Katarina Samurović

Katarina Samurović is an environmental analyst and a freelance science writer. She has a special interest in biodiversity, ecoclimatology, biogeography, trees, and insects.

The Spilhaus Endless Ocean Map Projection

Katarina Samurović

However, in 1942, a South African meteorologist, oceanographer, and inventor Athelstan Spilhaus created the world’s first fully ocean-centered map projection. 

“Adopt A Pixel” to Help Landsat Science

Katarina Samurović

Adopt A Pixel program has existed for quite some time - from 2013 - in the form of a web service which allowed users to upload geospatially tagged landscape images to complement the remote sensing collections.

Study Discovers That This Methane Depleting Atmospheric Molecule Can Recycle Itself

Katarina Samurović

The hydroxyl radical’s reactivity has earned it the nickname “air detergent” - because of the way it effectively breaks down other gasses in the atmosphere, especially methane.

Measuring the Neutrino Tomography of Earth

Katarina Samurović

In November of 2018, an international team of physicists managed to measure Earth’s mass by using neutrino tomography and the data captured by the South Pole’s IceCube Neutrino Observatory.

Virga. Photo: White Sands National Monument, NPS.

What is Negative Rainfall?

Katarina Samurović

Negative rain(fall) occurs when a particular area experiences more atmospheric evaporation than water downpour over a period of time.