How Many Countries Are There?
The answer to the question of how many countries there are in the world remains a question with many different possible answers.
Monitoring Crop Production Via Satellite
To cope with ever-changing agricultural needs and conditions, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (or NASS) uses data from Landsat to monitor crops in the contiguous United States.
Connecting Fragmented Habitat Improves Biodiversity
Researchers found that connecting natural corridors of habitat to one another promotes biodiversity in the plants and animals that are able to thrive in those locations.
Sunny Day Flooding is Increasing
Research has shown that the instances of tidal flooding have increased on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts of the United States by 300-925% since the 1960s.
Looking at Centuries of California’s Climate to Understand Fire Risk
Using climate models and centuries of paleoclimate data (between 1571 to 2013), researchers looked at moisture patterns and atmospheric wind conditions to assess future fire danger in California.
South Atlantic Humpback Whale Population Rebounds from Near-Extinction
Recent research and updated methods of counting and tracking whale populations has shown an increase in humpback numbers located in the South Atlantic.
How Refugia Will Protect Some Animals and Plants from Climate Change
Scientists and conservationists are working to find refuge areas, known as refugia, in order to further land management plans and climate change predictions.
How Goats in Samothraki are Increasing Landslides
Overgrazing by the island’s large goat population has left Samothraki’s hills and valleys unprotected by vegetation, making them vulnerable to landslides and erosion from heavy rainfall and other weather.
Researchers Find Thriving Bee Populations in Power Line Corridors
Researchers have found that the bee populations located in the power line corridors were nearly ten times as high as the bee populations living in the more forested areas nearby.
How Much Carbon Dioxide are the Oceans Absorbing?
New research has shown that the world’s oceans, which comprise over 70% of the Earth’s surface, are absorbing more atmospheric carbon dioxide than researchers first estimated.
More Frequent and Intense Tropical Storms Can Change the Geography and Ecology of Coastlines
Researchers with the University of North Carolina’s Institute of Marine Sciences have studied tropical cyclones that have impacted North Carolina in a 120 year period.
Using Satellites to Map Air Pollution from Wildfires
The Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission is designed to monitor pollutants entering the atmosphere because of major forest fires.