Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within thunderclouds remained a perplexing mystery.
A Bolt Is Born! Atmospheric Events Underpinning Lightning Strikes Explained
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Burned Amazon Forests Stay Hot and Stressed for Decades, Finds New NASA-Supported Study
Forests in the Brazilian Amazon damaged by fire remain about 2.6 °C (4.7 °F) hotter than neighboring intact or selectively logged stands, and the extra heat can linger for at least 30 years.
A Simple Filter for Rare Earth Elements Will Ensure a Clean Domestic Supply of These Crucial Metals
Rare earth elements sustain the Information Age, and securing a supply of these metals has become a matter of national and economic security.
How Plastic Pollution Flows from Rivers to Oceans — and How to Stop It
Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too.
Michigan’s Air Mobility Research Corridor to Advance Electric Air Travel and Beyond-line-of-sight Drones
A flight corridor for testing drones and electric aircraft will link the University of Michigan’s one-of-a-kind autonomy research and proving ground facilities in Ann Arbor to Michigan Central’s real-world, urban testbed and innovation district in Detroit.
New Mathematical Insights into Lagrangian Turbulence
A sneeze. Ocean currents. Smoke. What do these have in common?
