Atmospheric Science
Small-scale proton exchange membrane fuel cells: A challenging but promising path toward clean energy
Increasing awareness of emerging environmental and climate change effects has expedited the global commercialization of clean energy. Naturally, the demand...
Montreal protocol is delaying first ice-free Arctic summer
New York, NY—May 22, 2023—When scientists discovered a hole over Antarctica in 1985, countries across the globe got together and...
Now is the time to deliver on salt-tolerant crops
Despite years of effort and advances in understanding how salinity tolerance works in plants, very few salt-tolerant crops have been...
Scientists will tune-in to the sound of the Amazon to discover how climate change and human disturbance are affecting tropical forest animals
Scientists are to deploy a network of microphones in the Amazon rainforest to listen and measure the numbers and species...
Half of world’s largest lakes losing water
More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a groundbreaking new assessment...
The importance of social media in corporate social responsibility
A new study by Dr. Lucie Kvasničková Stanislavská from Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague published in PeerJ Computer Science...
Sustainable agriculture is building peace in Colombia
In areas of Colombia once controlled by guerillas, conflicts over land continue and deforestation has risen considerably. But it’s in...
Extremely hot days are warming twice as fast as average summer days in North-West Europe
New research led by the University of Oxford has found that climate change is causing the hottest days in North-West...
“Warm Ice Age” changed climate cycles
Approximately 700,000 years ago, a “warm ice age” permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth. Contemporaneous with this exceptionally warm...
Urbanization leads to more pathogens and inbreeding of wild bees
TORONTO, May 15, 2023 – Wild bees living in cities like Toronto are facing increased environmental stressors compared to those...
‘Nature is messy’: Pioneers in landscape transcriptomics study genes in the wild
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An interdisciplinary team in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences — in an initiative aimed at...
Scientists find fire records inside sand dunes
A previously unrecognised sedimentary archive in sand dunes could unlock a repository of fire records, a discovery that could expand...
Nature is changing as land abandonment increases
When people leave their rural lives behind to seek their fortunes in the city or agriculture is no longer profitable,...
Great Basin: History of water supply in one of the driest regions in the USA
The team led by Christoph Spötl has been investigating the famous "Devils Hole" cave system in Nevada since 2010 -...
New study reveals boreal wetlands are a large source of reactive vapours in a warming climate
Boreal wetlands are a significant source of isoprene and terpenes, a class of highly reactive organic compounds that have a...
Crops evolved by swapping genetic modules between cells
Comparing individual cells across corn, sorghum, and millet reveals evolutionary differences among these important cereal crops, according to a new...
Dark clouds on the horizon
Our industrialized society releases many and various pollutants into the world. Combustion in particular produces aerosol mass including black carbon....
Carbon-negative hydrogen production technology: a new perspective for bio-energy with CO₂ capture and storage
Hydrogen, seen as the “ultimate energy” for the 21st century, boasts benefits such as being clean and renewable, and is...
Water warming study shows unexpected impact on fish size
The theory that water-breathing animals such as fish will shrink due to global warming has been called into question by...
The impact of thermal drawdown-induced alterations in rock thermal properties on heat recovery
Geothermal energy, found in subsurface hot dry rocks, is a viable option instead of fossil fuels. Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS)...
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A new synthesis method for three-dimensional nanocarbons
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Within just a few months a deadly epidemic killed all the black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat – a great threat to the coral reef in Eilat
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How eating natto might help to distress
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GPS tracking reveals how a female baboon stopped using urban space after giving birth
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Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators
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Study highlights long-term benefits of family-based care following institutional care