Tag: Climate Change

November 6, 2020

Scientists are racing to collect and conserve wild banana species; a recent expedition to the epicenter of banana diversity shows ...

Shifts in water temperatures affect eating habits of larval tuna at critical life stage

Credit: Cedric Guigand NEWPORT, Ore. - Small shifts in ocean temperature can have significant effects on the eating habits of ...

Corn and other crops are not adapted to benefit from elevated carbon dioxide levels

Credit: WEST project The U.S. backs out of the Paris climate agreement even as carbon dioxide (CO2) levels continue to ...

Metal pollution in British waters may be threatening scallops, study reveals

Metal pollution from historic mining appears to be weakening scallop shells and threatening marine ecosystems in an area off the ...

AU researcher receives massive EU grant to investigate alternative climate solutions

The European Research Council has awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy grant of DKK 70 million to a research project headed ...

Story tips: Ice breaker data, bacterial breakdown, catching heat and finding order

Credit: U.S. Dept. of Energy ARM User Facility Climate - Ice breaker data With the conclusion of an unprecedented yearlong ...

Biological clock and extra gene pairs control important plant functions

New understanding of circadian rhythms could be key to better cropsCredit: Illustration by Kathleen Greenham. HANOVER, N.H. - November 5, ...

?NTU scientists develop energy-saving ‘liquid window’

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a liquid window panel that can ...

The biggest trees capture the most carbon: Large trees dominate carbon storage in forests

Large-diameter trees make up 3% of total stems, but account for 42% of total carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forest ...

Better health – for people and the planet – grows on trees

Tropical fruit trees can improve health, reduce hunger, boost incomes and fight climate change; so why don't we grow and ...

Magma ‘conveyor belt’ fuelled world’s longest erupting supervolcanoes

November 4, 2020

Credit: Pixabay International research led by geologists from Curtin University has found that a volcanic province in the Indian Ocean ...

Crown-of-thorns eat themselves out of house and home

November 4, 2020

Credit: Morgan Pratchett. A world-first study on the Great Barrier Reef shows crown-of-thorns starfish have the ability to find their ...

What’s for dinner? Dolphin diet study

November 3, 2020

Ecology of NZ Hauraki Gulf shows signs of strainCredit: Cetacean Ecology Research Group (CERG), Massey University More evidence has emerged ...

First comprehensive major reference work on porous materials in 20 years

November 3, 2020

In-depth coverage of the state-of-the-art of the synthesis, manufacturing, modelling and key applications of porous materials in four volumesCredit: World ...

Self-watering soil could transform farming

Credit: University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- A new type of soil created by engineers at The University ...

Genomic data ‘catches corals in the act’ of speciation and adaptation

Credit: Forsman, et al. (2020) A new study led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine ...

To predict how crops cope with changing climate, 30 years of experiments simulate future

Credit: University of Illinois Five years ago, the United Nations committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger ...

Building cities with wood would store half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions

Slowly increasing the use of wood in European construction could increase the carbon storage of buildings by 420 million CO2 ...

Future lake food webs in subarctic have more biomass and contain more omega-3 fatty acids

October 30, 2020

Credit: Kimmo Kahilainen & Brian Hayden Subarctic regions are facing rapid changes in climate and land-use intensity. An international research ...

Flash graphene rocks strategy for plastic waste