Articles Posted in the Earth – Climate Category
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Self-Cleaning Technology from Mars Can Keep Terrestrial Solar Panels Dust Free
Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That’s the…
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NASA Satellite Imagery Keeping Eye on the Gulf Oil Spill
NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites are helping the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) keep tabs on the extent of the recent Gulf oil spill with satellite images ever so often. NOAA is the lead…
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Climate change and its influence on human health
John Balbus, MD, MPH, Senior Advisor for Public Health for the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), will discuss the significant public health threats and opportunities presented by climate change and the way children…
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Climate modification will speed spread of invasive fish to northern Europe
Spanish and French researchers have evaluated the spread of the invasive mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki, which is native to the us and lives in Mediterranean rivers in Spain and France. The scientists warn that climate change…
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Study gives green gentle to plants’ part in global warming
Research led by the University of Edinburgh suggests that plant leaves account for under one per cent of the Earth’s emissions of methane –which is considered to be about 25 times more effective than carbon…
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Developing world May Produce Dual the E-Waste associated with Developed Nations through 2016, Research Predicts
Developing countries will be producing at least twice as much electronic waste (e-waste) as developed countries within the next 6-8 years, according to a new study published in ACS’ semi-monthly journal Environmental Science & Technology.…
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Part of Alaska Overwhelmed by Ancient Megafloods
New investigation indicates that among the biggest fresh-water floods within Earth’s history happened about 17,000 years ago and inundated a large area of Alaska that’s right now occupied in part through the city of Wasilla,…
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Organic Snackers Underestimate Calories, Research Shows
Could natural labels lead you to overeat? These types of labeling certainly appear to make individuals believe their own organic snack has a lot fewer energy compared to it will. These bits of information had…
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How grass buffers keep agricultural herbicides at bay
Grass buffer strips are commonly used in crop production to reduce herbicide runoff. These practices are encouraged through incentives, regulations or laws, and are effective at lowering herbicide concentration in runoff. However, subsurface filtration (under…
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Planting Depth Affects Popular Landscape Tree
Landscape trees are increasingly being produced using container nursery systems rather than traditional field production practices. In contrast to field production techniques, successful container production requires a series of transplanting events in which trees are…