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Filling Up with Biogas at the Vuorenmaa Dairy Farm

Soon it will be possible to fill up the tank with biogas made from cattle manure at the Vuorenmaa dairy farm in Haapavesi. In addition to the milk truck, there is enough for other drivers of gas-powered vehicles to purch...

From Valio Ltd 14 May 2020

Study Uncovers Connection Between Tropical Weather and U.S. Rainfall During El Niño

Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science have uncovered a new connection between tropical weather events and U.S. rainfall during El Niño years.

14 May 2020

Scientists Successfully Develop ‘Heat Resistant’ Coral to Fight Bleaching

A team of scientists has successfully produced in a laboratory setting a coral that is more resistant to increased seawater temperatures.

14 May 2020

Using Remote Sensing Methods to Estimate Methane Emissions

The greenhouse gas methane is a crucial factor of climate change in the Arctic and globally as well. Yet, methane emissions in the far north are difficult to measure across large regions.

13 May 2020

New Interactive Website Provides Climate Knowledge for Everyone

MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel has made it a personal mission to speak publicly about climate change. He felt a new and surprising duty to speak up after the scientific issue became politicized in the United States.

13 May 2020

Researchers Estimate the Recycling Efficiency of Marine Microbes

A team of researchers from the Biology Centre Czech Academy of Sciences (Budweis, Czechia), MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen (Germany), and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Bremen, Germany) have estimated that these chemoautotrophs recycle approximately 5 per cent of the carbon and phosphorus assimilated by marine algae and release terragrams (1012 g) of dissolved organics to the ocean interior each year.

13 May 2020

Low-Cost, Simple Method to Create Biofuel, Fertilizer from Seaweed

Scientists in the United Kingdom have designed an easy and affordable technique to produce fertilizers and biofuels from seaweed, while eliminating plastic from the oceans and cleaning up tourist beaches in Central America and the Caribbean.

12 May 2020

Studies Record Global Air Quality and its Impact During COVID-19 Lockdown

According to a new study, ever since lockdowns were enforced in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the levels of two main air pollutants have reduced significantly; however, ground-level ozone—a secondary pollutant—has substantially increased in China.

12 May 2020

Characterizing Virus and Virus-Like Particles

Postnova Analytics reports how its latest generation of Asymmetrical Flow Field Flow Fractionation (AF4) systems are providing labs worldwide with a uniquely powerful technique to characterize and quantitate virus and virus-like particles.

12 May 2020

New Study Analyzes Impacts of Global Warming on Hydropower Potential

A new study by researchers from IIASA and China investigated the impacts of different levels of global warming on hydropower potential and found that this type of electricity generation benefits more from a 1.5 °C than a 2 °C climate scenario.

12 May 2020

New Way To Gauge Methane Release Could Support Climate Change Predictions

A University of Alaska Fairbanks-led research team has developed a way to use satellite images to determine the amount of methane being released from northern lakes, a technique that could help climate change modelers better account for this potent greenhouse gas.

12 May 2020

Effects of Climate Change on Peatlands Could Worsen Wildfires, Global Warming

A group of 59 international scientists, led by researchers at Canada's McMaster University, has uncovered new information about the distinct effects of climate change on boreal forests and peatlands, which threaten to worsen wildfires and accelerate global warming.

12 May 2020

Green and Sustainable Method to Derive Chitin from Food Waste

At Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, researchers have designed a green method to produce chitin, which involves fermenting two forms of food waste—discarded fruit and prawn shells.

11 May 2020

COLDBLOCK TECHNOLOGIES Raises $1.5 Million To Develop Generation 3 System With Automation & Expand International Distribution

Canadian startup, ColdBlock Technologies Inc. (ColdBlock), inventor of the innovative sample digestion technology that delivers a new performance standard for laboratories serving the environmental, metals and ...

From ColdBlock Technologies Inc 11 May 2020