To assess long-range risks to food, water, energy and other critical natural resources, decision-makers often rely on Earth-system models capable of producing reliable projections of regional and global environmental changes spanning decades.
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VIMS issues annual dead-zone report card for the Chesapeake Bay
An annual model-based report on “dead-zone” conditions in the Chesapeake Bay during 2018 indicates that the total volume of low-oxygen, “hypoxic” waters was very similar to the previous year, but a sharp drop in hypoxia during late July shows the critical role of wind mixing in short-term variations in the oxygen content of Bay waters. The duration of hypoxia in 2018 was greater than in recent years.
Climate Change, Rising Sea Levels a Threat to Farmers in Bangladesh
Study: Salty soil drives changes in agriculture, migration.
Researchers develop an operative complex scheme for short-range weather forecasts
Staff members from HSE and the Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia have proposed a new operative scheme for the short-range complex forecasting of wind and possible gusts, surface air temperature, and humidity. The results, i.e., estimates of average forecast errors at different lead times and their comparison with competitors’ results, were published in the journal «Russian Meteorology and Hydrology».
Life Cycle of Sulphur Predicts Location of Valuable Minerals
A team of researchers from The University of Western Australia and two Canadian universities has applied a first-of-its-kind technique that measures the long-term life cycle of sulphur, helping to explain the preferential location of high-value mineral deposits at the edges of ancient continents.
Volcanic Ash Impact on Air Travel Could Be Reduced
Manchester-based Volcanologists have developed a method and camera that could help reduce the dangers, health risks and travel impacts of ash plumes during a volcanic eruption.