Earth

We’re familiar with the role greenhouse gases play as the driving force behind climate change, through their absorption of longwave radiation and heating of the…
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Just below in the periodic table, there are some elements usually considered as laboratory curiosities. However in this new century, the elements of the first…
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The oceans have the capacity to slow down climate change by absorbing the atmospheric CO2 emitted by human activities. Australian scientists now question the role…
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Since the early times of weather prediction, a by-product was now-casting – determining the state of the atmosphere at day “0”. Using various observations of…
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It’s a common sight along roadsides, in coastal areas, and just about everywhere else: Phragmites australis, or Common Reed, is among the world’s most cosmopolitan…
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Although most surface volcanism on the Earth is found at plate boundaries and is caused by shallow mantle processes, some surface volcanoes (e.g, Hawaii) occur…
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Climate change is a global problem, one that could significantly and irreversibly change life on the planet. Changes associated with climate change could bring down…
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As reported by several international research publications, in recent years, in both emerging and industrialized countries, the energy consumption for space cooling and ventilation is…
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The human population obtains benefits from nature, through ecosystem services. These services are divided in (i) Provisioning services (products obtained from biomes, like water, wood,…
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Google’s parent company Alphabet has been launching super-pressure balloons into the stratosphere for over three years to develop internet capability for underserved regions.  This effort…
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People often think of Pacific Island Countries and Territories as a tropical paradise teeming with coral reefs and abundant and diverse fishes, but changing conditions…
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