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Using Machine Learning to Help Monitor Climate-Induced Hazards

Combining satellite technology with machine learning may allow scientists to better track and prepare for climate-induced natural hazards, according to research presented last month at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

Map of Ancient Ocean ‘Dead Zones’ Could Predict Future Locations, Impacts

Researchers have created a map of oceanic “dead zones” that existed during the Pliocene epoch, when the Earth’s climate was two to three degrees warmer than it is now.

Better Access to Sunlight Could Be Lifeline for Corals Worldwide, Study Finds

When it comes to preserving the world’s coral reefs, what’s going on above the surface is as important as what’s going on below it, according to new research conducted at Penn State.

A Big Step Toward ‘Green’ Ammonia and a ‘Greener’ Fertilizer

Industrial production of ammonia, primarily for synthetic fertilizer — the fuel for last century’s Green Revolution — is one of the world’s largest chemical markets, but also one of the most energy intensive.

Climate Warming Reduces Organic Carbon Burial Beneath Oceans

An international team of scientists painstakingly gathered data from more than 50 years of seagoing scientific drilling missions to conduct a first-of-its-kind study of organic carbon that falls to the bottom of the ocean and gets drawn deep inside the planet.