New methods of testing and simulating air quality should be considered in order to help policy makers have a more accurate understanding of how emissions affect air pollution levels, new research suggests.
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Preparing for Extreme Sea Levels is Different Depending on Location and Time, New Study Finds
Sometimes to understand the present, it takes looking to the past. That’s the approach coastal researchers, supported by the NOAA Climate Program Office Climate Observations and Monitoring (COM) Program, are taking to pinpoint the causes of extreme sea level changes.
Ecological Fertilizer From Wastewater Nutrients
By using the innovative NPHarvest-process wastewater treatment plants can get an efficient pretreatment while producing ecological fertilizer simultaneously.
Seeing the Parts for the Whole
Across two decades, the Terra satellite has been a great leap for Earth system science, observing how different spheres fit together as a whole.
Thawing Permafrost Affecting Northern Alaska’s Land-to-Ocean River Flows
A new analysis of the changing character of runoff, river discharge and other hydrological cycle elements across the North Slope of Alaska reveals significant increases in the proportion of subsurface runoff and cold season discharge, changes the authors say are “consistent with warming and thawing permafrost.”
New NASA-Funded CubeSat Poised to Take Earth’s Temperature From Space
Small satellites, including CubeSats, are playing a growing role in exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and educational investigations at NASA.