A radar for plastic: High-resolution map of 1 kilometre grids to track plastic emissions in seas
Scientists in Japan develop a new method to track plastic emissions from land to seaCredit: Tokyo University of Science Plastic ...
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Coronavirus drugs: Where are we, and what’s next? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 7, 2020 -- Antiviral drugs could help us fight the new coronavirus, but ...
Modeling gas diffusion in aggregated soils
Credit: Courtesy of Timothy Clough Agricultural soils contribute to 16% of total Greenhouse gas emissions, particularly nitrous oxide (N2O). Migration ...
Fiber optics capture seismic signatures of the rose parade
Credit: Seismological Research Letters Yes, there's a prize for the most beautiful flower-filled float in the Rose Parade each year, ...
Fossil reveals evidence of 200-million-year-old ‘squid’ attack
Credit: Lloyd Russell, University of Plymouth Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known example of a squid-like creature attacking its ...
Soil pores hold the key to stability for desert soils
Credit: Judith Turk Soils in deserts are very different from those found anywhere else. Extreme temperatures, little water and limited ...
Sustainable recovery of nutrients from urine
Columbia engineers use a membrane-based technique and a closed-loop system to recover ammonia as a valuable fertilizer product while simultaneously ...
Study shows wetter climate is likely to intensify global warming
Greater tropical rainfall may increase microbes' release of CO2 from soils into airCredit: © Dr. Valier Galy, WHOI. A study ...
How does nitrogen dynamics affect carbon and water budgets in China?
Credit: Jingjing Liang As an important part of biogeochemical cycling, the nitrogen cycle modulates terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage, water consumption, ...
Simulations forecast nationwide increase in human exposure to extreme climate events
Credit: Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 5, 2020 -- By 2050, the ...
Fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas
A prototype design of a plasma jet thruster can generate thrusting pressures on the same magnitude a commercial jet engine ...
Study shows how microorganisms survive in harsh environments
Credit: (Courtesy David Kisailus, University of California - Irvine) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- In northern Chile's Atacama Desert, one ...
Life on the rocks helps scientists understand how to survive in extreme environments
Credit: David Kisailus / UCI By studying how the tiniest organisms in the Atacama Desert of Chile, one of the ...
Solar and wind energy sites mapped globally for the first time
Credit: Seb Dunnett Researchers at the University of Southampton have mapped the global locations of major renewable energy sites, providing ...
Predators help prey adapt to an uncertain future
Credit: Matthew Barbour / UZH What effect does extinction of species have on the evolution of surviving species? Evolutionary biologists ...
Shrinking snowcaps fuel harmful algal blooms in Arabian sea
Climate-driven shifts disrupt fisheries, desalination plants; problems may hit other regionsCredit: Norman Kuring/NASA A uniquely resilient organism all but unheard ...
Window to another world: Life is bubbling up to seafloor with petroleum from deep below
Credit: Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen WOODS HOLE, Mass. --The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder ...
Free use of Kudos Pro to help researchers keep communicating during pandemic disruption
Credit: Kudos Innovations Ltd For immediate release - Oxford, UK - May 1st, 2020 - Kudos, the award-winning service for ...
Stopping deforestation: lessons from Colombia
Credit: Pablo Negret A study of deforestation in Colombia by researchers from The University of Queensland has revealed some valuable ...
Marine litter in the Bay of Biscay
The 'Materials+Technologies' research group of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country analyses all the studies published to date on the ...
