How Ants Inspired a New Way to Measure Snow With Space Lasers
Photons wander through snow like ants through a nest. That inspired a clever new NASA technique for measuring the fluffy stuff from orbit. ..
Photons wander through snow like ants through a nest. That inspired a clever new NASA technique for measuring the fluffy stuff from orbit. ..
New research shows that dry weather is coming on more quickly than before, with little advance warning. It could devastate farmers. ..
A long-term study of a marsh was meant to ask whether rising levels of CO2 could help wetlands thrive despite rising seas. The plants aren’t keeping ..
In Oregon, the tree-killing Humongous Fungus never would have gotten so large without the accidental help of modern fire suppression tactics. ..
Scientists have discovered “proto-peat” forming in the Arctic as the Earth naturally sequesters carbon, but it could take centuries to mature. ..
Although real-world data is scant, proponents say robotics and AI will soon revolutionize agriculture. ..
NASA’s EMIT mission will better analyze the grime from dust-spewing regions, a critically understudied factor in climate change. ..
Climate change and human activity are destroying the layers of fungi, lichen, and bacteria that protect deserts from erosion. ..
Suits by states and environmentalists are contesting a USPS contract to buy 165,000 trucks, the majority of which get only 8.6 miles per gallon. ..
The technique uses plants as fuel and sequesters the emitted CO2, removing it from the atmosphere. But scaling up would use gobs of water and land. ..