UCI researchers: Climate change will alter the position of the Earth’s tropical rain belt
Irvine, Calif. — Future climate change will cause a regionally uneven shifting of the tropical rain belt – a narrow band of heavy precipitation near the equator – according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions. This development may threaten food security for billions of people. In a study published today […]
Understanding origins of Arizona’s Sunset Crater eruption of 1,000 years ago
IMAGE: Around 1085 AD, along the southern rim of Northern Arizona’s elevated Colorado Plateau, a volcano erupted, forever changing ancient Puebloan fortunes and all nearby life. Today, ASU School of Earth… view more Credit: U.S. Geological Survey Around 1085 AD, along the southern rim of Northern Arizona’s elevated Colorado Plateau, a volcano erupted, forever changing ancient […]
Decrease in fossil-fuel CO2 emissions due to COVID-19 detected by atmospheric observations
IMAGE: Birds-eye view photo of Hateruma Island (left) and the monitoring station on the island (right). view more Credit: NIES Tracking emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases by atmospheric observations is a major challenge for policymaking, such as the Paris Agreement. Huge atmospheric observation networks comprised of a variety of platforms including satellites have been developed to […]
