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Organic Farming Could Produce Sufficient Yields, Protect and Improve the Environment

Washington State University researchers have concluded that feeding a growing global population with sustainability goals in mind is possible. Their review of hundreds of published studies provides evidence that organic farming can produce sufficient yields, be profitable for farmers, protect and improve the environment and be safer for farm workers.

5 Feb 2016

Clemson University Scientist Contributes to Study on Tropical Forests in Central and South America

Clemson University scientist Saara DeWalt is part of a collaborative study of second-growth tropical forests in Central and South America that will be published Feb. 11 in the journal Nature. DeWalt and dozens of other scientists contributed to the paper titled “Biomass Resilience of Neotropical Secondary Forests.”

5 Feb 2016

Plastics Debris Could Better Transport Foreign Species across Oceans with the Help of Barnacles

The smooth surfaces of much of the plastic waste rapidly increasing in the ocean appear to provide poor habitat for animals -- that is, until barnacles step in.

5 Feb 2016

Penn State Researcher Plans to Use Carbon Dioxide as Raw Material to Create More Sustainable Future

Penn State researcher Chunshan Song has a plan to address one of the most important issues facing the world today — reducing greenhouse gas emissions to curb the negative impacts of climate change.

5 Feb 2016

Innovative Method to Harness CO2 from Atmosphere for Methanol Production

Researchers from the USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute have succeeded in generating fuel from thin air. This is the first time that researchers have directly transformed carbon dioxide, present in the air, into methanol. This conversion took place at a relatively low temperature.

4 Feb 2016

University of Alaska Fairbanks Develops Greenland Model to Determine Rise in Sea Levels

Glaciologists and mathematicians from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have carried out a study to discover how sea levels are affected by the glacier ice flowing off Greenland.

4 Feb 2016

Research on Gray Treefrogs Could Lead to Clues Regarding Climate Change

The year 2015 has been labeled as the hottest year on record, based on reports from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A researcher from the University of Missouri claims that the rising temperatures and climate unpredictability could impact the sounds produced by gray treefrogs.

4 Feb 2016

Edinburgh Scientists Develop Maps to Predict Climate Change

The world’s natural landscapes depicted through detailed maps may help scientists predict climate change impacts in a better manner.

4 Feb 2016

Additional Grants Sanctioned to Study Impact of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Marine Ecosystem

When it occurred on April 20, 2010, scientists and marine biologists knew almost immediately it was one of the worst environmental incidents in human history. Almost as soon as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was capped, researchers set about studying the immediate and long-term effects it had on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.

4 Feb 2016

Series of Aerofoil-Shaped Panels Could Help Avoid Pollution Caused by Departing Aircrafts

A series of aerofoil-shaped panels downwind of an airport runway could break up the plumes of exhaust gases from departing aircraft, preventing those gases from staying near the ground and so dispersing them more quickly.

4 Feb 2016

Controlling Energy Transfer between Electrons and Bismuth Crystal Lattice to Harness Electricity

At the atomic level, bismuth displays a number of quirky physical phenomena. A new study reveals a novel mechanism for controlling the energy transfer between electrons and the bismuth crystal lattice.

4 Feb 2016

Algae Raceway Test Facility Solves Demand for Clean Energy

In a twist of geometry, an oval can make a line. The new algae raceway testing facility at Sandia National Laboratories may be oval in shape, but it paves a direct path between laboratory research and solving the demand for clean energy.

4 Feb 2016

New Study Shows Impact of Burning Fossil Fuels on the World’s Oceans

A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led study shows that the North Atlantic absorbed 50 percent more man-made carbon dioxide over the last decade, compared to the previous decade. The findings show the impact that the burning of fossil fuels have had on the world’s oceans in just 10 years.

3 Feb 2016

Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet Large Amounts of Phosphorus Every Year

Not only is Greenland's melting ice sheet adding huge amounts of water to the oceans, it could also be unleashing 400,000 metric tons of phosphorus every year – as much as the mighty Mississippi River releases into the Gulf of Mexico, according to a new study.

3 Feb 2016

Researchers Highlight Role of Human Activities that Cause Severe Drought

A group of key water researchers from 13 organisations in eight countries, including the University of Bristol and Cabot Institute, is calling for a revision of how the world should study and tackle drought. The researchers propose broadening the definition of drought to include water shortage caused and made worse – or sometimes improved - by human activity.

3 Feb 2016