Increased atmospheric moisture may alter critical weather patterns over Africa, making it more difficult for the predecessors of many Atlantic hurricanes to form, according to a new study published this month.
Dampening the “Seeds” of Hurricanes
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Home Reef Volcano Grows
Dry land is ephemeral at Home Reef, a mid-ocean volcano in the central Tonga islands.
New Tool Enables Faster, More Cost-Effective Genome Editing of Traits to Improve Agriculture Sustainability
With the goal of reducing the time and cost it takes to bring an improved crop to the marketplace to improve agriculture sustainability, research conducted in the laboratory of Keith Slotkin, PhD, and with his collaborator, Veena Veena, PhD, director of the Plant Transformation Facility, was recently published in the scientific journal Nature.
Climate Change to Shift Tropical Rains Northward
A study led by a UC Riverside atmospheric scientist predicts that unchecked carbon emissions will force tropical rains to shift northward in the coming decades, which would profoundly impact agriculture and economies near the Earth's equator.
Antarctic Ice Shelves Hold Twice as Much Meltwater As Previously Thought
Slush – water-soaked snow – makes up more than half of all meltwater on the Antarctic ice shelves during the height of summer, yet is poorly accounted for in regional climate models.
In the Grip of Global Heat
It’s only the beginning of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere, but Earth is already roasting.
