Sugar molecule contributes to reconstruction of prehistoric fire
Credit: Laura Schreuder Little is currently known about how early humans first used fire. That will now change thanks to ...
Tag: Climate Change
100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the difference is growing
While 160 companies around the world have committed to use "100 percent renewable energy," that does not mean "100 percent ...
Energy storage in the Midwest and beyond: A timely analysis
From three MRS Energy & Sustainability papers As the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released an update to last year's ...
Climate change may make the arctic tundra a drier landscape
Lakes may shrink and some may disappearCredit: Figure prepared by Rebecca Finger Higgens. Imagery courtesy of Planet Labs, Inc. With ...
Marching for climate change may sway people’s beliefs and actions
Americans have a long tradition of taking to the streets to protest or to advocate for things they believe in. ...
Tiny fish live fast, die young
Credit: Images by Tane Sinclair-Taylor. New research has revealed that the short lives and violent deaths of some of coral ...
Engineered bacteria could be missing link in energy storage
ITHACA, N.Y. - One of the big issues with sustainable energy systems is how to store electricity that's generated from ...
GRACE data contributes to understanding of climate change
Expanded investigation through 2021 to be highly dependent on TACC supercomputing systemsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The University of Texas at Austin team ...
Plant stem cells require low oxygen levels
Plants function as the green lungs of our planet. Rightfully so, due to the capacity of a large single tree ...
Climate change affects the genetic diversity of a species
An analysis of the alpine marmot's genomeCredit: Carole and Denis Favre-Bonvin What effects does climate change have on the genetic ...
Progress in hunt for unknown compounds in drinking water
When we drink a glass of water, we ingest an unknown amount of by-products that are formed in the treatment ...
Social media data reveal benefits or threats to biodiversity by visitors to nature locations
Credit: Anna Hausmann Understanding how people use and experience important places for living nature is essential for effectively managing and ...
Table scraps can be used to reduce reliance on fossil fuels
Wasted food can be affordably turned into a clean substitute for fossil fuels. New technology developed by researchers at the ...
Swedish researchers encourage less flying, with new tool to highlight climate impact
Credit: Travel and Climate As the climate issue heats up, consumers are becoming more conscious of their impact on the ...
Quantum rebar: Quantum dots enhance stability of solar-harvesting perovskite crystals
Researchers demonstrate that perovskite crystals and quantum dots working together can increase stability of solar materialsCredit: Sanyang Han University of ...
Subtropical Storm Andrea gone girl
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Subtropical Storm Andrea was gone before the storm could ...
Global temperature change attributable to external factors, confirms new study
Researchers at the University of Oxford have confirmed that human activity and other external factors are responsible for the rise ...
Mapping the global distribution of phytoplankton
Credit: Meike Vogt und Jorge Martinez-Rey / ETH Zurich With some 10,000 to 20,000 different species in the world's oceans, ...
Plankton as a climate driver instead of the sun?
A new view on past climate changeCredit: A. Stuhr, GEOMAR. The climate history of the earth is marked by periodic ...
Chimpanzees at the crossroads: adapt to living outside protected areas
Research carried out into the impact of changes to chimpanzee habitats found they have adapted to human developments -- including ...
