NASA’s Terra satellite captured an image of developing Tropical Storm Raymond in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
NASA Identifies New Eastern Pacific Tropical Storm
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EU Investment Bank Agrees to Stop Financing Fossil Fuel Projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the world’s largest development lender, announced it will no longer finance fossil fuel projects, starting in 2021, several news outlets reported.
Pesticides: Improved Effect Prediction of Low Toxicant Concentrations
Toxic substances such as pesticides can cause effects on sensitive individuals in concentrations up to ten thousand times lower than previously assumed.
The Global Distribution of Freshwater Plants Is Controlled by Catchment Characteristics
Unlike land plants, photosynthesis in many aquatic plants relies on bicarbonate in addition to CO2 to compensate for the low availability of CO2 in water.
The Forests of the Amazon are an Important Carbon Sink
The world’s tropical forests store huge quantities of carbon in their biomass and thus constitute an important carbon sink. However, current estimates of the amount of carbon dioxide stored in tropical forests of the Amazon vary largely.
Volcanoes Under Pressure
When will the next eruption take place? Examination of samples from Indonesia's Mount Merapi show that the explosivity of stratovolcanoes rises when mineral-rich gases seal the pores and microcracks in the uppermost layers of stone.
