Towards a better understanding of societal responses to climate change
Scholars of archaeology, geography, history and paleoclimatology lay out a new framework for uncovering climate-society interactionsCredit: Degroot et al., 2021 ...
Tag: Earth Science
Dangerous landfill pollutants ranked in order of toxicity by MU researchers
In partnership with the USDA Forest Service, University of Missouri researchers developed a system to prioritize most toxic pollutants.Credit: Missouri ...
Giant fossil’s ‘bird-brain’
Scientists find whopping head was crammed for spaceCredit: Flinders University The largest flightless bird ever to live weighed in up ...
Floating solar farms could help reduce impacts of climate change on lakes and reservoirs
Scientists from Lancaster University and the University of Stirling have completed the first detailed modelling of the environmental effects of ...
Curtin research finds first clues to start of Earth’s supercontinent cycle
Curtin University research has uncovered the first solid clues about the very beginning of the supercontinent cycle of Earth, finding ...
Thirteen UNIST researchers awarded prestigious 2021 Sejong Science Fellowship!
Credit: UNIST UNIST researchers who are in the early stages of their research careers will be given opportunities to advance ...
Engineering of Mississippi River has kept carbon out of atmosphere, study says
Scientists set out to learn more about the fate of organic carbon that is transported in large quantities by the ...
Cephalopods: Older than was thought?
Fossil find from Canada could rewrite the evolutionary history of invertebrate organismsCredit: Gregor Austermann / Communications Biology The possibly oldest ...
Protecting and managing forests with AI
KIT and EDI GmbH develop intelligent assistance system for forest management under a changing climate - new interactive video of ...
Algorithms inspired by social networks reveal lifecycle of substorms, a key element of space weather
Evolution of auroral substorms revealed by physicists at University of Warwick using the same methods that link people through social ...
New basalt type discovered beneath the ocean
Credit: EXP 351 Science Team A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic eruptions has been ...
Drought over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau triggered by ocean warming more than ten thousand miles away
Credit: Shuai Hu El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a recurring climate phenomenon involving changes in the temperature of waters in ...
UBCO researcher recommends systematic approach to forest and water supply management
Human and natural changes to forests impacting natural filtration systemCredit: UBCO As World Water Day is observed around the globe, ...
Virtues of modeling many faults: New method illuminates shape of Alaskan quake
A University of Tsukuba research team find that the irregular behavior of the conjugate fault system responsible for the 2018 ...
Is it worth investing in solar PV with batteries at home?
Credit: Adam Islaam - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Solar energy is a clean, renewable source of electricity ...
New perovskite fabrication method for solar cells paves way to large-scale production
Sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, top performance, long operating lifeCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March ...
Twice as much carbon flowing from land to ocean than previously thought
Credit: Eun Young Kwon Every year 600-900 million tons of carbon flow through rivers to the ocean either as particles ...
‘By-the-wind sailor’ jellies wash ashore in massive numbers after warmer winters
Credit: COASST As their name suggests, by-the-wind sailor jellyfish know how to catch a breeze. Using a stiff, translucent sail ...
TU Graz researchers identify chemical processes as key to understanding landslides
Credit: © Kieffer - TU Graz/DCNA Mass movements such as landslides and hill-slope debris flows cause billions of euros in ...
Feeding cattle seaweed reduces their greenhouse gas emissions 82 percent
New long-term study could mean more sustainable burgersCredit: Breanna Roque/UC Davis A bit of seaweed in cattle feed could reduce ...
