According to ETH Zurich climate researchers, greenhouse gas emissions from major fossil fuel and cement producers are significant contributors to the occurrence and intensity of heat waves.
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Lightning to Spark More Wildfires in Western Us in Coming Decades
New study finds increasing hot weather and lightning could spark more fires.
SwRI Study Reveals First MMS Observations of Waves Generated by PUIs Near Earth
A new study led by Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Michael Starkey has provided observational evidence from the SwRI-led Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission of pickup ions (PUIs) and associated wave activity in the near-Earth solar wind environment.
New Species Survival Commission Fills Critical Gap in Conservation
Group to examine potential extinction of microbes essential to planetary and human health.
AI Satellite Survey Challenges Long-standing Estimates of Serengeti Wildebeest Numbers
A pioneering study led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with international partners has applied AI for the first time to count the Great Wildebeest Migration from satellite images.
Volcanic Emissions of Reactive Sulfur Gases May Have Shaped Early Mars Climate, Making It More Hospitable To Life
While the early Mars climate remains an open question, a new study suggests its atmosphere may have been hospitable to life due to volcanic activity which emitted sulfur gases that contributed to a greenhouse warming effect.