Laura Thomson

Senior Editor

Laura Thomson graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with an English and Sociology degree. During her studies, Laura worked as a Proofreader and went on to do this full-time until moving on to work as a Website Editor for a leading analytics and media company.

In her spare time, Laura enjoys reading a range of books and writing historical fiction. She also loves to see new places in the world and spends many weekends walking with her Cocker Spaniel Millie.

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Articles from Laura

Assessing the Transpiration Rates of Urban Trees in Different Management Contexts

Urbanization has led to drastic changes to hydrologic systems due to the replacement of vegetated areas with impervious surfaces, modification of overall water and sediment budgets, and a decrease in stream complexity. Ponte, S. et al.'s study identifies whether transpiration rates of urban trees of

9 Dec 2021

Evaluating the Carbon Footprint of Various E-Commerce Shipping Options

This article evaluates the carbon footprint of the shipping options provided by Taobao, a famous Chinese online shopping website. The results were published in Transportation Research Record.

8 Dec 2021

Role of Tectonics in Reorganizing Southern Ocean Patterns and Heat Transport

AZoCleantech looks at a study showing that only minor variations in the depths of the Tasmanian and Drake gateways are enough to cause a drastic reorganization in Antarctic surface water temperatures and ocean circulation patterns.

8 Dec 2021

Ice Core Analysis Provides Information About Past Ecosystem Dynamics

Continental-scale impacts on ecosystems are often not extensively recorded. This article details the use of ice core retrieved from the Monte Rosa Massif in the Swiss Alps to reveal close association among vegetation, climate, pollution, agriculture, pests, and fire in the past millennium in Europe.

1 Dec 2021

Analyzing the Total Warming Footprint of Aircraft

The aviation industry contributes more to global warming because of the climate pollutants it generates. Looking at Klöwer, M. et al's journal paper published in Environmental Research Letters, this article analyzes aviation’s total warming footprint by modeling CO2 and non-CO2 effects.

24 Nov 2021

The Impacts of Human Sewage in Coastal Marine Ecosystems

Looking at Tuholske, C. et al's paper published in the journal PLOS ONE, this article discusses the use of a new high-resolution geospatial model to evaluate and map N and pathogen from human sewage for ~135,000 watersheds around the world.

19 Nov 2021

Seaweed’s Potential in Tackling Climate Change

AZoCleantech speaks to marine ecologist Dr Mar Fernandez who is a scientific advisor at Seafields. Fernandez discusses a new offshore aquafarm that will grow and harvest seaweed to help remove billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere each year.

3 Nov 2021

Incorporating Zinc to Stabilize Indium Sulfide for CO2 Reduction Reaction

Inspired by earlier researchers, scientists have recently incorporated zinc (Zn) into indium sulfide (In2S3). They found that the synthesis allows this incorporation and enhances the stability of the resultant catalyst (ZnIn2S4). The research has been published in Nature Communications.

3 Nov 2021

Fabricating Carbon Foams as CO2 Adsorbent

Increasing CO2 is a global problem and to capture it, various CO2 adsorbents are needed. This article looks at the design of a porous CO2 adsorbent reported in Cheng Duan et al's paper published in Materials.

2 Nov 2021

Reaching Net-Zero with Improved Digital Connectivity in the Transport Sector

AZoCleantech speaks to Luca Schiavoni from Assembly Research about the need for connectivity and its links to reducing carbon emissions. Schiavoni discusses Assembly Research's latest report, which was commissioned by Huawei, on how connectivity in transport is a key factor in reaching net-zero clim

2 Nov 2021