Mars might support microbial life, deep underground
New research suggests that the Mars underground has the right ingredients for present-day microbial life.
UAlbany Meteorologist: NOAA’s Observed Warming Trend a Sign of Global Climate Change – Newswise
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 6, 2021) – A new report released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that the United States is getting warmer and parts of it are getting wetter. NOAA’s “new normals” set of…
Chinese rover Zhurong to attempt to land on Mars this month
The Chinese Tianwen-1 missionâs Zhurong rover will attempt to land on the surface of Mars in mid-May 2021.
New study tracked large sharks during hurricanes
(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) MIAMI–A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science tracked large sharks in Miami and The Bahamas to understand how these migratory animals respond to major storms, like hurricanes.
Nature is Critical to Slowing Climate Change, But It Can Only Do So If We Help It First – InsideClimate News
No matter how many solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars are built between now and 2030, the world won’t meet its increasingly ambitious climate targets without a lot of help from forests, fields and oceans. “Achieving net-zero by 2050…
New GSA Bulletin articles published ahead of print in April
(Geological Society of America) The Geological Society of America regularly publishes articles online ahead of print. For April, GSA Bulletin topics include multiple articles about the dynamics of China and Tibet; the Bell River hypothesis that proposes that an ancestral, transcontinental river occupied much of northern North America during the Cenozoic Era; new findings in the climatic history during one of Earth’s coldest periods: The Late Paleozoic Ice Age; and the age an nature of the Chicxulub impact crater.
Breakthrough study shows no-take marine reserves benefit overfished reefs
(Wildlife Conservation Society) A powerful, long-term study from WCS adds scientific backing for global calls for conserving 30 percent of the world’s ocean.
Changing specialisation to cope with climate change | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal – voxeu.org
Bruno Conte, Klaus Desmet, Dávid Krisztián Nagy, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg 04 May 2021 In discussing trade policy in the context of climate change, some people are quick to argue that trade might have to be restricted. After all, trade involves transportation,…
Biden Slamming The Door Shut On Much-Needed U.S. Mining
Early on, President Joe Biden promised multitudes of “good-paying, union jobs” to fuel his massive push for wind and solar-powered electric vehicles, EV charging stations, and the tiny portion of his “infrastructure” package that actually involves road and bridge construction….
NYUAD study sequences genome of extinct date palms germinated from 2,000 year-old seeds
(New York University) Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology have successfully sequenced the genome of previously extinct date palm varieties that lived more than 2,000 years ago.
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