Climate change is often talked about in terms of averages — like the goal set by the Paris Agreement to limit the Earth’s temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius.
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A Plastic-Eating Robot Shark Was Just Deployed off the UK Coast
A marine drone called the WasteShark is busy cleaning up plastic waste off the coast of Devon in the United Kingdom, according to the Independent.
Tropical Cyclone Idai Seen in Mozambique Channel by NASA’s Terra Satellite
NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and caught a visible image of Tropical Cyclone Idai in the Mozambique Channel.
UM Study Suggests Climate Change Limits Forest Recovery After Wildfires
New University of Montana research suggests climate change makes it increasingly difficult for tree seedlings to regenerate following wildfires in low-elevation forests, which could contribute to abrupt forest loss.
Mowing for Monarchs
You might think that mowing fields wouldn’t benefit monarch butterfly populations.
Asteroid Bennu, Target of NASA’s Sample Return Mission, Is Rotating Faster over Time
In late 2018, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft arrived at Bennu, the asteroid it will be studying and sampling over the next several years.
