No year since weather records began was as hot and dry as 2018.
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Ozone Disinfection Could Safely Allow Reuse of Personal Protective Equipment
A new study shows that ozone gas, a highly reactive chemical composed of three oxygen atoms, could provide a safe means for disinfecting certain types of personal protective equipment that are in high demand for shielding healthcare personnel from Covid-19.
Penn Researchers Find Three Distinct Immune Responses for Sicker COVID-19 Patients
Researchers from the Penn Institute of Immunology discovered three distinct immune responses to the SARS-CoV2 infection that could help predict the trajectory of disease in severe COVID-19 patients and may ultimately inform how to best treat them.
Tree Planting Does Not Always Boost Ecosystem Carbon Stocks, Study Finds
Planting huge numbers of trees to mitigate climate change is “not always the best strategy” – with some experimental sites in Scotland failing to increase carbon stocks, a new study has found.
NASA Finds Limited Water Vapor as Depression 06E Becomes a Trough
When NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, it gathered water vapor data on Tropical Depression 06E that showed it had opened up into a trough.
AI Model to Forecast Complicated Large-scale Tropical Instability Waves in Pacific Ocean
Large-scale oceanic phenomena are complicated and often involve many natural processes.