Science Surfing Earth

Space Weather News

By Science News

Updated daily, this Web site provides news of activity in the sun-Earth environment, including solar wind, sunspot, and solar flare data, along with information on near-Earth asteroids, geomagnetic storms, and more.

Go to: http://www.spaceweather.com/

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  1. A photo of a city street with over large bits of microplastics overlaying the image.
    Health & Medicine

    Microplastics are in our bodies. Here’s why we don’t know the health risks

    By Anne Pinto-Rodrigues
  2. A flooded street with stormy skies overhead
    Climate

    By flying over atmospheric rivers, scientists aim to improve forecasts

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. A close-up of rice plants
    Agriculture

    Martian soil may have all the nutrients rice needs

    By Nikk Ogasa
  4. A photo of a remotely operated vehicle exploring the Mariana Trench. It appears as a cube hovering over a lighter blue patch surrounded by darkness.
    Oceans

    50 years ago, researchers discovered a leak in Earth’s oceans

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  5. An illustration of Earth's center with lines running through it from on overlay map of North America.
    Earth

    Earth’s inner core may be more complex than researchers thought

    By Carolyn Gramling
  6. An illustration of a planet crashing into Earth, setitng off a huge explosion and launching chunks of rock into space
    Earth

    A moon-forming cataclysm could have also triggered Earth’s plate tectonics

    By Nikk Ogasa
  7. An overhead image of tomatoes in four crates.
    Agriculture

    Dry farming could help agriculture in the western U.S. amid climate change

    By Katherine Kornei
  8. a huge column of smoke reaching into the stratosphere over Australia
    Climate

    How wildfires deplete the Earth’s ozone layer

    By Carolyn Gramling

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