EMIT delivers first-of-a-kind maps of minerals in Earth’s dust-source areas, enabling scientists to model the fine particles’ role in climate change and more.
NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions
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New NASA Satellite To Unravel Mysteries About Clouds, Aerosols
Some of the same properties of light and optics that make the sky blue and cause rainbows can also help scientists unlock mysteries about cloud formation and the effects of tiny particles in our air.
This Adaptive Roof Tile Can Cut Both Heating and Cooling Costs
About half of an average American building’s energy consumption is spent on heating and cooling.
New AI Method Counts Manatee Clusters in Real Time
Manatees are endangered species volatile to the environment.
‘Green Roads’ Are Plowing Ahead, Buffering Drought and Floods
Makueni County, a corner of southern Kenya that’s home to nearly a million people, is a land of extremes. Nine months a year, Makueni is a hardened, sun-scorched place where crops struggle and plumes of orange dust billow from dirt roads.
The Solar Forest
A new Weizmann Institute study shows that building solar farms in arid regions is a far more effective way to tackle the climate crisis than planting forests.
