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Study Examines Response of Ocean Life to Climate Change

The world's deep oceans are warming at a slower rate than the surface, but it's still not good news for deep-sea creatures according to an international study.

26 May 2020

Tropical Forests have Long-Term Capacity to Adapt to Changing Climate Change

Tropical forests face an uncertain future under climate change, but new research published in Science suggests they can continue to store large amounts of carbon in a warmer world, if countries limit greenhouse gas emissions.

22 May 2020

Exploring Practical Fusion Energy Sources

Nuclear fusion's promise as a practical energy source has grown substantially in recent years, in large part because of novel high-temperature superconducting (HTS) materials that can shrink the size and boost the performance of the extremely powerful magnets needed in fusion reactors.

22 May 2020

Smaller Fires Enhance Peatlands' Long-Term Storage of Carbon

High-intensity fires can destroy peat bogs and cause them to emit huge amounts of their stored carbon into the atmosphere as greenhouse gases, but a new Duke University study finds low-severity fires spark the opposite outcome.

22 May 2020

Electrical Vehicle Batteries Could have a Second Life as Backup Storage for Solar Farms

As electric vehicles rapidly grow in popularity worldwide, there will soon be a wave of used batteries whose performance is no longer sufficient for vehicles that need reliable acceleration and range.

22 May 2020

Researchers Propose Ways to Meet IPCC’s Climate Targets

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has reported that the capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) underground is one of the major components for keeping global warming below 2 °C above the pre-industrial levels by 2100.

22 May 2020

New Strategies Could Help Californians to Sustain with Less Water

As climate change and population growth make drinking water costlier, here are six strategies to quench the state’s thirst without busting its budget.

21 May 2020

New Discovery on Regulation of Plant Emissions can Help Fight Climate Change

You cannot see them with the naked eye, but most plants emit volatile gases - isoprenoids - into the atmosphere when they breathe and grow.

21 May 2020

Fire Aerosols Impact Global Terrestrial Ecosystem Productivity

Fire is the primary form of terrestrial ecosystem disturbance on a global scale, and a major source of aerosols from the terrestrial biosphere to the atmosphere.

21 May 2020

New Technologies Could Transform Global Food Production

The world's growing population and increasing human welfare will necessitate a 30-70% increase in food production over the next three decades.

21 May 2020

Quarantine Improves Air Quality and Prevents Premature Deaths in China

Soon after coronavirus appeared, an all-encompassing quarantine put into effect by the Chinese government slowed the spread of the disease and saved lives, but the quarantine also produced another unanticipated health benefit.

21 May 2020

Study Links Deep Ocean Oxygenation to Ancient Atmospheric CO2 Levels

Why do carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere wax and wane in conjunction with the warm and cold periods of Earth's past?

21 May 2020

Researchers Develop Faster, More Efficient Process to Recycle Bioplastics

Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Bath have designed a more rapid and more effective way of recycling plant-based “bioplastics.”

21 May 2020

COVID-19 Lockdown Leads to Global Decrease in Emissions

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel sources reached a maximum daily decline of 17 per cent in April as a result of drastic decline in energy demand that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.

20 May 2020

Circular Economy of Plastics can Help Solve Environmental Problems

Plastics have extremely useful properties: they help us keep our food fresh, make it possible to safely operate electrical devices and create various solutions in the medical field, such as disposable syringes and artificial joints.

20 May 2020