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A Blooming Desert in the Heart of the Ocean

06.04.2017

Environment, Climate

How do algal blooms spread in areas where nutrients are scarce?

How does rock weathering affect the ocean's acidity?

First Oceans May Have Been Acidic

14.03.2017

Planetary Science, Environment, Climate

A model of ion flux in the oceans shows carbon dioxide driving ocean acidity

Tamir Klein tree group

Dr. Tamir Klein Sees the Forest and the Trees

16.01.2017

Biochemistry, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

Between his lab, the greenhouses and nearby forests, Klein hopes to understand how trees adapt

alagal bloom in the North Sea

The Winds of Viral Change

13.07.2015

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Environment, Climate

Sea breezes may play an unwitting role in the decimation of giant algal blooms

Satellite image showing a patch of bright waters associated with a bloom of phytoplankton in the Barents Sea off Norway. Image courtesy of Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Group at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

The Ocean’s Living Carbon Pumps

21.10.2014

Life Sciences, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate

Understanding how viruses attack giant algal blooms may help us understand their role in fixing global carbon

Convective clouds forming over the Amazon in a blanket smoke. Image: Prof. Ilan Koren

No Limits to Human Effects on Clouds

08.06.2014

Planetary Science, Environment, Climate

Weizmann Institute research shows how atmospheric particles affect cloud formation in real time

rain

Let it Rain

16.02.2012

Environment, Energy, Climate

Added particles in the atmosphere could be affecting rainfall patterns

Dr. Ilan Koren. In the clouds. Cloud photo: Tamar Deutsch

Eat, Prey, Rain

04.10.2011

Environment, Climate, Chemistry

What do a herd of gazelles and a fluffy mass of clouds have in common?

Satellite image of a marine stratocumulus system, courtesy of NASA

Self-Organizing Clouds

01.02.2011

Environment, Energy, Climate

Some marine cloud systems reveal a puzzling pattern: a nearly perfect grid of cloud cells with hexagonal shapes

Scientists Reveal Soot’s Role in Climate Change

Scientists Reveal Soot’s Role in Climate Change

14.08.2008

Environment, Climate

Scientists' findings may cause climatologists to rethink soot’s role in shaping the Earth’s climate. The scientists believe their findings may help...

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