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By Ellen Gray, NASA’s Earth Science News Team,
and Jessica Merzdorf, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
This article is part of a series that explores areas of NASA research into Earth’s freshwater and surveys how those advances help people solve real world problems. Learn more.
NASA satellites are a prominent tool for accounting for water, … Read the rest
The severed head of a wolf that lived in Siberia roughly 40,000 years ago has been recovered in an astonishingly intact state, according to the Siberian Times.
Because the head was buried in permafrost, a layer of frozen soil that is ideal for preserving soft tissues, the wolf’s fur, muscles, fangs, and brain remain in … Read the rest
Whale sightings in New York City have seen an incredible rise over this decade, starting at just five in 2011 to a total of 272 this year. Experts say the increased sightings are mostly attributable to an improvement in water quality after legislation such as the Clean Water Act, which restricted
His eldest daughter, Ivanka, could not change his mind.
His former secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, could not change his mind. Scores of international scientists could not change his mind.
And now, President Trump, who has called global warming a “Chinese hoax” and pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, appears … Read the rest
At the Chicago Board of Trade, commodity prices for corn and soybeans have soared in recent days, as severe weather continues to hamper the spring planting season. Farmers across the Central United States report flooding and an unprecedented string of deadly tornadoes have left millions of acres of farmland impossible to sow. Environmentalist Bill McKibben … Read the rest
In the Central U.S., officials in seven states issued tornado warnings on Wednesday, making it the 14th straight day of severe weather that’s shattered previous records for the month of May. In just the last week alone, tornadoes have been linked to at least seven deaths and scores of injuries. Over the past 30 days, … Read the rest
As we watch the youth take to the streets over climate change, and read daily news reports on sea-level rise, glacier melt rates and the alarming amount of carbon in the atmosphere, many are left with a desire to act. Yet, the gravity of the climate crisis can seem overwhelming – especially for those who
The New York Times is reporting the Trump administration is ramping up its assault on climate science through a coordinated multi-agency effort. The National Climate Assessment will reportedly remove any worst-case scenario projections in upcoming reports, as well as set up a climate change review panel that would “question [the assessment’s] conclusions.”
In addition, the … Read the rest
In November 2017, a slave auction was broadcast around the world.
CNN journalists travelled to a town not far from Tripoli, Libya and captured shocking video footage of the sale of 12 Nigerian men.
This was not an isolated occurrence.
Many African people seeking to migrate via Libya to Europe through irregular channels – either … Read the rest
The first episode of Capitalisn’t, a new economics podcast by Kate Waldock, of Georgetown University, and Luigi Zingales, of the University of Chicago, contemplates a future in which Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg becomes president of the United States and revises antitrust law to make sure his company can never be broken up. Zingales, who was born … Read the rest