While most of nature is peacefully asleep during rigid Canadian winters, lakes are more than awake under their thick, icy covers.
Uncovering the secret winter life of lakes
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NOAA funding research effort to develop global aerosol map
With the smoke of summer wildfires still dimming skies over much of the West, NOAA has announced funding for development of an improved global map of smoke, dust and other aerosol particles that promises to help improve air quality monitoring and forecasting.
Your Facebook friends Don’t Mean it, but They’re Likely Hurting You Daily
Social media sites often present users with social exclusion information that may actually inhibit intelligent thought, according to the co-author of a University at Buffalo study that takes a critical look not just at Facebook and other similar platforms, but at the peculiarities of the systems on which these sites operate.
Suomi NPP Satellite Sees Rosa Intensifying into Tenth Eastern Pacific Hurricane
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean as Tropical Storm Rosa was strengthening into that ocean basin’s tenth hurricane.
Arctic Plants Grow Taller Amid Warming Climate
Plants in the Arctic are growing taller because of climate change, according to research from a global scientific collaboration.
By Jove! Methane’s Effects on Sunlight Vary by Region
Scientists investigating how human-induced increases in atmospheric methane also increase the amount of solar energy absorbed by that gas in our climate system have discovered that this absorption is 10 times stronger over desert regions such as the Sahara Desert and Arabian Peninsula than elsewhere on Earth, and nearly three times more powerful in the presence of clouds.
