Winners of Applied Microbiology International Horizon Awards 2024 announcedNews
SourceNovember 13, 2024
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Winners of Applied Microbiology International Horizon Awards 2024 announced
Applied Microbiology International - The prizes, awarded by the learned society Applied Microbiology International (AMI), celebrate the brightest minds in the field and promote the…

Rising Arctic temperatures spark new growth potential in Finnmark and SvalbardScience
Adrian AlexandreNovember 12, 2024
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Rising Arctic temperatures spark new growth potential in Finnmark and Svalbard
Recent data from the Climate-Ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra (COAT) suggests that conditions in the tundra regions of Svalbard and East Finnmark are becoming increasingly…

Climate Science Digest: November 6, 2024News
Muser NewsDeskNovember 6, 2024
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Climate Science Digest: November 6, 2024
Power grids with high renewable penetration show reduced blackout intensity A study published in Nature Energy offers insights into the reliability of power grids powered…

Tapping into potato genetics to reduce fertilizer dependenceScience
Adrian AlexandreNovember 6, 2024
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Tapping into potato genetics to reduce fertilizer dependence
As the global agriculture industry seeks sustainable solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists are finding ways to decrease reliance on nitrogen-based fertilizers. In a…

Climate Science Digest: November 2, 2024NewsScience
Muser NewsDeskNovember 2, 2024
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Climate Science Digest: November 2, 2024
Study explores soot and volatile particles' role in contrail formation and climate impact Contrails form across the sky behind a jet aircraft engine. Credit: Mateus…

Increasing effects of global warming on fire dynamics and public healthScience
SourceOctober 22, 2024
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Increasing effects of global warming on fire dynamics and public health
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research - Climate change is increasingly influencing fire behavior worldwide and intensifying fire smoke, endangering public health from air pollution…

Solar-powered desalination system that operates without batteriesScience
Adrian AlexandreOctober 8, 2024
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Solar-powered desalination system that operates without batteries
In a major breakthrough for sustainable desalination, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a solar-powered system that removes salt from water…

Turning dairy farm methane into biogas could save UK £400 million annually, studyNewsScience
Adrian AlexandreOctober 3, 2024
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Turning dairy farm methane into biogas could save UK £400 million annually, study
New research reveals that methane emissions from slurry stores on dairy farms may be up to five times greater than official estimates suggest, offering a…

Blueprint for food security offers hope for Sub-Saharan Africa’s futureClimate
Adrian AlexandreSeptember 22, 2024
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Blueprint for food security offers hope for Sub-Saharan Africa’s future
Sub-Saharan Africa is at a crossroads when it comes to agricultural productivity and food security. With a fast-growing population, climate variability, and insufficient infrastructure, the…

Arctic warming linked to increased ice formation in clouds, study findsScience
Adrian AlexandreSeptember 19, 2024
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Arctic warming linked to increased ice formation in clouds, study finds
Recent research reveals an unexpected connection between Arctic warming and ice formation in clouds, potentially influencing the region's climate system. As the Arctic continues to…

Fiji coral study reveals Pacific’s highest temperatures in over 600 yearsScience
SourceSeptember 18, 2024
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Fiji coral study reveals Pacific’s highest temperatures in over 600 years
International study uses data obtained from the analysis of the honeycomb coral Diploastrea heliopora to reconstruct sea surface temperatures of the Fijian archipelago. The sea…

Fraunhofer IAF’s low-noise amplifiers enhance Arctic Weather Satellite’s capabilitiesScience
Adrian AlexandreSeptember 17, 2024
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Fraunhofer IAF’s low-noise amplifiers enhance Arctic Weather Satellite’s capabilities
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) is set to revolutionize weather forecasting and climate monitoring, particularly in the Arctic, by collecting highly…

Global South cities face higher heat risks due to lack of green spacesClimate
Adrian AlexandreSeptember 2, 2024
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Global South cities face higher heat risks due to lack of green spaces
A recent study reveals that cities in the Global South are significantly more vulnerable to extreme heat due to a shortage of cooling green spaces…

New field experiments uncover how plant clocks adapt to natural environmentsScience
Adrian AlexandreAugust 23, 2024
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New field experiments uncover how plant clocks adapt to natural environments
A collaborative study between researchers from the UK and Japan has shed new light on how plant biological clocks function in natural environments. Traditionally, much…

Oxford study calls for broader climate reporting standardsClimate
Adrian AlexandreAugust 15, 2024
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Oxford study calls for broader climate reporting standards
In a new study led by experts from the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, researchers have called for an urgent…

Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disastersClimate
SourceAugust 7, 2024
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Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters
By American Phytopathological Society An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic…

Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversedClimate
SourceAugust 2, 2024
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Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed
By Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Human-made climate change can lead to a destabilisation of large-scale components of the Earth system such as…

Early-onset El Niño means warmer winters in East Asia, and vice versaClimate
SourceJuly 3, 2024
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Early-onset El Niño means warmer winters in East Asia, and vice versa
By Masahiro Shiozaki | Kyushu University The phenomenon known as El Niño can cause abnormal and extreme climate around the world due to it dramatically…

Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic lifeClimate
SourceJuly 2, 2024
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Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic life
By Society for Experimental Biology While the impact of wildfires on terrestrial life has been well studied, only recently has research started to examine the…

Creating sustainable cooling in southeast Asia using ground source heat pump systemsClimateScience
SourceJune 27, 2024
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Creating sustainable cooling in southeast Asia using ground source heat pump systems
By Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan As energy and environmental crises rampage, sustainable solutions like ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems gain traction. GSHP…

Early warning systems and plans to avert disasters due to extreme rainfall are still flawed, study showsScienceClimate
SourceJune 27, 2024
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Early warning systems and plans to avert disasters due to extreme rainfall are still flawed, study shows
Researchers analyzed landslides caused by storms in São Sebastião (Brazil) in 2023, when at least 65 people died, and suggest involvement of the local community…

Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapseClimateScience
SourceJune 17, 2024
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Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapse
By Technical University of Munich (TUM) From the last ice age until around 6000 years ago, the region now known as the Sahara Desert was…

Scientists unveil intricate tipping points in Atlantic currentsClimateScience
SourceMarch 25, 2024
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Scientists unveil intricate tipping points in Atlantic currents
An international team of scientists has uncovered the intricate patterns of tipping points within the Atlantic's current system. This discovery challenges conventional knowledge, suggesting that…

Climate change threatens Earth’s largest reserves of drinking waterClimate
Muser NewsDeskJanuary 26, 2024
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Climate change threatens Earth’s largest reserves of drinking water
An alarming international study, recently published in Scientific Reports, sheds light on the potential vulnerability of the world's largest reserves of freshwater, housed in subterranean…
