For cleaner air, water, and soil
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski The air around us is still getting more and more polluted. No wonder many scientists ...
Tag: Climate Change
Super-fast AI system installed at KIT
One of the most powerful AI computer systems in Europe now supports scientists in solving humanity's problemsCredit: Photo: Simon Raffeiner ...
New study sparks fresh call for seagrass preservation
An increase in carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to 5 million cars a year has been caused by the loss of ...
Microplastic pollution harms lobster larvae, study finds
Microplastic fibers in the ocean impact larval lobsters at each stage of their developmentCredit: Madelyn Woods Microplastic fiber pollution in ...
Plant study challenges tropics’ reputation as site of modern evolutionary innovation
Credit: Miao Sun GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In a surprise twist, a major group of flowering plants is evolving twice as ...
NASA finds wind shear battering tropical storm Edouard
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL The latest tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean formed one day ago and was already being battered ...
Story tips: Predicting fire risk, solid state stability check and images in a flash
Credit: Uvinduni Premadasa/ORNL, US Dept. of Energy Climate - Predicting fire risk Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a ...
Light a critical factor in limiting carbon uptake, even in the north
Columbia engineers demonstrate that, as temperatures rise, northern high latitude regions will not become more conducive to vegetation growth--light is ...
Long-term consequences of river damming in the Panama Canal
Credit: Ian Cooke/Cooked Illustrations Humans have manipulated and managed rivers with dams for millennia. The number of river dam projects ...
Palm trees most abundant in American rainforests
Credit: William J. Baker Characteristics of palm trees differ from those of other tropical trees in many ways. In a ...
Solar assisted heating networks reduce environmental impact and energy consumption
These installations centralize large scale heating and the production of hot water. One study led by researchers from the URV ...
The latest findings on the MOSAiC floe
Scientific study describes the nursery of sea ice and provides the basis for future assessments of research dataCredit: Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut ...
Global threats: How lessons from COVID-19 can prevent environmental meltdown
Credit: Open Source Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of Covid-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until ...
Arctic plants may not provide predicted carbon sequestration potential
Credit: University of Stirling The environmental benefits of taller, shrubbier tundra plants in the Arctic may be overstated, according to ...
Typhoon changed earthquake patterns
Intensive erosion influenced seismicityCredit: NASA/LANDSAT The Earth's crust is under constant stress. Every now and then this stress is discharged ...
In the Arctic, spring snowmelt triggers fresh CO2 production
The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world and snowmelt is speeding it up with rapid soil ...
Global e-waste surging: Up 21% in 5 years
A record 53.6 million tons (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in 2019, the weight of 350 cruise ships the ...
UM Bio Station researchers unlock mystery of subterranean stoneflies
Credit: UM photo FLATHEAD LAKE - In a new study published in the scientific journal Ecology, researchers from the University ...
A shake-up in cell culturing: Flame sterilization may affect the culture
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that a common practice for keeping microbial contaminants out of shake-flask cultures can ...
As wildfires flare up across West, research highlights risk of ecological change
Credit: Jonathan Coop, Western Colorado University One of Jonathan Coop's first vivid memories as a child was watching the flames ...
