Raindrops and ice forms rapidly and easily around nanosized particles of metal contaminants
Pollution From Athabasca Oil Sands Affects Weather Processes
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Boosting Wind Farmers, Global Winds Reverse Decades of Slowing and Pick Up Speed
In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of the globe after about 30 years of gradual slowing.
NASA Data Helps Assess Landslide Risk in Rohingya Refugee Camps
Refugee camps built in the Bangladeshi hillside are vulnerable to sudden landslides, so scientists from NASA and Columbia University are looking for solutions to avoid additional land loss.
Saving ‘Half-Earth’ for Nature Would Affect Over a Billion People
Plans to save biodiversity must take into account the social impacts of conservation if they are to succeed, say University of Cambridge researchers.
Health Threat From Blue-Green Blooms Extends Beyond Single Toxin
As blue-green algae proliferates around the world, a University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher cautions that current municipal drinking water monitoring that focuses on a single toxin associated with the cyanobacteria blooms is likely to miss the true public health risks.
Permafrost Becoming a Carbon Source Instead of a Sink
As global and regional warming continues, winter emissions of carbon dioxide from Arctic lands are offsetting what plants absorb in the summer.
