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Some people see animals or omens in the clouds and landscape. We see letters.
The night is nowhere near as dark as most of us think. In fact, the Earth at night is never…
The amount of carbon dioxide that the ocean can take from the atmosphere is controlled by both natural cycles and…
Astronauts onboard the International Space Station capture nighttime photographs of city lights, spectacular evidence of humanity's existence, our distribution, and…
Most city dwellers worry about what the weather will do to their city, but for meteorologist Marshall Shepherd, the real…
An increase in plant growth can cool surface temperatures, give rise to more rain and cloud cover and lower the…
Stratospheric ozone depletion due to human activities has resulted in an increase of ultraviolet radiation on the Earth's surface. The…
In an effort to monitor major fluctuations in vegetation and understand how they affect the environment scientist use satellite remote…
Coccolithophores are one-celled marine plants that surround themselves with a microscopic plating made of limestone (calcite).
