The science instrument mapped the dome of high pressure that settled over the northwestern U.S. and western Canada in late June, sending temperatures into the triple digits.
NASA’s AIRS Tracks Record-Breaking Heat Wave in Pacific Northwest
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More EVs Could Reduce CO2 Emissions by 93% In Less Than 30 Years
By 2050, faster adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and faster generation of renewable energy will result in 99% less fossil fuel consumed and 93% less CO2 emissions from passenger and freight vehicles on Oʻahu.
What Kind of Sea Ice Is That? Ask Knut!
A new app under development is using deep learning and artificial intelligence to classify different kinds of sea ice.
Reducing the Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet Using Solar Geoengineering?
Injecting sulphur into the stratosphere to reduce solar radiation and stop the Greenland ice sheet from melting.
Once a Rich Desert River, the Gila Struggles to Keep Flowing
The confluence of the tiny San Pedro River and the much larger Gila was once one of the richest locales in one of the most productive river ecosystems in the American Southwest, an incomparable oasis of biodiversity.
Open-Source Software to Help Cities Plant in Pursuit of Clean Air
Software to help towns and cities use street-planting to reduce citizens’ exposure to air pollution has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
