NASA and the National Park Service are working together to create a web-based tool that helps park managers better understand the impact of outdoor lighting and noise on animal species in national parks.
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Two Decades of Rain, Snowfall from NASA’s Precipitation Missions
NASA’s Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) have collected rain and snowfall from space for nearly 20 years, and for the first time in 2019, scientists can access PMM’s entire record as one data set.
Monitoring Hurricanes for Better Life-Saving, Property-Preserving Decisions
Researchers use one of the world's most powerful computers to investigate storm surge.
Distribution and Origin of Highly Radioactive Microparticles in Fukushima Revealed
Distribution, number, source, and movement of the microparticles in the environment has remained poorly understood.
Ocean’s Deep-Water May Be Corroding Byron Bay’s Coastal Ecosystems
Upwelling of deep, low pH, waters along the east Australian coast is a common and natural phenomenon, but together with ongoing human-induced ocean acidification it will result in additional stress to coral reef ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef as below a certain pH threshold reefs will become net dissolving.
Weighing the Environmental Impacts of a Byproduct of Biofuel Combustion: Plant Skeletons
Tiny phytoliths provide strength and structure to plants, but School of Arts and Sciences researchers also want to know if they pose a health or environmental risk when burned.