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Similar Genes in Each Species Would be Critical to Survive Climate Change

As climate change continues to trigger the rise in temperature, increase drier conditions and shift precipitation patterns, adapting to new conditions will be critical for the long-term survival of most species.

7 May 2021

Study Suggests Fast-Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Should be Expanded

A group of engineers proposed an increase in the number of fast-charging stations for electric vehicles as businesses and campuses begin their plans for a post-pandemic world.

7 May 2021

High CO2 Adsorption of Zeolites Paves Way for its Application in Air Purification

The fact that carbon dioxide is the largest contributor to climate change and mainly emerges from the burning of fossil fuels is common knowledge.

7 May 2021

A Big Step Toward Creating the Next Generation of Rechargeable Batteries

Researchers have taken a crucial stride toward making next-generation rechargeable batteries, which will substitute present energy storage technology if successful.

7 May 2021

Study Identifies Drivers of Reduction in US Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In 2005, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from residential energy use hit an all-time high in the United States. Each year since, emissions have dropped at an average annual rate of 2 percent.

6 May 2021

Yale-Led Study Provides Earliest Evidence of Humans Altering Ecosystems with Flames

Mastery of fire has given humans dominance over the natural world. A Yale-led study provides the earliest evidence to date of ancient humans significantly altering entire ecosystems with flames.

6 May 2021

Modeling the Impact of Different Warming Scenarios on the Antarctic Ice Sheet

The world is currently on track to exceed three degrees Celsius of global warming, and new research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Rob DeConto, co-director of the School of Earth & Sustainability, shows that such a scenario would drastically accelerate the pace of sea-level rise by 2100.

6 May 2021

Graphene Oxide Shows High Capacity to Carry Organic Pollutants to Aquatic Organisms

Graphene is a two-dimensional nanomaterial composed of carbon and formed by a single layer of densely packed carbon atoms.

6 May 2021

Collaborative Research Project Offers Comprehensive Sea-Level Rise Projections Till 2100

A massive collaborative research project covered in the journal Nature this week offers projections to the year 2100 of future sea-level rise from all sources of land ice, offering the most complete projections created to date.

6 May 2021

Study Sheds More Light on Overall Sea Ice Changes in Southern Hemisphere

According to a new study, headed by the University of Maine, sea ice cover formed in the Southern Hemisphere is highly variable, from winter to summer periods and from one millennium to the next. On the whole, sea ice has been rising for around 10,000 years but with certain exceptions to this pattern.

6 May 2021

Adding Aluminum to Seawater Increases Net Carbon Fixation of Marine Diatoms

The key to tackle climate change and global warming is decreasing net greenhouse gas emissions to zero as quickly as possible and achieving “carbon neutrality.”

6 May 2021

White-Sand Savannas Expand in the Heart of the Amazon After Forest Fires

White-sand savannas are expanding in the heart of the Amazon as a result of recurring forest fires, according to a study published in the journal Ecosystems.

5 May 2021

Conservation Sites Across the Americas Affected by Climate Change Events

A continental-scale network of conservation sites is likely to remain effective under future climate change scenarios, despite a predicted shift in key species distributions.

5 May 2021

Scientists Find Microplastics in Europe's Largest Ice Cap

In a recent article in Sustainability, scientists from Reykjavik University (RU), the University of Gothenburg, and the Icelandic Meteorological Office describe their finding of microplastic in a remote and pristine area of Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland, Europe's largest ice cap.

5 May 2021

Study Reveals Exposure to Air Pollution Contributes to Childhood Asthma

Results from a new study performed in Ontario have illustrated that children born in Sarnia have a greater risk of developing asthma than those in neighboring cities.

5 May 2021