In 2016, when an oil tanker off the British mainland came upon a patch of stormy weather near the Channel Islands, it dropped anchor to wait things out.
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As Climate Warms, Increased Energy Needs to Power Air-Conditioning Could Make a Bad Situation Worse
It’s mid-July and air-conditioners are humming around the country.
NASA’s TESS Mission Scores ‘Hat Trick’ With 3 New Worlds
NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has discovered three new worlds — one slightly larger than Earth and two of a type not found in our solar system — orbiting a nearby star.
Portable Tech Sniffs out Plant Disease in the Field
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed portable technology that allows farmers to identify plant diseases in the field.
OU-Led Study Shows Improved Estimates of Tropical Forest Area and Loss in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000-2017
A University of Oklahoma-led study generated improved annual maps of tropical forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000-2017 and provided better characterization on the spatio-temporal dynamics of forest area, loss and gain in this region.
Simpler Than Expected: A Microbial Community with Small Diversity Cleans up Algal Blooms
Algae take up carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and turn the carbon into biomass while releasing the oxygen back to the atmosphere.
