Researchers at the University of Southampton have mapped the global locations of major renewable energy sites, providing a valuable resource to help assess their potential environmental impact.
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As Sea Level Rises, Multiple Factors Threaten Honolulu’s Urban Infrastructure
Today and as sea level continues to rise in the future, extreme high tide events cause Honolulu, Hawai‘i’s primary urban center to experience flooding not just from water washing directly over the shoreline, but also from groundwater inundation as the water table is pushed toward the surface, and reverse flow through the municipal drainage system.
NOAA’s Polar-Orbiting Satellites See Drop in U.S. Air Pollution
NOAA’s new generation polar-orbiting satellites are seeing a dramatic reduction in the amount of air pollution in the U.S., as the COVID-19 pandemic creates an economic and societal slowdown.
Magnetic Pulses Alter Salmon’s Orientation, Suggesting They Navigate Via Magnetite In Their Tissue
Researchers in Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences have taken a step closer to solving one of nature’s most remarkable mysteries: How do salmon, when it’s time to spawn, find their way back from distant ocean locations to the stream where they hatched?
Montana’s Moon-Like Rocks
The Stillwater Complex in the Beartooth Mountains contains a mineral that closely resembles the most common mineral on the surface of the Moon.
Tree Trunks Take a Licking as Koalas Source Water
First study to show koalas drink water by licking tree trunks.