UW glaciologist gets first look at NASA’s new measurements of ice sheet elevation
ICESat-2 (short for Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite)- launched on Sept. 15, 2018, uses lasers and a very precise detection instrument to measure...
Global warming wiped out 95% of marine life 252 million years ago
A new study by the University of Washington has suggested that extreme global warming caused Earth's biggest-ever mass extinction. The largest extinction in Earth's history marked...
TEMPO air pollution space sensor completes development
NASA along with Kelly Chance from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge and Ball, has designed an instrument called Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of...
Air pollution killing more people than tobacco: study
One in every eight deaths in India is attributable to air pollution in India, making it a leading risk factor for death in the...
Study explains creation of deadly California firenado
The 2018 wildfire season is the most destructive wildfire season on record in California, with a total of 7,983 fires burning an area of...
Saltier waterways are creating dangerous ‘chemical cocktails’
A cocktail of chemicals from many human activities is making U.S. rivers saltier and more alkaline across the nation. Surprisingly, road salt in winter is...
New study questions Kerala flood link with climate change
The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in India appears to be going up, as projected by various scientific assessments on climate change....
Dimming the Sun to combat global warming
Researchers are proposing an ingenious yet so far unproven approach to tackle climate change. They are planning to spray sun-dimming chemicals into the Earth's atmosphere.
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Warm ice in world’s highest glacier
Ice temperatures inside the world's highest glacier on the slopes of Mount Everest are hotter than anticipated and particularly vulnerable to future climate change....
Double whammy of groundwater in India- Decrease in reserve and increasing carbon emissions
Over-extraction of groundwater is a major environmental challenge in many parts of India. It is not only leading to a rapid decline in groundwater...
Satellites and ground sensors observe smoke blanketing California
As amazing downslope winds sent the destructive Camp Fire seething through completely dry vegetation in northern California on November 8, 2018, sensors on the...
Soil’s history: A solution to soluble phosphorus?
A team of researchers from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimated the 45 million of phosphorus fertilizers will be utilized...