Personal exposure to heat is an environmental hazard that might not make the same headlines as hurricanes or wildfires. But its effects are devastating.
Feeling the Heat
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Which Forces Control the Elevation of Mountains?
Scientists have come up with a new classification scheme for mountain belts that uses just a single number to describe whether the elevation of the mountain belt is controlled mainly by weathering and erosion or by properties of the Earth’s crust, i.e., the lithospheric strength: the “Beaumont number” (Bm).
Joint Effort By TTI, Texas A&M AgriLife Helps To Protect Endangered Species From Road Projects
The agencies are testing three different fence designs created to keep protected species like the Houston toad and Louisiana pine snake out of construction zones.
Patagonia’s Coast Offers Cool Refuge for Giant Kelp
Giant kelp forests around the world have struggled to stay healthy in recent decades, with some vanishing altogether.
NOAA Forecasts Average-Size Gulf of Mexico Summer ‘Dead Zone’
The Gulf of Mexico dead zone, or hypoxic area, is an area of low oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life.
Melting Glacier in Chile Reveals Trove of Ichthyosaur Fossils
The retreat of Chile’s Tyndall Glacier has revealed a graveyard of ichthyosaurs, dolphin-like reptiles that roamed the oceans more than 90 million years ago.
