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From the skies above to the ocean depths and all the land in between, we publish the latest in meteorological research on the most pressing issues surrounding climate change. The Earth is a wonderful place; so much has been studied yet so much remains unknown. Modern Sciences showcases the latest in news and featured pieces about the little blue dot in the universe that we call “home.”
How to use free satellite data to monitor natural disasters and environmental changes
Over 8,000 satellites are orbiting Earth today, capturing images like this, of the Louisiana coast. NASA Earth Observatory…
The flap of a butterfly’s wings: why autumn is not a good time to predict if El Niño is coming
Shutterstock Nandini Ramesh, CSIRO Remember the butterfly effect? It was a popular summary of chaos theory suggesting a…
New Theory Proposes Novel Explanation For Volcanic Eruptions
The research paper discusses internal and external energy concerning seismic events and volcanic formations. Internal energy is the…
Kerosene-Eating Yeast Could Help Clean Up Environmental Pollution
Scientists have discovered that a species of yeast called Saccharomyces exiguus can use kerosene as a source of…
Cyclone Freddy was the most energetic storm on record. Is it a harbinger of things to come?
NOAA / AP Thomas Mortlock, UNSW Sydney On February 4, a storm off the north-west coast of Australia…
Water In our Solar System Formed Billions of Years Before the Sun, Scientists Find
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found water in the circumstellar disk of a nearby…
The Science of Rivers
For being surface features of the Earth that seem to have always been there since the dawn of…
The Western United States Blew Up Millions of Years Ago Because of Magma. Why Were There No Extinctions?
An event known as the Mid-Tertiary ignimbrite flare-up caused several volcanic eruptions across the western United States during…
Four ways that fossils are part of everyday life
The building blocks of the Giza pyramids contain trillions of fossilised remains of an ocean-dwelling organism called foraminifera.…
La Niña is finishing an extremely unusual three-year cycle – here’s how it affected weather around the world
El Niño was given its name by Peruvian fishermen. Christian Vinces / shutterstock William Roberts, Northumbria University, Newcastle…