An anonymous reader quotes Nature:
The race to engineer the next-generation banana is on. The Colombian government confirmed last month that a banana-killing fungus has invaded the Americas — the source of much of the world’s banana supply. The invasion has given new urgency to efforts to create fruit that can withstand the scourge. Scientists are using a mix of approaches to…
Tag: Tropical
Earth’s Oceans Are Getting Hotter and Higher, And It’s Accelerating, UN Report Warns
According to a new report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ocean warming is accelerating and sea levels are rising more quickly. “The report is a synthesis of the most up-to-date climate science on oceans and ice, and it lays out a stark reality: Ocean surface temperatures have been warming steadily since 1970, and for the past 25 years…
Why Is Earth So Biologically Diverse? Mountains Hold the Answer
omfglearntoplay shares a report from ScienceDaily: What determines global patterns of biodiversity has been a puzzle for scientists since the days of von Humboldt, Darwin, and Wallace. Yet, despite two centuries of research, this question remains unanswered. The global pattern of mountain biodiversity, and the extraordinarily high richness in tropical mountains in particular, is documented in two companion Science review papers…
Texas Is Drowning Under One of the Wettest Storms in US History
Tropical storm Imelda is bringing historic and devastating flooding to southeastern Texas, just two years after Hurricane Harvey flooded the same part of the state. Source: https://www.livescience.com/imelda-catastrophic-flooding-texas.html
Fomalhaut: The loneliest star
It’s also sometimes called the autumn star for us in the Northern Hemisphere. In its large dark patch of sky, only Fomalhaut shines brightly. Here’s how to see it. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/solitary-fomalhaut-guards-the-southern-sky…
Harvest Moon on Friday the 13th
For the Northern Hemisphere, the September 2019 full moon is the closest full moon to the September autumn equinox, so it counts as the Northern Hemisphere’s full Harvest Moon. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/harvest-moon-on-friday-the-13th…
Hurricane Dorian: Why it’s so destructive
Dorian, the 2nd most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record, has devastated the Bahamas, with the death toll expected to rapidly rise as rescue work gets under way. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/hurricane-dorian-why-its-so-destructive…
Another Tropical Storm Could Hit Parts of Mexico and Texas This Week
A second, smaller tropical storm may make landfall in North America this week. Source: https://www.livescience.com/tropical-storm-fernand-mexico.html
Tropical Storm Dorian Just Turned into a Hurricane
Dorian might strengthen to a Category 3 Hurricane before hitting Florida. Source: https://www.livescience.com/tropical-storm-dorian-turns-hurricane.html
Why the Amazon is burning: 4 reasons
Nearly 40,000 fires are incinerating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Apocalyptic as this sounds, science suggests it’s not too late to save the Amazon. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/amazon-rainforest-fires-burning-4-reasons-why…