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Solar and Wind Energy Enhance Drought Resilience and Groundwater Sustainability

News - 7 Nov 2019

Solar and wind farms are being set up across the United States to reduce carbon emissions. These renewables also have another vital effect—preserving more water in the ground. A recent...

Major Proportion of Tropical Reserves may be at Risk of Climate Change Impacts

News - 31 Oct 2019

Brazil has the largest stretch of tropical ecosystems within protected areas. However, according to a study backed by FAPESP and published in the journal Conservation Biology, a substantial proportion...

New Machine-Learning Model to Understand Global Ocean Methane Emissions

News - 9 Oct 2019

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is released into the atmosphere through natural processes as well as human activities, such as agriculture and energy production. To forecast the...

Study Reveals Industrialization has Reduced “Coniferous Forest Effect”

News - 27 Sep 2019

Greenhouse gas emissions cause a warming effect on the climate, while small airborne particles in the atmosphere serve as a cooling mechanism. However, in a new study from Lund University in...

The Potential Impact of Complete Deforestation and the Technology Preventing It

News - 12 Sep 2019

Image credit: Marten_House / Shutterstock.com There is a moment in Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road in which protagonist tells his son, “All the trees in the world are going to fall...

Around 2,000 New Amazon Fires Recorded Despite Burning Ban

News - 2 Sep 2019

New fires are searing through the Amazon forest at an alarming rate which is a cause for global concern. While fires in the Amazon are not a new phenomenon – fires occur every dry season between...

New Study May Hold Implications for Mitigation of Climate Change

News - 13 Aug 2019

According to a new study headed by scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), structurally complex forests in the eastern United States sequester more carbon. In other words, the vegetation...

New Technology for Growing a Small Garden Right in Your Home or Office

News - 5 Aug 2019

A technology for growing a small garden right in an office or home has been co-developed by two EPFL Master’s students. They introduced a startup to market their smart indoor greenhouses...

Study Reveals Plant Ingredients are not Sustainable Fishmeal Substitutes

News - 15 Apr 2019

Commercial fish feed manufacturers are progressively switching fishmeal – a powder made from fish – for crop-based ingredients in a move compelled by economic incentives and a desire to...

Study Shows Anthropogenic Climate Change is Responsible for Large-Scale Heatwaves Across the World

News - 11 Apr 2019

A majority of people will be able to recall the previous summer, both in Switzerland and in huge swathes throughout the rest of Europe, and also in Asia and North America. Concurrent heatwaves...