Warming streams and rivers could be disproportionately contributing to the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gases, according to a new study.
Warming rivers make marked contribution to global greenhouse gas levels
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In the ocean’s twilight zone, tiny organisms may have giant effect on Earth’s carbo cycle
Deep in the ocean’s twilight zone, swarms of ravenous single-celled organisms may be altering Earth’s carbon cycle in ways scientists never expected, according to a new study from Florida State University researchers.
Scientists lack vital knowledge on rapid Arctic climate change
Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best, according to a comprehensive review study from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers looked at thousands of scientific studies and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two research stations in the vast Arctic region.
US national parks have just as much air pollution as major cities
The air in US national parks contains just as much ozone pollution as the air in many of the country’s largest cities, according to a study published on 18 July in Science Advances.
Poor Air Quality Does Not Offset Exercise’s Heart Benefits
Even in areas with moderate-to-high levels of traffic pollution, regular physical activity reduced the risk of first and recurrent heart attack, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Suomi NPP Satellite Finds an Elongated Tropical Storm Ampil
Tropical Depression 12W formed in the Philippine Sea and NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite analyzed the storm in infrared light. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Ampil later on July 18.
