Aerial view of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest, near the Lago do Cunia Extractive Reserve, on the border of the states of Rondonia and Amazonas, northern Brazil, on August 31, 2022.According to official data launched Thursday, the Brazilian Amazon recorded its worst month of August for forest fires since 2010, with an...
Credit: UnsplashPollution warnings were put in place on dozens of beaches in England and Wales after untreated sewage was released into the sea around the coast.Official data reveals a range of discharges on the 15th of this month, which Southern Water claims are to protect residences and companies.The contamination follows a phase of heavy...
According to new research, food production is already one of the biggest stressors to our planet, but it has made substantially more challenging by the interaction of Earth system processes.Earth system procedures refer to the natural activities that maintain the planet in a habitable and also useful state. This includes procedures occurring in the...
Credit: UnsplashAfter weeks of scorching heat and dry conditions in the majority of the UK, with drought announced in parts of England, it seems that a big downpour is what we need.However, the heavy rainfall and thunderstorms predicted by the Met Office this week might be a threat.Researchers are warning that the storms can...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe recently published Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on influences, adaptation, and vulnerability acknowledges that climate modification effects and dangers are becoming increasingly complex and more challenging to manage. Multiple weather dangers will happen together, and multiple climatic and non-climatic dangers will interact, resulting in worsening overall threats and...
A view of Piz Benina. Credit: CGTN.The renowned snow-capped peaks of the Alps are fading quick and being replaced by vegetation cover-- a procedure called "greening" that is predicted to increase climate change, a study said Thursday.The research, released in Science, was based on 38 years of satellite images throughout the entirety of the...
The Earth illustration. Credit:NASA.Earth's inside Structure received new attention from scientists. A new study led by a College of Cambridge is the first to take a detailed picture of an unusual pocket of rock at the border layer with the Planet's core, some 3 thousand kilometers under the surface, giving new hope of understanding...
The record-setting solar cell shines red under blue luminescence. Credit: Printed Electronics World.Researchers at the U.S. Division of Energy's National Renewable resource Research Laboratory (NREL) developed a solar cell with a record 39.5% performance under 1-sun global illumination. This is the greatest effective solar cell of any kind, measured using standard 1-sun problems."The brand-new...
Scientists develop a method for seasonal prediction of western wildfires. Credit: NCAR & UCAR News.This summer's Western wildfire season is most likely to be more extreme than typical but not as devastating as in 2015's near-record, according to a speculative forecast method created by researchers at the National Facility for Atmospheric Study (NCAR).Using artificial...
According to the most recent projections, sea levels along the United States coastline rise will rise quicker within the following three decades than they did in the previous 100 years, bringing more flooding to coastal cities like New York and Miami.According to a report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sea levels...
