Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitatsScience
Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitats
By Pat Leonard Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Cornell University In addition to its human consequences, cocaine trafficking harms the environment and threatens habitats important…
SourceJune 13, 2024
Full articleWestern Agricultural Communities Need Water Conservation Strategies to Adapt to Future ShortagesScience
Western Agricultural Communities Need Water Conservation Strategies to Adapt to Future Shortages
By Desert Research Institute The Western U.S. is heavily reliant on mountain snowpacks and their gradual melt for water storage and supply, and climate change…
SourceJune 13, 2024
Full articleSoil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matterScience
Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matter
By Amanda Morris, Northwestern University When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two pathways. Either the microbe uses the food…
SourceJune 12, 2024
Full articleResearch signals major milestone in cutting harmful gases that deplete ozone and worsen global warmingScience
Research signals major milestone in cutting harmful gases that deplete ozone and worsen global warming
By University of Bristol A new study has revealed significant progress in the drive to reduce levels in the atmosphere of chemicals that destroy Earth’s…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleNew discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the EarthClimateScience
New discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the Earth
By University of East Anglia A common type of ocean algae plays a significant role in producing a massively abundant compound that helps cool the…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleSafeguarding peer review to ensure quality at scaleScience
Safeguarding peer review to ensure quality at scale
By Mirjam Eckert, Chief Publishing Officer | Frontiers In the context of climate emergency, making scientific research open has never been more important. But for…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleKeeping the lights onScience
Keeping the lights on
By Osaka University Researchers at Osaka University study the impact of carbon impurities on the quality of gallium nitride crystals, and determine the threshold concentration…
SourceJune 10, 2024
Full articleTiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisisScience
Tiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisis
By Angharad Brewer Gillham | Frontiers The climate crisis is changing habitats quickly, forcing animals to adapt to catch up. Populations of a species that…
SourceJune 10, 2024
Full articleFighting fires from space in record time: how AI could prevent a repeat of Australia’s devastating wildfiresNewsScience
Fighting fires from space in record time: how AI could prevent a repeat of Australia’s devastating wildfires
By University of South Australia Australian scientists are getting closer to detecting bushfires in record time, thanks to cube satellites with onboard AI now able…
SourceJune 7, 2024
Full articleExploring three frontiers in marine biomass and blue carbon captureScience
Exploring three frontiers in marine biomass and blue carbon capture
By Boston University A new study offers first-time insights into three emerging climate innovations to safeguard or increase the carbon naturally captured by ocean and…
SourceJune 6, 2024
Full article25 years of the deep-sea observatory AWI-HAUSGARTENNewsScience
25 years of the deep-sea observatory AWI-HAUSGARTEN
By Alfred-Wegener-Institut For the past 25 years, the Alfred Wegener Institute has operated a long-term observatory in the Arctic deep sea: the HAUSGARTEN. Located between…
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Full articleElectrified charcoal ‘sponge’ can soak up CO2 directly from the airScience
Electrified charcoal ‘sponge’ can soak up CO2 directly from the air
By University of Cambridge Researchers have developed a low-cost, energy-efficient method for making materials that can capture carbon dioxide directly from the air. Researchers from…
SourceJune 6, 2024
Full articleRapid urbanization in Africa transforms local food systems and threatens biodiversityScience
Rapid urbanization in Africa transforms local food systems and threatens biodiversity
By Bettina Greenwell, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA ) Urbanization in Africa is accelerating quickly, showing no signs of slowing down. An international…
SourceMay 31, 2024
Full articlePeople are altering decomposition rates in waterwaysScience
People are altering decomposition rates in waterways
By Leigh Hataway, University of Georgia Faster decomposition could exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions, threaten biodiversity Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter…
SourceMay 31, 2024
Full articleFirst use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme weather is ‘transformational’, Oxford scientists sayClimateScience
First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme weather is ‘transformational’, Oxford scientists say
By University of Oxford National forecasting centres like the Met Office could apply the same tools used for weather forecasting to quantify how human behaviour…
SourceMay 30, 2024
Full articlePrenatal exposure to air pollution associated with increased mental health risksScience
Prenatal exposure to air pollution associated with increased mental health risks
By University of Bristol A baby’s exposure to air pollution while in the womb is associated with the development of certain mental health problems once…
SourceMay 30, 2024
Full articleGlobal activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped for the first timeScience
Global activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped for the first time
By University of Southampton A team of scientists from the USA and UK has used artificial intelligence (AI) to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate…
SourceMay 29, 2024
Full articleFrom wild to domesticated: Scientists reveal 100,000 years of continuous rice evolutionScience
From wild to domesticated: Scientists reveal 100,000 years of continuous rice evolution
By Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences According to a study published in Science on May 24, scientists have used phytolith analysis and other methods…
SourceMay 27, 2024
Full articleKenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate changeClimateScience
Kenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate change
By Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell University Fatal drownings are a big risk for small-scale fishers on Africa’s largest lake, with many of those deaths attributed to…
SourceMay 27, 2024
Full articleThe global clean water crisis looms largeClimateScience
The global clean water crisis looms large
By Utrecht University Water scarcity will intensify with climate and socioeconomic change, disproportionately impacting populations located in the Global South. So concludes a new Utrecht University…
SourceMay 23, 2024
Full articleDrones validate walrus counts in satellite images from spaceClimateScience
Drones validate walrus counts in satellite images from space
By British Antarctic Survey (BAS) In the first successful attempt to calibrate walrus counts from satellite imagery, scientists used drones to validate animal counts in…
SourceMay 23, 2024
Full articleUC Irvine-led team uncovers ‘vigorous melting’ at Antarctica’s Thwaites GlacierScience
UC Irvine-led team uncovers ‘vigorous melting’ at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
By University of California - Irvine A team of glaciologists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine used high-resolution satellite radar data to…
SourceMay 23, 2024
Full articleSeaweed forests are an overlooked component of oceanic carbon storageClimateScience
Seaweed forests are an overlooked component of oceanic carbon storage
By Utrecht University A groundbreaking study by an international team of researchers has revealed seaweed forests to be significant contributors to oceanic carbon storage. Their…
SourceMay 22, 2024
Full articleNight-time heat significantly increases the risk of strokeClimateScience
Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of stroke
By Helmholtz Munich In a recent study, researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Augsburg University Hospital show that nocturnal heat significantly increases the risk of…
SourceMay 22, 2024
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