A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass—and carbon storage—in some tropical rainforests, a team of scientists says in a paper published this week in the journal Science.
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COVID Lockdown, Seasonal Changes Affect California’s Emissions
Dr. Aaron Naeger thinks California’s nitrogen dioxide reductions were due to transportation reductions and natural variability in weather.
Precipitation Will Be Essential for Plants to Counteract Global Warming
Photosynthesis on Earth is regulated by plant phenology—how plant life cycles interact with the climate—and environmental conditions, both of which changed substantially in recent decades.
New Modelling Tracks Arsenic in Groundwater
Naturally occurring (geogenic) groundwater arsenic (As) contamination is a problem of global significance. It occurs in large parts of the alluvial and deltaic aquifers in South and Southeast Asia.
NASA Missions Help Reveal the Power of Shock Waves in a Nova Explosion
Unprecedented observations of a nova outburst in 2018 by a trio of satellites, including two NASA missions, have captured the first direct evidence that most of the explosion’s visible light arose from shock waves — abrupt changes of pressure and temperature formed in the explosion debris.
Illuminating the Future of Renewable Energy
A new chemical compound created by researchers at West Virginia University is lighting the way for renewable energy.