An international team of researchers have published a study exploring the association between summer temperature and drought across Europe placing recent drought in the context of the past 12 centuries.
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Penn Engineering’s Blinking Eye-on-a-Chip Used for Disease Modeling and Drug Testing
People who spend eight or more hours a day staring at a computer screen may notice their eyes becoming tired or dry, and, if those conditions are severe enough, they may eventually develop dry eye disease (DED).
Fertilizer Feast and Famine
Commercial organic and synthetic nitrogen fertilizer helps feed around half of the world’s population.
NASA Gazes into Tropical Storm Lekima in Philippine Sea
NASA’s Aqua satellite gazed into Tropical Storm Lekima as it moved through the Philippine Sea on August 5 and the AIRS instrument aboard took the temperature of its cloud tops to estimate storm strength.
Urban Sprawl Creates Food Deserts
Urban sprawl has led to the creation of food deserts in metropolitan areas across the United States, according to a published study by a researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington.
NASA Catches Tropical Storm Francisco’s Approach to Landfall in Southern Japan
Infrared imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite shows that Tropical Storm Francisco had powerful thunderstorms with heavy rain capabilities around the center of circulation as it moves toward landfall in southern Japan.