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Scientists say bolder actions to protect coral reefs from the effects of global warming will benefit all ecosystems, including those on land.

Hurricane Kiko weakened to a tropical storm, but imagery from NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite showed that the storm has maintained strength in the circular area of powerful storms around the low-level center.

Reducing fossil fuel emissions steadily over coming years will prevent millions of premature deaths and help avoid the worst of climate change without causing the large spike in short-term warming that some studies have predicted, new analysis by researchers at Duke University and the University of Leeds finds.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are building up in the environment, and scientists are becoming concerned. 

One of the ways NASA researches tropical cyclones is using infrared data that provides temperature information.