– A big increase in reports of Asian tiger shrimp along the U.S. Southeast coast and in the Gulf of Mexico has federal biologists worried the species is encroaching on native species’ territory.
Plume from the Karymsky Volcano
– One of the Kamchatka Peninsula’s most active volcanoes continues to erupt.
DC3: Chemistry of thunderstorms
Originally Published by ScienceDaily – The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field campaign will use an airport in Salina, Kansas, as a base to explore the impact of large thunderstorms on the concentration of ozone and other substances in the upper troposphere.
Microsoft to go carbon neutral
– Tech giant commits to making data centres, air travel and offices carbon neutral by July.
Global warming heats up tornado debate
– Speculation is rife that a recent glut of killer tornadoes is a sign of rising temperatures.
A Decade of Earth Observations
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory – Aqua is still going strong.
A Mélange of Ice
– IceBridge returns to the Arctic to assess the health of the region’s ice.
Global warming: New research blames economic growth
– It’s a message not many want to hear: to slow down global warming, we’ll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world’s economies work.
China launches Beidou satellites
Originally Published by BBC – China has moved a step closer to completing its own navigation and positioning satellite network Beidou with the launch of two more navigation satellites.
To Kick Climate Change, Replace Corn With Pastured Beef
– A study by Stanford University and Purdue University researchers looks at how America’s vast annual corn crop will likely fare as the climate warms up over the next 30 years.