By Alexandra Branscombe “The Arctic in the Anthropocene: Emerging Research Questions” was released in April as an effort by the National Research Council to help chart the course of future research in...
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Health check reveals how glacier is declining due to warming climate
By Lauren Noakes Andrew Finlayson, a scientist at the British Geological Survey, on the Falljökull glacier.Credit: British Geological Survey Researchers from the British Geological Survey have taken...
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Electromagnetic imaging helps scientists locate underwater methane
By Leslie Willoughby Scientists deploy an ocean bottom electric field sensor on a wire aboard the RV Meteor in May 2012.Credit: Wu-Cheng Chi. A simple compound found in underwater structures could...
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Mountain monitoring system artificially inflates temperature increases at...
By Leana Schelvan Snow telemetry (SNOTEL) station near Blazed Alder Creek in northwest Oregon, United States.Credit: Natural Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture In a...
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High water tables can be a boon to crop yields
By Jenny Seifert Shallow groundwater can provide much-needed water during droughts, such as the one that hit Wisconsin in 2012.Credit: Samuel Zipper High water tables can be a bane to crop yields,...
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Scientists develop new tools to anticipate coastal pollution in Maine
by Amy McDermott Fishermen harvest clams in a coastal mudflat in Maine. Credit: Bridie McGreavy, University of Maine. In Maine, leaking sewers and failing septic systems, upstream beaver dams, animal...
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More than half of streamflow in the Upper Colorado River Basin originates as...
By Jennifer LaVista The Colorado River near Moab, Utah. The entire Colorado River Basin currently supports 50 million people, and that amount is expected to increase by 23 million between 2000 and...
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North Dakota’s Bakken oil and gas field leaking 275,000 tons of methane per year
By Karin Vergoth An aerial view of a drilling oil well in the Bakken Formation in North Dakota. A new study finds that the Bakken region emits 275,000 tons of methane per year.Credit: S. Haines/USGS....
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New study suggests less snow, earlier snowmelt at higher elevations in...
By Paul Gabrielsen Sundial Peak, in the Wasatch Mountains, with Lake Blanche (elevation 2718 meters (8920 feet)) in the foreground, May 2016.Credit: David White. Spring snowpack, relied on by ski...
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Earlier snowmelt carries drastic consequences for forests
By Trent Knoss A subalpine forest in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains.Credit: Taylor Winchell / University of Colorado Boulder. Earlier snowmelt periods associated with a warming climate may hinder subalpine...
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Large precipitation events critical in replenishing groundwater resources
By Jennifer LaVista Water flowing on the Colorado River near Moab, Utah. More than half of the streamflow in the Upper Colorado River Basin originates as groundwater, and a new study shows large...
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Study finds widespread land losses from Gulf oil spill
Pelicans at Barataria Bay, Louisiana. A new study shows dramatic, widespread shoreline loss in Louisiana marshlands most heavily coated with oil during the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the...
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People aren’t the only beneficiaries of power plant carbon standards
New research shows carbon emission standards for the power sector benefit crops such as corn, cotton, soybean and potato, as well as several tree species.Credit: Rosana Prada, Creative Commons...
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Global flood risk could increase five-fold with a 4-degree C temperature rise
By the European Commission Joint Research Centre Average change in population affected per country given 4˚C global warming. Hatching indicates countries where the confidence level of the average...
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Daily disturbance from upper atmosphere leaves its footprints on tropical...
By Rachel Lentz Fraction of the total rainfall, as a function of time of day, for a region including much of Indonesia and its surrounding oceans. Observations show strong peaks at early morning and...
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Study shows as US drilling surged, methane emissions didn’t
An aerial view of a Bakken formation well pad, a site of oil production, in North Dakota taken in 2014. A new study shows U.S. methane emissions are not likely an important driver of the increase in...
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Development degrades Canary Island’s cherished sand dunes (+video)
By Brendan Bane The Maspalomas dune fields stretch just below the horizon of the Atlantic Ocean. Sediment flows from ocean waters and is carried across the dunes by wind, but that process can be...
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Hawaiian mountains could lose snow cover by 2100
By Rachel Lentz The view from snow-covered Mauna Kea across to a snowy Mauna Loa.Credit: Zhang et al Daydreams of the tropical paradise of Hawaiʻi rarely include snow in the imagery, but nearly every...
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