Scientists use planes equipped with special instrumentation to detect methane hotspots in areas where ground-based observations are difficult or impossible to measure.
NASA Flights Detect Millions of Arctic Methane Hotspots
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Study Details Effectiveness of Kansas Program That Pays Farmers to Conserve Water
Crops need water. And in the central United States, the increasing scarcity of water resources is becoming a threat to the nation’s food production.
Nitrogen-Fixing Trees Help Tropical Forests Grow Faster and Store More Carbon
Planting fixers could benefit reforestation and climate mitigation plans.
Forest Soils Release More Carbon Dioxide Than Expected in Rainy Season
Current carbon cycle models may underestimate the amount of carbon dioxide released from the soil during rainy seasons in temperate forests like those found in the northeast United States, according to Penn State researchers.
USask Research Identifies Potential Cause of Minamata Mercury Poisoning
One of the world’s most horrific environmental disasters—the 1950s and ’60s mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan—may have been caused by a previously unstudied form of mercury discharged directly from a chemical factory, research by the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has found.
Louisiana Students Cultivate Wetland Grasses in School Aquaponics Systems for Wetland Restoration
Louisiana is losing coastal wetlands at an average rate of a football field every hour.
