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New Approach to Explain the Vulnerability of Species

A new analysis considers natural fluctuations and predictability to evaluate which parts of an ecosystem are most threatened by climate change and other disturbances.

1 Nov 2022

Flood Risk in Los Angeles is Larger than Previously Indicated, New Modeling Platform Reveals

Flood risk in Los Angeles is vastly larger than previously indicated by federally defined flood maps, and low-income and marginalized communities face a significantly higher threat, according to a study led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine.

1 Nov 2022

Light-Powered Catalyst can Turn a Smelly Byproduct into Cash

Rice University engineers and scientists have created a sweet way for petrochemical refineries to turn a smelly byproduct into cash.

1 Nov 2022

Reliable Rainfall Depends on Forest Protection

An international research group has discovered an additional drought risk factor; the effects of variations in vegetation cover, particularly forest loss.

31 Oct 2022

Simple and Economical Method to Quantify Microplastics

The Plasticker project has been initiated by scientists to provide comprehensive information on the presence of microparticles in cities.

31 Oct 2022

Measuring Particulate Emissions From Passenger Car Preheating

A recent study from Finland, conducted by the University of Eastern Finland and Tampere University, measured particulate emissions from passenger cars preheating with an auxiliary heater in sub-zero conditions.

31 Oct 2022

Space-Based CO2 Observations Quantify Emission Reductions

According to the Paris Agreement, nations must monitor greenhouse gas emissions at the level of individual “super emitters,” such as power plants, in almost real-time.

31 Oct 2022

Warming Temperatures and Ocean Acidification may Spur Ecosystem-Altering Changes

The Pacific blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus) is a foundational and beneficial species in the intertidal environments of the northern Pacific Ocean. Comparative physiologists have recently studied how two aspects of climate change-;warming temperatures and increasingly acidic waters-;may affect this ecologically important species.

31 Oct 2022

Warmer Temperatures and Increased Salt Levels may Negatively Affect School Sharks

Preliminary research data suggest warmer temperatures and increased salt levels might have negative effects on the behavior and physiology of school sharks. A clear indicator of physiological changes is higher levels of stress markers such as glucose and lactate concentrations in the blood.

31 Oct 2022

Mathematical Model Estimates Monito's Survival Rates in the Advent of Global Warming

A South American marsupial with ties to an ancient line of animals may go extinct in the next half-century due to warming temperatures. Researchers from the Universidad Austral de Chile will present a mathematical model of the monito del monte's survival predictions this week at the American Physiological Society (APS) Intersociety Meeting in Comparative Physiology: From Organism to Omics in an Uncertain World conference in San Diego.

31 Oct 2022

Ocean Warming Harms Food Security, Increases the Growth Rate of Fish

Higher temperatures spurred by worsening climate change increased the growth rate of fish and consumption of their yolk sac-;a structure that provides an embryo with food and helps develop important structures, such as blood cells.

31 Oct 2022

Study Reveals the Impact of El Niño on Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests

Global climate change may lead to more extreme weather events such as droughts. To predict the impact of climate change on tropical forests, it is necessary to understand more accurately the effects of drought.

31 Oct 2022

New Collaboration Builds a Model of Sustainable Food Waste Management

Sustainability is possible everywhere, even in the food that we leave behind. Associate Professor Dr. Nuta Supakata, Deputy Program Director and lecturer of the Environmental Science Department, Faculty of Science, presented research findings from the "Nonthaburi Municipality or Nakhon Non Model of Sustainable Food Waste Management".

31 Oct 2022

Lifelike Cement-Based Structures to Accelerate Recovery of the Coral Reef Ecosystem

Beautiful coral reefs in Thai seas have been gradually deteriorating due to global warming that causes coral bleaching, in addition to certain human activities without proper control and environmental consciousness.

28 Oct 2022

New Assessment to Estimate the Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Vehicles

A new study led by Argonne National Laboratory found that electric vehicles will soon have the potential to cost less to own and operate than traditional gas vehicles, all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions by half over the lifetime of the vehicle.

28 Oct 2022