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Does air pollution affect lupus risk?
Does air pollution affect lupus risk?Science

Does air pollution affect lupus risk?

By Wiley New research published in Arthritis & Rheumatology indicates that chronic exposure to air pollutants may increase the risk of developing lupus, an autoimmune…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2024 Full article
Cutting farm nitrous oxide emissions helps climate and ozone layer
Cutting farm nitrous oxide emissions helps climate and ozone layerScience

Cutting farm nitrous oxide emissions helps climate and ozone layer

Farming methods can reduce nitrous oxide emissions without slowing down the overall recovery of the ozone layer, results from new research have shown. By University…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2024 Full article
UCF Biologist Continues Unraveling Mystery of Magnetic Bacteria
UCF Biologist Continues Unraveling Mystery of Magnetic BacteriaScience

UCF Biologist Continues Unraveling Mystery of Magnetic Bacteria

UCF Biologist Robert Fitak recently created a refined database of magnetic bacteria and the animals they may reside in to further study how these bacteria…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2024 Full article
New Microbe-central Model Predicts Global Grassland Soil pH Under Climate Change
New Microbe-central Model Predicts Global Grassland Soil pH Under Climate ChangeScience

New Microbe-central Model Predicts Global Grassland Soil pH Under Climate Change

By Zhang Nannan | Chinese Academy of Sciences In a study published in One Earth, a research team led by Prof. Deng Ye from Research…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play in
Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play inScience

Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play in

Artificial turf with an integrated subsurface water storage and irrigation system could make sports courts safer and cooler while helping cities with water and flood…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
New carbon storage technology is fastest of its kind
New carbon storage technology is fastest of its kindScience

New carbon storage technology is fastest of its kind

By The University of Texas at Austin | The Cockrell School of Engineering A new way to store carbon captured from the atmosphere developed by…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
How a plant app helps identify the consequences of climate change
How a plant app helps identify the consequences of climate changeScience

How a plant app helps identify the consequences of climate change

By leveraging millions of time-stamped observations, researchers can identify plant rhythms and ecological patterns year-round. By German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig A…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
Norway can lead the fight against plastic pollution
Norway can lead the fight against plastic pollutionScience

Norway can lead the fight against plastic pollution

Norway's long, rugged coastline – more than 28,953 kilometers long, including the fjords – suffers from plastic pollution even though it is so remote. It's…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets
The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheetsScience

The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets

For the first time, the recovery of unique geological samples combined with sophisticated modelling provides surprising insights into when and where today's Antarctic ice sheet…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parents
Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parentsClimateScience

Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parents

The temperature of your childhood home, among other factors, may help predict your thermostat settings. By PLOS Childhood home temperature and community connectedness can help…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
Retreating glaciers: fungi enhance carbon storage in young Arctic soils
Retreating glaciers: fungi enhance carbon storage in young Arctic soilsScience

Retreating glaciers: fungi enhance carbon storage in young Arctic soils

By Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Melting Arctic glaciers are in rapid recession, and microscopic pioneers colonize the new exposed landscapes. LMU researchers have revealed that yeasts play…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenario
Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenarioScience

Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenario

By Society for Experimental Biology New experimental research shows that the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification could lead to a catastrophic decrease in…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
How to avoid wasting huge amounts of energy
How to avoid wasting huge amounts of energyScience

How to avoid wasting huge amounts of energy

Waste heat from industry can actually heat every house in Norway. A smart solution can harness this energy, while also providing us with clean drinking…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
Walking our way towards more sustainable cities
Walking our way towards more sustainable citiesScience

Walking our way towards more sustainable cities

By Susilawati, Monash University Malaysia in Petaling Jaya | 360info By making walkability a central component of how we design our cities, we can create vibrant, inclusive…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
NARO developed a novel method to analyze ‘forever chemicals’ in the soil
NARO developed a novel method to analyze ‘forever chemicals’ in the soilScience

NARO developed a novel method to analyze ‘forever chemicals’ in the soil

By National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan Concern about the effects of PFAS are of increasing globally. Also there is no accurate method…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
True scale of carbon impact from long-distance travel revealed
True scale of carbon impact from long-distance travel revealedClimateScience

True scale of carbon impact from long-distance travel revealed

By University of Leeds The reality of the climate impact of long-distance passenger travel has been revealed in new research from the University of Leeds.…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2024 Full article
Novel spectroscopy technique sheds light on NOx reduction
Novel spectroscopy technique sheds light on NOx reductionScience

Novel spectroscopy technique sheds light on NOx reduction

By Lehigh University When power plants burn fossil fuels at high temperatures, nitrogen and oxygen molecules break apart and then recombine to form a class…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off Svalbard
Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off SvalbardClimateScience

Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off Svalbard

By MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen Study of the Jøtul hydrothermal field, discovered in 2022, has now been published in the…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2024 Full article
Climate change to shift tropical rains northward
Climate change to shift tropical rains northwardClimateScience

Climate change to shift tropical rains northward

By David Danelski | University of California - Riverside A study led by a UC Riverside atmospheric scientist predicts that unchecked carbon emissions will force…
SourceSourceJune 28, 2024 Full article