A giant, continent-sized cloud that dumps rain from Broome to Hobart has increased in frequency over the past 33 years, but its impact may not be what you expect.
Why More Clouds Can Mean Less Rain in Australia
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Researchers Develop Early Warning System for Water Pollution Using Tiny Water Fleas
The health of common water fleas like this one are being examined by University of Toronto researchers using a powerful instrument called a tandem mass spectrometer.
New Study Reveals High Levels of Pollution on London Underground
Researchers from King’s College London have carried out the first comprehensive study of fine particles on the London Underground to evaluate the exposure of people travelling on different parts of the network.
New Maps of Salinity Reveal the Impact of Climate Variability on Oceans
Since the saltiness of ocean surface waters is a key variable in the climate system, understanding how this changes is important to understanding climate change. Thanks to ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, scientists now have better insight into sea-surface salinity with the most complete global dataset ever produced from space.
Most Black Friday Purchases Soon End Up as Waste
The retail bonanza set to begin today, Black Friday, is expected to see more than half of shoppers buying electronic goods and almost a third purchasing clothes.
New Study Provides the First Evidence That Thinning Ice Shelves Around Antarctica Are Causing More Ice to Move From the Land Into the Sea
It is believed that the ice shelves may be thinning due to changes in ocean heat content, either by ocean warming or from changes in how the ocean circulates around and below the shelves, but further research is needed to establish the specific reasons.
