The Future of the Carbon Cycle in a Changing Climate - Eos
WEBFeb 20, 2020 · Fig. 1. Carbon fluxes (in gigatons of carbon per year, GtCyr-1) of major anthropogenic sources (positive) and natural sinks (negative) demonstrate the corresponding increases in both from 1850 to ...
The Climate and Health Impacts of Gasoline and Diesel Emissions
WEBApr 28, 2020 · New research tallies the effects of gas- and diesel-burning vehicle emissions on the climate, as well as on human health. Together, the emissions cause more than 200,000 premature deaths each year.
The Looming Crisis of Sinking Ground in Mexico City - Eos
WEBApr 22, 2021 · The ground in Mexico City is sinking at a rate of almost 50 centimeters (20 inches) per year, and it’s not stopping anytime soon, nor will it rebound, say Chaussard et al. in a new study ...
A 1.4-Billion-Pixel Map of the Gulf of Mexico Seafloor - Eos
WEBMay 24, 2017 · A new bathymetry map, created by integrating many 3-D seismic surveys, reveals the Gulf of Mexico’s seafloor in unprecedented detail. Above is a snippet of this map, roughly 220 kilometers wide ...
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An Unbroken Record of Climate During the Age of Dinosaurs
WEBMay 17, 2021 · The second phase, SK-2, was completed in 2014–2018 in Anda County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province. SK-2 drilled to a depth of 7,018 meters, the deepest ever by an ICDP project at the time ...
The Effect of Coral Bleaching Events in the Great Barrier Reef
WEBMay 31, 2019 · The heat stress made corals eject the symbiotic algae that live alongside the hard coral skeleton. When the algae leave, the remaining coral becomes a stark white color in a process known as ...
Have You Seen Ball Lightning? Scientists Want to Know About It
WEBJul 15, 2021 · Eyewitness accounts describe hovering balls of light typically about 20 centimeters in diameter, roughly the size of a bowling ball. The balls appear white, yellow, orange, blue, or (rarely) green ...
Nuclear Winter May Bring a Decade of Destruction - Eos
WEBSep 27, 2019 · Nuclear winter would follow a prolonged series of nuclear explosions in urban areas. The more than 2,000 nuclear explosions that have already detonated have largely been in unpopulated areas, such ...
A Geologist’s Guide to Exploring and Understanding Iceland
WEBNov 5, 2020 · A new book explores the geophysical processes that have shaped Iceland over 30 million years and continue to influence the landscape. The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 disrupted air ...