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High Arctic temperatures drive sea ice to record low
Posted by Discover: None Given on February 6th, 2016
Discover: The plot above shows how Arctic region air temperatures at about 3,000 feet above the surface varied from average in January 2016. The North Pole is at the center of map. The air temperature for the region at this height was about 13 degrees F above the 1981-2010 mean -- a record. At the surface, January saw an average temperature that was 11 degrees above normal, also a record. (National Snow and Ice Data Center, courtesy NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Physical Sciences Division)
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Blaze the Way for Biodiversity Research with BioTrails
Posted by Discover: None Given on June 12th, 2014
Discover: Our earth is home to approximately 9 million eukaryotic species. Plus or minus a million or so. While it’s a trifle embarrassing that we don’t know exactly how many or even what other inhabitants share our world, it’s no small task to enumerate the earth’s biodiversity. Biologists currently identify animals, plants, and fungi by careful observation- color patterns, morphological differences, distinct behaviors and other features that depend on an expertly trained human eye. But species are also uniquely...