A team of researchers, which included doctoral student FUJIWARA Ryosuke, Associate Professor TANAKA Tsutomu (both from the Graduate School of Engineering of Kobe University) and Research Scientist NODA Shuhei (from RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science), has successfully improved the production of target chemicals from biomass.
Seeds provide a degree of resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change in ecosystems worldwide.
An international team of researchers has developed an enzyme produced from agricultural waste that could be used as an important additive in laundry detergents.
Hidden metal deposits needed to transition the world to low emission technologies can be discovered using metallic blue crusts in soils and on termite mounds as signposts, according to new research from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO.
The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) recently published ‘Golden Egg or Poisoned Chalice?: The Story of Nuclear Power in the UK’, by Tony Wooldridge and Stephen Druce.
After Antarctic temperatures recently hit record highs twice in the space of one week, it has been revealed this heat wave melted around 20% of the snow of one of its islands, as illustrated by new NASA Earth Observatory images.
By David J. Cross
25 Feb 2020
In a dry country such as Australia, accurate understanding of streamflow generation processes in intermittent rivers is crucial to understand the health of our troubled river system, according to Flinders University Hydrology researcher Dr Margaret Shanafield.
As part of an international study led by The University of Queensland, it has been found that nearly 26% of Earth’s oceans require immediate conservation attention to preserve the marine biodiversity of the planet.
In accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement, China has pledged to depend on renewable resources for 20% of its energy demands by 2030.
Researchers from the University of Rochester have determined that estimations regarding the amount of fossil methane that is emitted by natural sources have been vastly overestimated.
By Sarah Moore
24 Feb 2020
Researchers believe that one of the major threats to coral reef systems is sunscreen pollution. Chemicals found in sunscreen products, proven to be highly toxic to coral reefs, are becoming increasingly abundant in reef environments.
By David J. Cross
24 Feb 2020
Methane is known to be a potent greenhouse gas and contributes considerably to global warming. In the past three centuries, emissions of this gas in the air have increased by around 150%.
Permafrost present in the soil and in methane hydrates that occur deep within the ocean serve as huge reservoirs of carbon.
In the coming years, sufficient amounts of water will emerge from the ground as a byproduct of the production of oil extracted from unusual reservoirs.
The life of coral reefs is persistently under threat due to destructive fishing practices, coastal development, and land-based pollution, but perhaps its greatest threat is now climate change.
By David J. Cross
21 Feb 2020