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Fluctuating Rising Trend of Open Agricultural Straw Burning in Northeast China

Open biomass burning (OBB) has a significant impact on regional air quality, especially on the heavy haze pollution in Northeast China (NEC) in recent years. Recent research published in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters provides scholars and decision-makers with a more comprehensive and long-term analysis of the spatiotemporal patterns of OBB in NEC.

3 Apr 2020

Smaller Scale Solutions Needed for Rapid Progress Towards Emissions Targets

University of East Anglia. Low-carbon technologies that are smaller scale, more affordable, and can be mass deployed are more likely to enable a faster transition to net-zero emissions, according to a new study by an international team of researchers.Innovations ranging from solar panels to electric bikes also have lower investment risks, greater potential for improvement in both cost and performance, and more scope for reducing energy demand -- key attributes that will help accelerate progress on decarbonization.

3 Apr 2020

Study Synthesizes What Climate Change Means for Northwest Wildfires

University of Washington. A synthesis study looks at how climate change will affect the risk of wildfires in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana. The authors also suggest how managers and individual landowners in different ecosystems can best prepare.

3 Apr 2020

Satellite Data to Measure Reduced Carbon Uptake During Floods

A new study reports that extreme flooding across the Midwest, which induced a delay in growing season for crops in the region, resulted in the decrease of net carbon uptake by 100 million metric tons in June and July 2019.

3 Apr 2020

Climate Change and Human Influence Perturb Marine Ecosystems

A new study published in Global Change Biology reports that in the last 60 years, the UK’s plankton population, which includes microscopic algae and animals supporting the entire marine food web, has undergone tremendous changes.

2 Apr 2020

Food Waste and the Best Valorization Path

Scientists are aiming to determine the most optimal valorization paths for restaurant food scraps. Among the potential lives for restaurant scraps, the group is trying to find which one offers the most value and which one is highly effective.

2 Apr 2020

New Method to Make Energy Systems More Resilient

Predictions have been made that extreme weather events such as heatwaves, severe drought, and storms will become more prevalent and have already started to occur.

2 Apr 2020

Half a Million Fed with Food Destined for Bin

Start-up FruPro release not-for-profit platform that connects retailers and growers, feeding half a million people in just 2 days with food destined for bin.

2 Apr 2020

Ocean Deoxygenation: A Silent Driver Of Coral Reef Demise?

University of Technology Sydney. Authors of a new study published in Nature Climate Change say the threat of ocean deoxygenation has largely been ignored and asks the question: 'Are our coastal coral reefs slowly suffocating?'

2 Apr 2020

Landmark Study Concludes Marine Life Can Be Rebuilt By 2050

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST). An international study recently published in the journal Nature that was led by KAUST professors Carlos Duarte and Susana Agustí lays out the essential roadmap of actions required for the planet's marine life to recover to full abundance by 2050.

2 Apr 2020

Smaller Than Expected Phytoplankton May Mean Less Carbon Sequestered At Sea Bottom

Oregon State University. A study that included the first-ever winter sampling of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic revealed cells smaller than what scientists expected, meaning carbon sequestration models may be too optimistic.

2 Apr 2020

Flooding Stunted 2019 Cropland Growing Season, Resulting In More Atmospheric CO2

California Institute of Technology. A new Caltech-JPL study determines the impact of the severe 2019 floods, and offers scientists a new tool for measuring regional-scale carbon dioxide absorption by plants.

2 Apr 2020

Uncertain Climate Future Could Disrupt Energy Systems

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. An international team of scientists has published a new study proposing an optimization methodology for designing climate-resilient energy systems and to help ensure that communities will be able to meet future energy needs given weather and climate variability. Their findings were recently published in Nature Energy.

2 Apr 2020

Assessing Forests From Afar

University of Delaware, A new study led by the University of Delaware's Pinki Mondal recommends that in addition to using large swaths of coarse satellite data to evaluate forests on a national scale, it is important for countries to prioritize areas such as national parks and wildlife refuges and use finer scale data in those protected areas to make sure that they are maintaining their health and are being reported on accurately.

2 Apr 2020

On Mars Or Earth, Biohybrid Can Turn Carbon Dioxide Into New Products

UC Berkeley chemists have created a hybrid system of bacteria and nanowires that captures energy from sunlight and transfers it to the bacteria to turn carbon dioxide and water into organic molecules and oxygen. On Earth, such a biohybrid could remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. On Mars, it would provide colonists with raw material to manufacture organic compounds ranging from fuels to drugs. The efficiency is greater than the photosynthetic efficiency of most plants.

2 Apr 2020