Newly installed on the space station, the instrument, called EMIT, will help answer questions about how mineral dust from Earth’s arid regions affects climate.
NASA’s Mineral Dust Detector Starts Gathering Data
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Dusty Glaciers in Iceland
Windstorms lofted sand and dust from the ground onto the Vatnajökull ice cap.
NY Onion Growers Can Keep Yields While Cutting Chemical Use
A new stud showed that by following action thresholds to determine when to apply insecticides to control onion thrips, farmers made 2.3 fewer applications per season while maintaining yields and bulb size.
A Window of Opportunity for Methane to Slip by Nature’s Filters
A new study develops a method to understand the role of microorganisms in increasing emissions of methane from seabeds.
Cloud Study Demystifies Impact of Aerosols
Aerosol particles in the atmosphere have a bigger impact on cloud cover – but less effect on cloud brightness – than previously thought, new research shows.
Recovering Biodiversity in Brazil’s Pioneering Atlantic Forest Through Conservation and Ecological Restoration
Study finds it necessary to conserve natural remnants of old foreasts in addition to restoring new forests.
