Whether called “dirty snowballs” or “icy dirtballs,” comets are rich in water ice. However, until today, little is known about the nature of cometary water…
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Mangroves only occupy a tiny bit of the coastlines of the world, yet they are one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Mangrove forests…
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The knowledge economy accounts for more than 10% of U.S. employment and almost 20% of national GDP. Not only limited to the U.S., Eurostat 2020…
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Almost all calculations involving solar radiation on the earth’s surface are currently carried out with integrated radiation values, such as hourly values obtained from ground-based…
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Evidence that the polar regions were much warmer during the Cretaceous Period (145-66 million years ago) compared to today has accumulated during the past century…
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“The physician must … have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm” (Hippocratic Corpus,…
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Human life has always depended on natural resources. Nature provides our housing, food, fragrances, and oils, and is our pharmacy. It remains the basis of…
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The earliest writings in history report the damaging and extreme impact of the thermal environment on human performance. The Bible has documented the death of…
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With increasing pressure on natural resources and the need for clean water and sustainable and energy efficient technologies, wastewater treatment plants are pushed towards integration…
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Large asteroid families are usually the product of a collision between two bodies. Fragments of the parent body are ejected with terminal ejection velocities that…
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Understanding visitor use in public parks is important for making decisions about how to best sustain both recreational activities and ecosystems. Specifically, knowing where visitors…
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