This map shows the above ground biomass in Russia, using data generated by ESA’s Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Biomass project. Credit: ESA (data source: CCI…
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Amazonian regions that have undergone the most extensive deforestation and have the greatest potential for large-scale forest recovery currently have the lowest levels of recovery.…
Individual trees in urban areas provide cooling during evening, research shows. A single tree along a city street or in a backyard can provide measurable…
“Wild pigs are just like tractors plowing through fields, turning over soil to find food,” Dr. O’Bryan said. Credit: The University of Queensland By uprooting…
Shanghai, China New research published by the open access publisher Frontiers inventories greenhouse gas emissions of 167 globally distributed cities. The study shows that just…
This photo of sea ice on the Wandel Sea north of Greenland was taken August 16, 2020, from the German icebreaker Polarstern, which passed through…
NIST researchers used a laser frequency-comb instrument (illustration at lower right) to simultaneously measure three airborne greenhouse gases — nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and water…
a Map of Greenland and location of NGRIP ice core; b Map of northeastern Africa, the Near East, and southeastern Europe showing important fossil and…
Some of the complex structural arrangements of catalysts;left is known as branched structure and the right as cage structure. Credit: Professor Anna Klinkova of the…
Homalictus fijiensis, a common bee in the lowlands of Fiji. Credit: James Dorey, Flinders University Early land clearance helped Fijian pollinators. After centuries of human…
Comparison of overlapping one-year estimates at 6-month intervals of net top-of-the-atmosphere annual energy flux from CERES (solid orange line) and an in situ observational estimate…
New technology could help cities around the world improve people’s lives while saving billions of dollars. The free, open-source software developed by the Stanford Natural Capital Project creates maps…
CLICK IMAGE TO ANIMATE: Comparison of overlapping one-year estimates at 6-month intervals of net top-of-the-atmosphere annual energy flux from CERES (solid orange line) and an…
Smoke from human-caused wildfires on the Patagonian steppe are trapped in Antarctic ice. Credit: Kathy Kasic/Brett Kuxhausen, Montana State University Ice core samples reveal significant…
Researchers have analyzed more than 25 years of Antarctic data, finding that concentrations of ozone near the ground arose from both natural and human-related sources.…
Ocean Currents. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The accuracy of climate predictions depends crucially on how the ocean circulation of the North…
Two views of the carbonate chimneys at the Point Dume methane seep off southern California are covered with colorful microbial mats and permeated by methane-eating…
Pine Island Glacier ends in an ice shelf that floats in the Amundsen Sea. These crevasses are near the grounding line, where the glacier makes…
Grass pollen grains under light microscope. Credit: A. Menzel and Y. Yuan, Technical University of Munich Scientists in Munich study how pollen from far distances…
Key visual ‘Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook.’ Credit: University of Hamburg/CLICCS Today the Hamburg-based Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) publishes a new,…