Tag: Earth Science

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

May 5, 2020

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

May 5, 2020

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

May 1, 2020

Credit: Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen WOODS HOLE, Mass. --The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder ...

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