How years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today
After so many smoke-filled summers and record-setting burns, residents of Western North America are no...
New study explores functionality in aquatic ecosystems
Leakage of iron-rich groundwater in a cattle pasture. The red color comes from a mixture...
NASA Satellites Help Quantify Forests’ Impacts on Global Carbon Budget
Using ground, airborne, and satellite data, a diverse team of international researchers – including NASA...
Aircraft could cut emissions by better surfing the wind
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Airlines could save fuel and reduce emissions on transatlantic flights by...
2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis Shows
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on...
Water Limitations in the Tropics Offset Carbon Uptake from Arctic Greening
By Lara Streiff, NASA’s Earth Science News Team More plants and longer growing seasons in...
A self-inflicted crisis
A contribution from Greenpeace The fact that consumers cannot and do not want to keep...
Insufficient!
The German Council Presidency was dominated by the fight against the COVID19 pandemic, but other...
China Outlines Additional Steps on Climate Action
At the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 on the five-year anniversary of countries agreeing to the Paris Agreement, Chinese President...
NASA, US, European Partner Satellite Returns First Sea Level Measurements
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, a joint U.S.-European satellite built to measure global sea surface height, has...