Winners and losers: Climate change will shift vegetation
Projected global warming will likely decrease the extent of temperate drylands by a third over the remainder of the 21st century coupled with an increase...
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Cutting-edge cameras reveal the secret life of dolphins
Loading video... Credit: The University of Sydney A world-first study testing new underwater cameras on wild dolphins has given researchers the best view yet into...
Prestigious international environmental prize awarded to Mexican scientist-statesman
(ReAgency) In the past, Mexico's rainforests suffered extensive logging and were in grave danger.But Mexican ecologist Professor José Sarukhán was able to convince the then-President...
Experiments call origin of Earth’s iron into question
Credit: Designed by Laura Martin/The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences. Images 1 and 2 from NASA/JPL-Caltech, Image 3 from X-Science, Earth...
Waste silicon sawdust recycled into anode for lithium-ion battery
Credit: Hirotomo Nishihara Researchers have created a high performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) using waste silicon (Si) sawdust. It is energy-consuming and expensive...
Understanding ‘glass relaxation’ and why it’s important for next-generation displays
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 21, 2017 -- Next-generation displays will feature increased resolution and performance, but getting there will require a shift to smaller individual pixel...
Legal marijuana sales creating escalating damage to the environment
Marijuana sales have created an economic boom in U.S. states that have fully or partially relaxed their cannabis laws, but is the increased cultivation and...