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Western Agricultural Communities Need Water Conservation Strategies to Adapt to Future ShortagesScience

Western Agricultural Communities Need Water Conservation Strategies to Adapt to Future Shortages

By Desert Research Institute The Western U.S. is heavily reliant on mountain snowpacks and their gradual melt for water storage and supply, and climate change…
SourceSourceJune 13, 2024 Full article
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Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matterScience

Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matter

By Amanda Morris, Northwestern University When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two pathways. Either the microbe uses the food…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
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Research signals major milestone in cutting harmful gases that deplete ozone and worsen global warmingScience

Research signals major milestone in cutting harmful gases that deplete ozone and worsen global warming

By University of Bristol A new study has revealed significant progress in the drive to reduce levels in the atmosphere of chemicals that destroy Earth’s…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
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New discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the EarthClimateScience

New discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the Earth

By University of East Anglia A common type of ocean algae plays a significant role in producing a massively abundant compound that helps cool the…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
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Safeguarding peer review to ensure quality at scaleScience

Safeguarding peer review to ensure quality at scale

By Mirjam Eckert, Chief Publishing Officer | Frontiers In the context of climate emergency, making scientific research open has never been more important. But for…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
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Keeping the lights onScience

Keeping the lights on

By Osaka University Researchers at Osaka University study the impact of carbon impurities on the quality of gallium nitride crystals, and determine the threshold concentration…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
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Tiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisisScience

Tiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisis

The climate crisis is changing habitats quickly, forcing animals to adapt to catch up. Populations of a species that have more genetic variation have lower…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
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Fighting fires from space in record time: how AI could prevent a repeat of Australia’s devastating wildfiresNewsScience

Fighting fires from space in record time: how AI could prevent a repeat of Australia’s devastating wildfires

By University of South Australia Australian scientists are getting closer to detecting bushfires in record time, thanks to cube satellites with onboard AI now able…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2024 Full article
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Exploring three frontiers in marine biomass and blue carbon captureScience

Exploring three frontiers in marine biomass and blue carbon capture

By Boston University A new study offers first-time insights into three emerging climate innovations to safeguard or increase the carbon naturally captured by ocean and…
SourceSourceJune 6, 2024 Full article
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25 years of the deep-sea observatory AWI-HAUSGARTENNewsScience

25 years of the deep-sea observatory AWI-HAUSGARTEN

By Alfred-Wegener-Institut For the past 25 years, the Alfred Wegener Institute has operated a long-term observatory in the Arctic deep sea: the HAUSGARTEN. Located between…
SourceSourceJune 6, 2024 Full article
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Electrified charcoal ‘sponge’ can soak up CO2 directly from the airScience

Electrified charcoal ‘sponge’ can soak up CO2 directly from the air

By University of Cambridge Researchers have developed a low-cost, energy-efficient method for making materials that can capture carbon dioxide directly from the air. Researchers from…
SourceSourceJune 6, 2024 Full article
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Rapid urbanization in Africa transforms local food systems and threatens biodiversityScience

Rapid urbanization in Africa transforms local food systems and threatens biodiversity

By Bettina Greenwell, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA ) Urbanization in Africa is accelerating quickly, showing no signs of slowing down. An international…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2024 Full article
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People are altering decomposition rates in waterwaysScience

People are altering decomposition rates in waterways

By Leigh Hataway, University of Georgia Faster decomposition could exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions, threaten biodiversity Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2024 Full article
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First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme weather is ‘transformational’, Oxford scientists sayClimateScience

First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme weather is ‘transformational’, Oxford scientists say

By University of Oxford National forecasting centres like the Met Office could apply the same tools used for weather forecasting to quantify how human behaviour…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2024 Full article
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Prenatal exposure to air pollution associated with increased mental health risksScience

Prenatal exposure to air pollution associated with increased mental health risks

By University of Bristol A baby’s exposure to air pollution while in the womb is associated with the development of certain mental health problems once…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2024 Full article
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Global activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped for the first timeScience

Global activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped for the first time

By University of Southampton A team of scientists from the USA and UK has used artificial intelligence (AI) to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2024 Full article
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From wild to domesticated: Scientists reveal 100,000 years of continuous rice evolutionScience

From wild to domesticated: Scientists reveal 100,000 years of continuous rice evolution

According to a study published in Science, scientists have used phytolith analysis and other methods to reveal the continuous evolutionary history of rice from wild…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
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Kenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate changeClimateScience

Kenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate change

By Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell University Fatal drownings are a big risk for small-scale fishers on Africa’s largest lake, with many of those deaths attributed to…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
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Machine learning accelerates discovery of high-performance metal oxide catalystsScience

Machine learning accelerates discovery of high-performance metal oxide catalysts

Researchers have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to significantly advance the discovery and optimization of multicomponent metal oxide electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2024 Full article
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The global clean water crisis looms largeClimateScience

The global clean water crisis looms large

By Utrecht University Water scarcity will intensify with climate and socioeconomic change, disproportionately impacting populations located in the Global South. So concludes a new Utrecht University…
SourceSourceMay 23, 2024 Full article
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Drones validate walrus counts in satellite images from spaceScience

Drones validate walrus counts in satellite images from space

In the first successful attempt to calibrate walrus counts from satellite imagery, scientists used drones to validate animal counts in Svalbard, Norway. This International Day…
SourceSourceMay 23, 2024 Full article
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UC Irvine-led team uncovers ‘vigorous melting’ at Antarctica’s Thwaites GlacierScience

UC Irvine-led team uncovers ‘vigorous melting’ at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

By University of California - Irvine A team of glaciologists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine used high-resolution satellite radar data to…
SourceSourceMay 23, 2024 Full article
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Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of strokeClimateScience

Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of stroke

By Helmholtz Munich In a recent study, researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Augsburg University Hospital show that nocturnal heat significantly increases the risk of…
SourceSourceMay 22, 2024 Full article
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Warming climate intensifies flash droughts worldwideClimateScience

Warming climate intensifies flash droughts worldwide

By American Geophysical Union Sudden, severe dry spells known as flash droughts are rising in intensity around the world, with a notable exception in mountainous Central…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2024 Full article