When a solar flare leaps out from around the sun, a small fleet of scientific instruments designed and built at the University of Colorado Boulder form a first line of defense—spotting these massive eruptions before any other instrument in space, then relaying the information to Earth in seconds.
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Non-Native Plants and Animals Expanding Ranges 100 Times Faster than Native Species, Finds New Research Led by UMass Amherst
An international team of scientists has recently found that non-native species are expanding their ranges many orders of magnitude faster than native ones, in large part due to inadvertent human help.
NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn’t Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss
Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough to offset long-term drying conditions and increasing groundwater demands in the U.S. Southwest, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.
A Better Model for Converting Carbon Dioxide into Fuels and Products
Some parts of the world have been so successful in making inexpensive renewable electricity that we occasionally have too much of it.
New UBC Research Facility Accelerates Innovation in B.C.’s Hydrogen Energy Sector
B.C.’s hydrogen infrastructure enters a new era with today’s launch of the $23-million Smart Hydrogen Energy District (SHED) at UBC.
Researchers Invent One Hundred Percent Biodegradable "Barley Plastic"
Enormous islands of it float in our oceans and microscopic particles of it are in our bodies.