Climate

hot water

How Hot Was the Ocean?

19.08.2019

Environment, Climate

Isotopes in iron oxides laid down two billion years ago hold clues to the conditions in which they were created

diatoms

Survival of the Fewest

08.08.2019

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

How do a handful of marine microorganisms live through a major crash?

Ice formation

Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?

14.03.2019

Chemistry, Climate

New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both

Yatir station

Standing up to the Heat

10.01.2019

Plants and Agriculture, Climate

A new method of measuring how forests moderate the climate gets tested under extreme conditions

satellites

CT for Clouds: A Fleet of Micro-Satellites Will See into the Smallest Clouds

17.12.2018

Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Environment, Climate

An Israeli-German mission to launch a formation of ten tiny satellites that use medically-inspired CT algorithms to answer climate questions wins a €...

Fragments of phytoplankton outer shell

In Passing, Plankton Reach the Clouds

25.10.2018

Planetary Science, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate

When viral infection wipes out an algal bloom, fragments may turn airborne, increasing clouds and cooling the surface below

Illustration: Trees in Africa

Dry but Fruitful: Semi-Arid Forests Could Offset Climate Change

29.01.2018

Environment, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

Planting trees in some surprising places could increase rainfall and lower atmospheric carbon

Google Earth map displaying storm tracks in the North Atlantic region

Off Track: How Storms Will Veer in a Warmer World

13.11.2017

Planetary Science, Climate

Weizmann Institute of Science research uncovers the internal mechanisms driving storms toward the poles

Dr. Daniella Schatz and Prof. Assaf Vardi

Algae Open “Message in a Bottle” at Their Own Risk

09.11.2017

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Environment, Environment, Climate

Are tiny packages of cellular material helping the algal cells or the viruses that infect them?

dust storm

The Dust Storm Microbiome

27.06.2017

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Environment, Climate

Wind from the desert brings more than dust

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