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Seeing Photosynthesis from Space: NASA Scientists Use Satellites to Measure Plant Health
July 24, 2013 — NASA scientists have established a new way to use satellites to measure what's occurring inside plants at a cellular level. Plants grow and thrive through photosynthesis, a process that converts ... > full story -
Tropical Ecosystems Boost Carbon Dioxide as Temperatures Rises
July 24, 2013 — NASA scientists and an international team of researchers have found tropical ecosystems can generate significant carbon dioxide when temperatures rise, unlike ecosystems in other parts of the ... > full storyMore: -
Cost of Arctic Methane Release Could Be 'Size of Global Economy', Experts Warn
July 24, 2013 — Researchers have warned of an "economic time-bomb" in the Arctic, following a ground-breaking analysis of the likely cost of methane emissions in the region. Economic modelling shows that the methane ... > full story -
Shifting Patterns of Temperature Volatility in the Climate System
July 24, 2013 — In recent decades there has been increased variability in yearly temperature records for large parts of Europe and North America, according to a new ... > full story -
Direct Nitrogen Fixation for Low Cost Energy Conversion
July 24, 2013 — Researchers have announced a simple, low-cost and eco-friendly method of creating nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (NGnPs), which could be used in dye-sensitized solar cells and fuel cells The ... > full story -
Scientists Get Dirty at the Robson Glacier
July 24, 2013 — New research presents some of the first data documenting microbial community diversity, biomass and function along a 100-year-old soil chronosequence in a Canadian glacier retreat ... > full story -
Space Station Research Exposing the Salty Truth of Supercritical Water Transitions
July 24, 2013 — There is a moment when everything changes. Something familiar crosses a boundary and suddenly behaves in new ways. Take water for example. In middle school science class, you probably learned about ... > full story -
Coastal Antarctic Permafrost Melting Faster Than Expected: Arctic-Like Melt Rates Appearing in Coastal Antarctica
July 24, 2013 — Scientists have documented an acceleration in the melt rate of permafrost in a part of Antarctica where the ice had been considered stable. The melt rates are comparable with the Arctic and could ... > full story -
Atmospheric Rivers Set to Increase UK Winter Flooding
July 24, 2013 — The prolonged heat wave that has bathed the UK in sunshine over the past month has given the country an unexpected taste of summer that has seemed to be missing in recent years. However, a new study ... > full story -
NASA's Spitzer Observes Gas Emission from Comet ISON
July 23, 2013 — Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the inner solar system later ... > full story
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