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600-year-old marine sponge holds centuries-old climate records
Temperature records show past volcanic activity, current climate warming trendsCredit: Peter Swart, Ph.D., UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI--Scientists used a 600-year-old marine sponge to reconstruct…
Greenland melting likely increased by bacteria in sediment
Microbes in meltwater stream sediment may help boost island's contribution to sea-level riseCredit: Sasha Leidman Bacteria are likely triggering greater melting on the Greenland ice sheet, possibly increasing the island's…
BioRescue two new northern white rhino embryos created at Christmas
Now there are fiveCredit: Rio the Photographer Happy end to a challenging year: Two new northern white rhino embryos created at Christmas - now there are five The international consortium of scientists and conservationists that…
How aerosols are formed
Credit: ETH Zurich / Ruth Signorell Aerosols are suspensions of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas. Clouds, for example, are aerosols because they consist of water droplets dispersed in the air. Such droplets are…
Eastern and central China become brighter due to clean air action
Since 2013, China has implemented the strictest ever air pollution control policies, which resulted in substantial reductions in aerosol concentrations. However, extreme and persistent haze events frequently occur during wintertime in…
Micro-climate moulds and reshapes northern insect communities, herbivory and predation
Credit: Tuomas Kankaanpaa Climate and changes in it have direct impacts on species of plant and animals - but climate may also shape more complex biological systems like food webs. Now a research group from the University of Helsinki…
Scientists discover the secret of Galápagos’ rich ecosystem
Credit: Alexander Forryan New research has unlocked the mystery of how the Galápagos Islands, a rocky, volcanic outcrop, with only modest rainfall and vegetation, is able to sustain its unique wildlife habitats. The…
A climate in crisis calls for investment in direct air capture, news research finds
Wartime-level funding for a fleet of CO2 scrubbers could slow warming, but stopping climate change still requires deep cuts in emissionsCredit: Credit: acilo/iStock There is a growing consensus among scientists as well as national…
SolarEV City concept: Building the next urban power and mobility systems
Unlocking the potentials of EV batteries with roof-top PVs for urban decarbonization Cities have become the focus of global climate mitigation efforts because as they are responsible for 60-70% of energy-related CO2 emissions. As the world…
Human-induced climate change caused the northwestern Pacific warming record in August 2020
A once-in-1000-year warming event has been already altered to occur once per 15 years because of past human activitiesCredit: NIES August 2020 set new record high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the northwestern Pacific…
Taking the lab into the ocean: A fleet of robots tracks and monitors microbial communities
Researchers enabled a trio of self-driving robots to locate, follow, and sample a layer of microbes as they drifted in an open-ocean eddy Researchers from MBARI, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa), and Woods Hole Oceanographic…
Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new NAU study finds
Credit: Victor O. Leshyk/Northern Arizona University Earth's ability to absorb nearly a third of human-caused carbon emissions through plants could be halved within the next two decades at the current rate of warming, according to a…
Early COVID-19 lockdowns had less impact on urban air quality than first believed
Credit: University of Birmingham The first COVID-19 lockdowns led to significant changes in urban air pollution levels around the world, but the changes were smaller than expected - a new study reveals. After developing new corrections…
Research to advance environmental sound classification wins IEEE Best Paper Award
Credit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York, January 13, 2021 - The paper "Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Data Augmentation for Environmental Sound Classification," has won the 2020 Institute of Electrical and Electronics…
The meat of the matter: Environmental dissemination of beef cattle agrochemicals
A recent Point of Reference article, "The meat of the matter: Environmental dissemination of beef cattle agrochemicals," published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, points at synthetic chemical cocktails being emitted from cattle…
Northern lakes at risk of losing ice cover permanently, impacting drinking water
Credit: York University Postdoctoral Fellow Alessandro Filazzola TORONTO, Jan. 13, 2021 - Close to 5,700 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere may permanently lose ice cover this century, 179 of them in the next decade, at…
Melting icebergs key to sequence of an ice age, scientists find
New study unravels long-standing climate mystery and provides insight into how our planet may change in the future Scientists claim to have found the 'missing link' in the process that leads to an ice age on Earth. Melting icebergs in…
Copper-indium oxide: A faster and cooler way to reduce our carbon footprint
Scientists set a record for the highest conversion rate of carbon dioxide at low temperatures with copper-modified indium oxide, signifying sustainable e-fuelCredit: Waseda University With ever-worsening climate change, there…
A ‘ghastly future’ unless extraordinary action is taken soon on sustainability
Global team of scientists, including UCLA's Daniel Blumstein, points to environmental, population and political challenges Without immediate and drastic intervention, humans face a "ghastly future" -- including declining health, climate…
Shell scientist honored for research on how nature can help reduce carbon footprint
Christian A. Davies, Ph.D., has been named the recipient of the 2021 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Technology Innovation from TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas)Credit: TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine,…