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International Team Reveals Chemistry Behind Biochar’s Nutrient Releasing Potential

For over a century, researchers have been intrigued and thrilled by biochar, a carbon-rich, charcoal-like material derived from oxygen-deprived plant or similar organic matter. When used as a soil additive, biochar has the ability to store carbon and thereby decrease release of greenhouse gas.

23 Oct 2017

Study Reveals Shortening of Oceanic Food Chain Due to Environmental Disturbances

An innovative study has demonstrated that environmental changes such as El Niño disturb the marine food chain at Southern California. This finding is contrast to traditional notion that the hierarchy of food chain in the ocean is mostly unaltered as time passes.

20 Oct 2017

Researchers Reveal Actual Effect of Hydropower Generation in the Amazon

An innovative study performed at the University of Stirling has proposed that the effect of hydropower production on the environment in the Amazon might be more than that speculated earlier.

20 Oct 2017

Methane Emissions in India are Evidently Less Than Before

The concentrations of methane—the second most potent greenhouse gas— in the atmosphere are increasing by the day. Due to its powerful nature and rapid decomposition in the atmosphere, nations across the globe have identified the fact that decreasing methane emissions is an important step toward reducing global warming.

11 Oct 2017

Safe Carbon Dioxide Storage Test Beneficial for Leading Research Project

A new technique that cost-effectively monitors the safe storage of industrial greenhouse gas emissions is to be adopted by a leading research project.

21 Sep 2017

Researchers Zero in on Brown Rot Fungi for Efficient Biomass Conversion

Two decades ago, Barry Goodell, a Microbiologist who is currently a Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and his team found out a peculiar system used by certain microorganisms to break down and recycle wood.

25 Jul 2017

Researchers Discover the Key to Preserve Biodiversity Under Increasing Temperatures

Globally, loss of biodiversity is caused due to climate change. Yet, innovative research published in Science Advances has reported that the impact of climate change on ecosystems with greater biodiversity may be less.

18 Jul 2017

Researchers Study Generation of Microplastics from the Washing Machine

The devastating ways in which plastic affects the world's oceans have already been studied even before the UN Ocean Conference in early June. The oceans have billions of plastic pieces floating on them.

27 Jun 2017

Microplastics May be a Growing Threat to Ocean's Ecology

More than five trillion pieces of plastic debris are estimated to be in our oceans, though many are impossible to see with the naked eye.

9 Jun 2017

Study Reveals that Relationship Between Biodiversity and Carbon Storage in Rainforests Not as Strong as Once Assumed

Conservationists working to safeguard tropical forests often assume that old growth forests containing great stores of carbon also hold high biodiversity, but a new study finds that the relationship may not be as strong as once thought, according to a group of researchers with contributions from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other organizations.

10 Mar 2017