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Moorings Illuminate Cause for Arctic Ocean's Winter Ice Loss

The eastern Arctic Ocean's winter ice grew less than half as much as normal during the past decade, due to the growing influence of heat from the ocean's interior, researchers have found.

24 Aug 2020

Scientists Record Increased Ozone Levels Across Northern Hemisphere

Scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) have discovered, for the first time, that the levels of the pollutant ozone have increased in many parts of the Earth’s atmosphere over the Northern Hemisphere in the past two decades.

24 Aug 2020

Reduction in Public Plant Breeding Programs Affects Food Security

The majority of today's plant-based food is a product of plant breeding.

21 Aug 2020

23-Million-Year-Old Leaf Shows Link Between High Atmospheric Carbon and 'Global Greening'

Scientists studying leaves from a 23-million-year-old forest have for the first time linked high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide with increased plant growth, and the hot climate off the time.

21 Aug 2020

Sea Level Variability May Increase with Warming Climate

A team of researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology identified a global tendency for future sea levels to become more variable as oceans warm this century due to increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

21 Aug 2020

Two New Projects Win $900,000 to Advance Technologies that Avoid CO2 Emissions

The Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Center, one of the MIT Energy Initiative's Low-Carbon Energy Centers, has awarded $900,000 in funding to two new research projects to advance technologies that avoid carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere and help address climate change.

21 Aug 2020

Greenland Ice Sheet Records Greatest Losses in 2019

The Greenland Ice Sheet recorded a new record loss of mass in 2019. This was the finding of a team of international researchers after evaluating data from satellite observations and modelling data.

21 Aug 2020

NASA Provides Wide-Angle Photos of Hurricane Genevieve

NASA provided a series of photos of Hurricane Genevieve as it affected Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula.

21 Aug 2020

New Measurement Technology Provides Insights into Past Climate

A new measurement technology developed at the University of Bern provides unique insights into the climate of the past.

21 Aug 2020

New Genetic Approach Will Help Improve Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Soybeans

One of the top four crops grown worldwide, soybean has been an integral part of Chinese agriculture for a long time, having been domesticated more than 6000 years ago.

21 Aug 2020

WinJi Receives $1.5 Million Loan Guarantee from the Swiss Technology Fund

WinJi, a Swiss start-up that developed the innovative “True Power” renewable energy asset management platform, has been awarded a $1.5 Million (CHF 1.8 M) loan guarantee by the Swiss Technology Fund.

From WinJi AG 21 Aug 2020

Plastic Waste can Release Chemicals into the Stomach Oil of Seabirds

Plastic waste in the ocean is an increasing problem for wildlife, including seabirds who frequently mistake it for food.

20 Aug 2020

Cutting-Edge Nottingham Projects Could Help Tackle Global Development Problems

The University of Nottingham, UK, has won two funding grants from the UK Space Agency for projects to tackle human trafficking and forced labour in Uganda, and clean up the coastline of Mexico.

20 Aug 2020

Rising Temperatures can Cause Greater Damages to Our Economies than Expected

Rising temperatures due to our greenhouse gas emissions can cause greater damages to our economies than previous research suggested, a new study shows.

20 Aug 2020

Study Finds How to Prevent Rusting of Iron While Converting Plant Materials to Fuels

Scientists at Washington State University have taken a major initial step toward the affordable conversion of plant materials into fuels—preventing iron from rusting.

20 Aug 2020