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Natural drylands: under-protected and threatened by human activityClimateScience

Natural drylands: under-protected and threatened by human activity

By Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Drylands cover about 42% of the earth’s land surface and are increasingly threatened by human land-use pressures like agriculture,…
SourceSourceJuly 23, 2024 Full article
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A promising new method uses light to clean up ‘forever chemicals’Science

A promising new method uses light to clean up ‘forever chemicals’

The room-temperature defluorination method offers a promising solution for treating perfluoroalkyl substances. By Ritsumeikan University A room-temperature method to decompose perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) using visible…
SourceSourceJuly 23, 2024 Full article
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New Car Smell: A Hot Day Health Hazard?ClimateScience

New Car Smell: A Hot Day Health Hazard?

By Beijing Institute of Technology A new study, published in PNAS Nexus, of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by new cars on hot summer days…
SourceSourceJuly 23, 2024 Full article
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Heat-sensitive trees move uphill seeking climate change respiteScienceClimate

Heat-sensitive trees move uphill seeking climate change respite

Trees in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest are migrating in search of more favourable temperatures with species in mountain forests moving uphill to escape rising heat…
SourceSourceJuly 23, 2024 Full article
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Deep-sea discovery calls into question origins of lifeScience

Deep-sea discovery calls into question origins of life

A discovery in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean is challenging the scientific consensus of how oxygen is produced and has even called into…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 2024 Full article
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Are sustainable aviation fuels truly sustainable?ClimateScience

Are sustainable aviation fuels truly sustainable?

By International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) A new IIASA-led study offers the first detailed estimates of land use change emissions for six sustainable…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 2024 Full article
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Understanding how a red seaweed reduces methane emissions from cowsScience

Understanding how a red seaweed reduces methane emissions from cows

New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has implications for addressing a leading contributor to climate warming. By Erica Moser |…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 2024 Full article
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Deep ocean ‘dark oxygen’ find could rewrite Earth’s historyNewsScience

Deep ocean ‘dark oxygen’ find could rewrite Earth’s history

By Juliette Collen | AFP Paris, France - In the total darkness of the depths of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered oxygen being produced…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 2024 Full article
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Decomposing ‘refrigerants’, a potent greenhouse gas, using industrial wasteScience

Decomposing ‘refrigerants’, a potent greenhouse gas, using industrial waste

Developing a catalyst to decompose refrigerants, which are 1,300 times more potent than carbon dioxide, using industrial waste known as red mud. By National Research…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 2024 Full article
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Submarine canyons are crucial for the instability of the Antarctic ice sheetClimateScience

Submarine canyons are crucial for the instability of the Antarctic ice sheet

By University of Southampton Antarctic canyons play a crucial role in the instability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, as they facilitate the transfer of…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 2024 Full article
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Learning beyond the classroom – bringing science teaching into the real worldScience

Learning beyond the classroom – bringing science teaching into the real world

EU-funded researchers are exploring new ways to learn that make science more relevant to everyday life – and more fun. By Andrew Dunne | Horizon,…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 2024 Full article
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New humidity-driven membrane to remove carbon dioxide from the airScience

New humidity-driven membrane to remove carbon dioxide from the air

A new ambient-energy-driven membrane that pumps carbon dioxide out of the air has been developed by Newcastle University researchers. Direct air captureSeparation processesThe humidity-driven membrane…
SourceSourceJuly 19, 2024 Full article
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Although tiny, peatland microorganisms have a big impact on climateScience

Although tiny, peatland microorganisms have a big impact on climate

The science Polyphenols are a diverse group of organic compounds produced by plants. These compounds are often toxic to microorganisms. In peatlands, scientists thought that…
SourceSourceJuly 18, 2024 Full article
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Microbes found to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’Science

Microbes found to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’

By David Danelski | University of California - Riverside A UC Riverside environmental engineering team has discovered specific bacterial species that can destroy certain kinds…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2024 Full article
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Understanding willingness to pay for nationwide wastewater surveillance in JapanScience

Understanding willingness to pay for nationwide wastewater surveillance in Japan

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased likelihood of other such outbreaks in the future warrant the strengthening of epidemic surveillance systems. Among these, continuous…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2024 Full article
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Nature-based solutions to disaster risk from climate change are cost effective, study confirmsClimateScience

Nature-based solutions to disaster risk from climate change are cost effective, study confirms

By University of Massachusetts Amherst A new global assessment of scientific literature led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst finds that nature-based solutions…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2024 Full article
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UTA biologist wins national fellowship to study historic pollutionScience

UTA biologist wins national fellowship to study historic pollution

By Greg Pederson | University of Texas at Arlington A biology researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington has received a prestigious grant to…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2024 Full article
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Turning agricultural trash to treasureScience

Turning agricultural trash to treasure

By Lauren Biron | Lawrence Berkeley National | DOE In California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley, agricultural leftovers such as almond shells, fruit peels, and orchard…
SourceSourceJuly 16, 2024 Full article
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Weather experts discover new effect of storm – in a teacupScience

Weather experts discover new effect of storm – in a teacup

By University of Reading Britain, prepare for deep depression: storms ruin tea. A new study reveals that Storm Ciaran cut an invisible path of mayhem…
SourceSourceJuly 16, 2024 Full article
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We’re not eating Peppa! Preschoolers befriend farm animalsScience

We’re not eating Peppa! Preschoolers befriend farm animals

By SWPS University Giving a chicken, turkey or pig a name and pointing out its individual qualities may change children's attitudes towards animals. It makes…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2024 Full article
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Wildlife tracking technology that adheres to fur delivers promising results from trials on wild polar bearsNewsScience

Wildlife tracking technology that adheres to fur delivers promising results from trials on wild polar bears

By York University A research team led by York University and a project involving 3M and Polar Bears International present field research deploying the first-ever…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2024 Full article
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Atomically controlled MXenes enable cost-effective green hydrogen productionScience

Atomically controlled MXenes enable cost-effective green hydrogen production

KIST researchers develop atomically controlled MXenes as water electrolysis catalyst support. Molybdenum-based MXene electrocatalyst support reduces the cost of green hydrogen production. Overall concept of…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2024 Full article
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Complex impact of large wildfires on ozone layer dynamicsScience

Complex impact of large wildfires on ozone layer dynamics

Huge smoke-charged vortex doubles aerosol burden in the middle stratosphere and buffers ozone depletion. By Max Planck Institute for Chemistry In a revelation highlighting the…
SourceSourceJuly 13, 2024 Full article
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Study examines urban forests across the United StatesScience

Study examines urban forests across the United States

Researchers find trees in parks are more drought-tolerant than species near homes. By Dartmouth College In recent years, tree-planting campaigns have been underway in the…
SourceSourceJuly 13, 2024 Full article