Ag tech can cut billions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions
ITHACA, N.Y. - As the Earth’s human population grows, greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s food system are on track to ...
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Swarm of small transportation vehicles carries 40 tons
Old production machinery has to be replaced due to changed requirements. However, high weight and limited space in plants often ...
Steam condenser coating could save 460M tons of CO2 annually
If coal and natural gas power generation were 2% more efficient, then, every year, there could be 460 million fewer ...
Brazilian Amazon: Deforestation in Indigenous Territories caused emission of 90 million metric tons of CO2 in 2013-21
Deforestation in Indigenous Territories (ITs) in the Brazilian Amazon caused the emission of 96 million metric tons of carbon dioxide ...
More than 5,000 tons of toxic chemicals released from consumer products every year inside homes and workplaces
People often assume that the products they use every day are safe. Now a new study by Silent Spring Institute ...
World’s biggest cumulative logjam, newly mapped in the Arctic, stores 3.4 million tons of carbon
WASHINGTON — Throughout the Arctic, fallen trees make their way from forests to the ocean by way of rivers. Those ...
3000+ billion tons of ice lost from Antarctic Ice Sheet over 25 years
Scientists have calculated that the fastest changing Antarctic region - the Amundsen Sea Embayment - has lost more than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice over ...
Hidden from the Romans: 200 tons of silver on the shores of the river Lahn
When Prof. Markus Scholz, who teaches archaeology and the history of Roman provinces at Goethe University, returned to Bad Ems ...
Climate change could trigger the Congo peatlands to release billions of tons of carbon
Climate change could trigger the Congo peatlands to release billions of tonnes of carbon Credit: Greenpeace/Kevin McElvaney Climate change could ...
Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste
An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-throttling plastics ...
Midwestern US has Lost 57.6 Trillion Metric Tons of Soil Due to Agricultural Practices, Study Finds
AMHERST, Mass. – A new study in the journal Earth’s Future led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that, ...
‘Going virtual’ sees international conference cut carbon emissions by 425 tons and boost LMIC attendance
Switching to virtual conferencing can have a huge impact on the carbon footprint of major scientific events and significantly increase attendance ...
Creating solar cells and glass from wood – or a billion tons of biowaste
A digital, urbanised world consumes huge amounts of raw materials that could hardly be called environmentally friendly. One promising solution ...
Are we standing on a quadrillion tons of diamonds? (video)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2021 — There might be a quadrillion tons of diamonds 100 miles below Earth’s surface. But the ...
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New findings on hair loss in men
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Unleashing the power of AI to track animal behavior
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Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure
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University of Cincinnati research examines the molecular mechanism of psychological loss
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Study finds senescent immune cells promote lung tumor growth