It’s well known that air travel impacts the climate. U.S. aircraft account for 11% of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. And as the EPA announced just last month, aircraft emissions contribute to climate change and “endanger the public health and welfare of...
Yearly Cycle of Earth’s Biosphere (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) When you think of government websites, cutting edge technology and beautiful design are probably not the first things that come to mind. More likely, your stereotype is closer to...
Today we have satellite images that let us see how the Earth’s surface changes from year to year. That’s a short time frame on the scale of planetary shifts, but the images still show some striking trends, such as the...
Scientists have now confirmed that how fracking wastewater injection causes induces earthquakes. Last year the U.S. Geological Survey released a flurry of reports on the topic of human-induced earthquakes. It is now clear there is a connection between oil/gas extraction and...