Tag: Climate Change

Credit: Francesca Samsel and Greg Abram Freshwater is accumulating in the Arctic Ocean. The Beaufort Sea, which is the largest ...

DOD selects NPS to advance research in environmental resilience and surprise

Credit: U.S. Navy Illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico The Department of Defense's (DOD) Strategic Environmental ...

UH geologists search for remains of lost ocean beneath earth’s surface

Team awarded 2.5 million CPU hours on NSF-funded supercomputer to conduct researchCredit: University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and ...

Expanded Frontera supercomputer to support urgent computing

National Science Foundation, Dell Technologies and Intel support extra capacity for emergency responsesCredit: TACC Frontera -- the 9th fastest supercomputer ...

Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences

The award has gone in this thirteenth edition to the two scientists who developed new nanomaterials with applications in solar ...

Using genes to improve greenhouse gases conversion

Credit: UQ AIBN Greenhouse gas waste from factories could be turned into environmentally-friendly chemicals and fuels under an international project ...

Researchers use new tool to study stress in root-colonizing bacteria

Tapping into a plant's microbiome may protect it from harsh growing conditionsCredit: Matt Jensen LOGAN, UTAH -- One solution to ...

Mangrove forests store more carbon when they’re more diverse

Credit: Guanghui Lin. Mangrove forests with greater species diversity can store more carbon, according to new research published in the ...

Oxidation processes in combustion engines and in the atmosphere take the same routes

Efficient autoxidation chain reactions demonstrated for the substance group of saturated hydrocarbonsCredit: Torsten Berndt, TROPOS Thuwal/Helsinki/Leipzig. Alkanes, an important component ...

Transforming urban systems: Toward sustainability

Synthesis of five frameworks seeks to advance global urban scienceCredit: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program Urban areas are on the rise ...

‘Problem of missing ice’ finally solved by movement of the earth’s crust

A new global ice sheet reconstruction for the past 80,000 yearsCredit: NIOZ, Kim Sauter During ice ages, the global mean ...

Microbiome boost may help corals resist bleaching

Climate impacts drive east-west divide in forest seed production

Western forests may be less able to regenerate following large-scale diebacksCredit: USGS DURHAM, N.C. -- Younger, smaller trees that comprise ...

CABBI researchers challenge the CRP status quo to mitigate fossil fuels

A team led by sustainability theme leader Madhu Khanna suggests a new use for land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve ...

Synthesis of a rare metal complex of nitrous oxide opens new vistas for

Credit: Monika Stolar and Chris Gendy Like its chemical relative carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse ...

The perfect recipe for efficient perovskite solar cells

Credit: HZB/Jinzhao Li They have improved a process for vertically depositing a solution made from an inexpensive perovskite solute onto ...

There is no one-size-fits-all road to sustainability on “Patchwork Earth”

Science and policy need to incorporate diversity and complexity of the world when thinking about a sustainable futureCredit: McGill University ...

Rapid evolution may help species adapt to climate change and competition

Credit: Washington State University VANCOUVER, Wash. - Loss of biodiversity in the face of climate change is a growing worldwide ...

New study on the forecasting of extreme rainfall events in Mediterranean countries

Researchers at the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts and TU Freiberg develop a framework to better predict extreme rainfall ...

Drones used to locate dangerous, unplugged oil wells