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AI Helps Scientists Develop New General Models In Ecology

In ecology, millions of species interact in billions of different ways between them and with their environment. Ecosystems often seem chaotic, or at least overwhelming for someone trying to understand them and make predictions for the future.

14 Dec 2020

Study Reveals Drop in Fertilizing Effect of Excess CO2 on Vegetation Worldwide

Plants tend to remove CO2 from the air when they absorb it for their growth. Thus, CO2 gets sequestered in their roots, trunk, or branches.

11 Dec 2020

Unilever, Microsoft, Brooks, Neste, and ITV are Among 13 More Companies to Join The Climate Pledge

Today, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that 13 new signatories—Atos, Brooks, Canary Wharf Group, Coca-Cola European Partners, ERM, Groupe SEB France, Harbour Air, ITV, Microsoft, Neste, Rubicon, Unilever,...

10 Dec 2020

The Ocean Cleanup Prepares for Series Production of Interceptor – Partners with MHE-Demag

The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, and Konecranes, a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, announced today that MHE-Demag is the chosen partner to design, manufacture, and service The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor to extract plastic from rivers before entering the ocean.

10 Dec 2020

Art and Marine Biotech Combine to Help Solve Global Plastics Problem

The development of Marine-derived Biopolymer Materials at Flinders University to help solve global plastics problems has taken the innovative step of inviting artists work with research scientists in identifying the widest possible applications for the new materials.

3 Dec 2020

Industry Leaders Join Nor-Shipping Blue Economy Drive to Accelerate Sustainable Change for Ocean

Key ocean business stakeholders are joining forces to support Nor-Shipping’s unique Blue Economy Hall as it embarks on a mission to accelerate sustainable change within the ocean space.

3 Dec 2020

An Escape Route for Seafloor Methane

Methane, the main component of natural gas, is the cleanest-burning of all the fossil fuels, but when emitted into the atmosphere it is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

1 Dec 2020

Researchers Working to Reduce Ironwood Tree Decline in Guam

With U.S. Department of Agriculture grants totaling almost $370,000, researchers from the University of Guam and other institutions are in the process of analyzing termites to assess their role in infecting what is now more than 20 percent of Guam's ironwood trees, locally known as gago, with a deadly bacterium.

23 Nov 2020

Severe Bleaching Projected to Occur Within This Century for World's Coral Reefs

The United Nations recently released a new report projecting future coral reef bleaching globally. The lead author of the report, Ruben van Hooidonk, is a scientist with NOAA's Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Studies based at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Results highlights from the report include:

23 Nov 2020

Plant Research Seals Importance Of Microbes For Survival And Growth

Scientists have revealed that plants have a 'sealing' mechanism supported by microbes in the root that are vital for the intake of nutrients for survival and growth.

23 Nov 2020