Eighteen years after restoring flow to an important section of the Roanoke River, populations of key species are growing.
June 2022: U.S. Dominated by Remarkable Heat, Dryness
Nation struck with 9 separate billion-dollar disasters so far this year
Researchers Rediscover Oak Tree Thought to Be Extinct
Botanical researchers representing a coalition of more than 10 institutions have discovered an oak tree once thought to be extinct, and now in immediate need of conservation within Big Bend National Park in Texas.
Carbon Conservation Efforts Would be Enhanced by Highlighting Threatened Forest Primates
Efforts to conserve the carbon stored in tropical forests would be enhanced by linking the work to the charismatic, threatened primates that live there, Oregon State University ecologists assert today in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Size Matters: Examining the Effect of Body Size on Birth Rates in North Atlantic Right Whales
Today, fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales remain.
Ozone Depletion Over North Pole Produces Weather Anomalies
Many people are familiar with the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, but what is less well known is that occasionally, the protective ozone in the stratosphere over the Arctic is destroyed as well, thinning the ozone layer there.
PSU, WSU Researchers to Study Atmospheric Ridges, a Factor in Pacific Northwest’s Extreme Weather Events
Last year's record-breaking heatwave, recent droughts and the 2020 Labor Day megafires that swept across Oregon and Washington all share a contributing factor: atmospheric ridges, or elongated regions of high pressure relative to their surroundings that are typically associated with warm and dry conditions at the surface.
NASA Air Pollution Instrument Completes Satellite Integration
On June 30, crews successfully completed the first fully integrated powered testing of the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), instrument on Intelsat IS40e at Maxar Technologies' satellite manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California.
UK ‘Flying Blind’ on Effects of Solar Storms, Warn Researchers Developing First UK Space Weather Monitor in a Generation
The UK is close to having its first ground-based space weather monitor in a generation, amid warnings of potentially catastrophic solar storms which could knock out power across the planet, and ‘fry’ electronic communications systems.
Natural Gas is Key to WVU Engineer’s Vision for Clean Hydrogen Energy
More than 50 years after scientists first coined the term "hydrogen economy," the movement to make hydrogen a predominant global fuel source could be gaining traction thanks to research led by one West Virginia University engineer.