Genetic differences between global American Crocodile populations identified in DNA analysis
(University of Bristol) A genetic analysis of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) has re-established our understanding of its population structure, aiding its conservation. The collaborative study spanning seven countries and led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and University of Bristol researchers is published in PLOS ONE.
Covid-19 and climate change: Why we need to remember what we’ve lost – Vox.com
For as long as I’ve followed global warming, advocates and activists have shared a certain faith: When the impacts get really bad, people will act. Maybe it will be an especially destructive hurricane, heat wave, or flood. Maybe it will…
How do waterspouts form?
Waterspouts are essentially tornadoes that form over water. They can and do form over all the world’s oceans. In the U.S., they’re most common near the Florida Keys and in the Gulf of Mexico.
Pesky Facts Disprove Ridiculous New Jersey Climate Report
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) unveiled an alarming climate report last week that is so outrageous that climate realists should print copies and use it to win over alarmists. The media, nevertheless, are trumpeting without scrutiny the…
TECHNOLOGY: Energy alchemy: Business to turn waste into hydrogen fuel
To most people, the so-called hydrogen economy is still a blurry dream: the assembly of an emission-free global energy system based on the world’s simplest, lightest and most abundant element. And the hope is that by 2050, various uses of it will emerge to limit the dangers of climate change.
ANTARCTICA: Why is the South Pole warming so quickly? It’s complicated
Remote Antarctica may feel like the most isolated place on Earth. Secluded at the bottom of the world and surrounded by the turbulent Southern Ocean, in many ways it’s a step into another world.
INVESTIGATION: Disaster loans foster disparities in Black communities
A federal program approves twice as many disaster loans in white areas than in Black communities. The practice is perpetuating disparities in wealth among Black Americans.
Dusty sunrises and sunsets over U.S. South
See the layers of dust set against this South Carolina sunset? That dust came from Africa’s Sahara Desert. It traveled across the Atlantic Ocean this month to cause dusty skies across the U.S. south and into Texas.
10 great places to see meteor showers in the US
Looking for an awesome place to watch meteor showers in the U.S.? AccuWeather – and the editors of EarthSky – recommend these 10 places.
Global Warming Is Melting Our Sense of Time – New York Magazine
Satellite image of smoke from active fires burning near the Eastern Siberian town of Verkhoyansk, Russia, on June 23, 2020. Photo: Handout/NASA Earth Observatory On June 20, in the small Siberian town of Verkhoyansk, north of the Arctic Circle, a…
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