Engineers build training game for derecho storm emergencies
ISU engineers build a training game for derecho emergencies, backed by a $700,000 NSF Civic Innovation Challenge grant to sharpen responders’ decision making
Category: Earth
Satellite data reveals declining methane emissions in Canadian oil patch
New analysis of satellite data from 2019 to 2023 reveals a significant drop in methane emissions from a key heavy…
Giant granite formation discovered beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Scientists have solved a long-standing geological mystery in West Antarctica, discovering a massive granite formation hidden beneath the ice. The…
St. Louis citizens funded a long fight against coal smoke
For decades, St. Louis was a city shrouded in a perpetual twilight, its skies choked with thick, black smoke from…
Scientists find sediment sneaking under the Antarctic ice sheet
In a landmark achievement for polar science, researchers have successfully retrieved the first-ever layered sediment core from a lake buried…
Toxic Salton Sea dust alters lung microbiome in one week
Breathing Salton Sea dust rapidly reshapes the lung microbiome in mice within one week, linking toxic aerosol exposure to inflammation and asthma risk
Climate change shifts water resources in Italy’s mountains
Climate change reshapes Alpine water in Valle dei Laghi, shrinking snowpack and lowering river flows that feed the Santa Massenza hydro plant and vineyards
Wasted food generates significant pollution and economic loss
A staggering one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally, creating a paradox of scarcity…
Solar radiation management gains traction as a climate intervention
As the impacts of climate change become increasingly severe, some scientists and policymakers are turning their attention to a set…