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Scientists at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, are breaking out their 3D glasses — not to watch the latest blockbuster movie, but to get a more detailed look at blockbuster storm clouds, and ultimately, a better understanding of severe weather.
A seaward journey set sail in the northern Atlantic in early May — the sequel to a complementary expedition that took place in the northern Pacific in 2018.
Despite the rapid and significant changes in consumption patterns witnessed during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese households maintained their normal levels of greenhouse gases emissions. The “anthropause” — reduction of human activity due to the pandemic — made headlines last summer, but factory shutdowns and broken global supply chains did not translate into the adoption of eco-friendly lifestyles for the average household.
Virginia Tech geoscientists have found that shallow wastewater injection can drive widespread deep earthquake activity in unconventional oil and gas production fields.
People spend about 80-90% of their time indoors, and graduate students of academic institutes could spend up to 15 hours per day in their offices.
Clavelina oblonga, an invasive marine fouling species, not only reduces diversity in communities it invades, it also interferes in their recovery following natural disasters.
