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What is the carbon footprint of a house in Japan?Science

What is the carbon footprint of a house in Japan?

By Kyushu University Researchers identify the emission hotspots in the supply chain when building a house in Japan Researchers at Kyushu University have published a…
SourceSourceMay 20, 2024 Full article
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Finding Where the Grass is GreenerScience

Finding Where the Grass is Greener

By Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, enhance land surface maps to…
SourceSourceMay 19, 2024 Full article
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How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplanktonClimateScience

How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplankton

By Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research The basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton, responds to…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Study suggests that air pollution promotes inflammation in the brain, accelerating cognitive decline and increasing risk of dementiaScience

Study suggests that air pollution promotes inflammation in the brain, accelerating cognitive decline and increasing risk of dementia

By University of Copenhagen, The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences This is the first study in Denmark showing a link between air pollution and…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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How do lightning storms affect North Pole sea ice?Science

How do lightning storms affect North Pole sea ice?

TAU research shows that lightning storms are causing sea ice to melt faster at the North Pole An international study with the participation of researchers…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid desertsScience

Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid deserts

Airborne sounding radars can perform comprehensive mapping within a few hours compared to existing in-situ methods that would take a few years. Water shortages are…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Climate change is most prominent threat to pollinators, CABI Reviews paper findsClimateScience

Climate change is most prominent threat to pollinators, CABI Reviews paper finds

By Wayne Coles A paper published in the CABI Reviews journal has found that climate change is the most prominent threat to pollinators – such…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Equity Must Be Considered in Ocean Governance to Achieve Global Targets by 2030Science

Equity Must Be Considered in Ocean Governance to Achieve Global Targets by 2030

By Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) As the world presses forward with urgency towards reaching global biodiversity and climate targets by 2030, there must be increased…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
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Climate change likely to aggravate brain conditionsScienceClimate

Climate change likely to aggravate brain conditions

Climate change, and its effects on weather patterns and adverse weather events, is likely to negatively affect the health of people with brain conditions, argue…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
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The origin and long-distance travels of upside down treesScience

The origin and long-distance travels of upside down trees

By Queen Mary University of London Scientists have solved the mystery behind the origin, evolution and dispersal around the world of iconic baobabs. The iconic…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
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Global methane emissions automatically detected in satellite imagery using AIScience

Global methane emissions automatically detected in satellite imagery using AI

As global temperatures rise to record highs, the pressure to curb greenhouse gas emissions has intensified. Methane is particularly targeted because its significant global-warming potential…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
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Carbon dioxide removal: feasibility study evaluates possible measures for GermanyScience

Carbon dioxide removal: feasibility study evaluates possible measures for Germany

By Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Germany aims to be climate neutral by 2045. In order to achieve this goal, greenhouse gas emissions must…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
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Using solar energy to generate heat at high temperaturesScience

Using solar energy to generate heat at high temperatures

By Fabio Bergamin | ETH Zurich Instead of burning coal or oil to produce cement or steel, in the future solar energy could be used…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
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Summers warm up faster than winters, fossil shells from Antwerp showScience

Summers warm up faster than winters, fossil shells from Antwerp show

In a warmer climate, summers warm much faster than winters. That is the conclusion of research into fossil shells by earth scientist Niels de Winter.…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
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The case for sharing carbon storage riskScience

The case for sharing carbon storage risk

By Texas A&M University Even the most optimistic projections for the rapid build-out of solar, wind, and other low-carbon resources acknowledge that coal, natural gas,…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
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Creating a green composite material from Japanese washi paperScience

Creating a green composite material from Japanese washi paper

Japanese washi paper is renowned for its aesthetic beauty and its wide-array of usages. Now, a group of Tohoku University researchers have made a green…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
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New ‘forever chemical’ cleanup strategy discoveredScience

New ‘forever chemical’ cleanup strategy discovered

By David DANELSKI | University of California - Riverside As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cracks down on insidious “forever chemical” pollution in the environment,…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
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Researchers identify fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last 50,000 yearsScience

Researchers identify fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last 50,000 years

By Michelle Klampe, Oregon State University Today’s rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other point in the past…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
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New approach for improved early flood warningScience

New approach for improved early flood warning

By Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Climate change increases frequency of extreme events such as flooding. This reinforces the need to develop methods for…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
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Non-photosynthetic Vegetation Helps Improve Accuracy of Wind Erosion Impact AssessmentScience

Non-photosynthetic Vegetation Helps Improve Accuracy of Wind Erosion Impact Assessment

by Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences The process of soil wind erosion is influenced by vegetation cover. From a functional point of view, vegetation…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
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Net zero plans show limited climate ambition on ‘residual’ emissionsScience

Net zero plans show limited climate ambition on ‘residual’ emissions

New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals what countries think will be their most difficult to decarbonise sectors when they reach net…
SourceSourceMay 10, 2024 Full article
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Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakesScience

Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakes

By Jennifer Chu | MIT News When scientists look for an earthquake’s cause, their search often starts underground. As centuries of seismic studies have made…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
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In South Africa, tiny primates could struggle to adapt to climate changeScience

In South Africa, tiny primates could struggle to adapt to climate change

By Daniel Strain, University of Colorado at Boulder In the “sky islands” of the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa, two closely related species of primate…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2024 Full article
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Are carbon-capture models effective?Science

Are carbon-capture models effective?

by Michigan State University Reforestation efforts to restock depleted forests are important for addressing climate change and for both capturing and restoring carbon from the…
SourceSourceMay 5, 2024 Full article