Streets and other built surfaces in the region absorbed and retained heat long after sunset and grew hotter over many days of persistent high temperatures.
NASA Data Shows Fierce Surface Temperatures During Phoenix Heat Wave
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Nitrogen Runoff Strategies Complicated by Climate Change
As climate change progresses, rising temperatures may impact nitrogen runoff from land to lakes and streams more than projected increases in total and extreme precipitation for most of the continental United States, according to new research from a team of Carnegie climate scientists led by Gang Zhao and Anna Michalak published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In the Treetops: USU Ecology Doctoral Student Studies Canopy Soil Abundance, Chemistry
When we think of soil, most of us think of dirt on the ground.
Pause in Recent Coral Recovery on Much of Great Barrier Reef
In-water monitoring by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) shows hard coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef remains at similar levels to that recorded in 2022, with small decreases in the Northern, Central and Southern regions.
The History and Future of Ancient Einkorn Wheat Is Written in Its Genes
An international team of researchers led by UMD scientists have sequenced the complete genome for einkorn wheat, the world’s first domesticated crop and traced its evolutionary history.
NASA Helps Spot Wine Grape Disease From Skies Above California
In a case study, scientists detected the costly infection in cabernet sauvignon grapevines before they showed symptoms visible to the human eye.
