Studying hurricanes -- such as Hurricane Dorian -- using microwaves allows meteorologists to peer through the cloud tops and into the internal structure of the storm. It allows forecasters to make more accurate predictions and help save lives.
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Is Earth on Fire?
Quantifying and monitoring fires is important for the ongoing study of climate because they have a significant impact on global atmospheric emissions, with biomass burning contributing to the global budgets of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide.
U.S. Corn Yields Get Boost from a Global Warming "Hole"
Researchers find that cooler temperatures responsible for most of the increased U.S. corn yield in theoretical comparisons.
Climate Change is Affecting the Way Europe Floods, Experts Warn
Climate change is disrupting the rhythms of spring growing and river flooding across Europe, which could pose new problems for biodiversity and food security in floodplains, scientists say.
A Win-Win for Forests and Small-Holder Dairy Farming in East Africa
The native Napier grass could hold the key to improving diets, boosting farming yields and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in East Africa.
High Pesticide Concentrations Continue to Enter Great Barrier Reef
The combined toxicity of 22 of the most common pesticides found in waterways flowing into the Great Barrier Reef is in many cases not meeting pollution reduction targets.