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Researchers Created Artificial Rainfall to Examine its Effects on Plants

The mechanism present behind the good growth of plants is not about how much extra water is given to them, but when it is given, suggests new research performed at the University of California (UC Riverside).

19 Apr 2022

Microplastics are Finding Their Way into Human Food Supplies

Plastic rubbish has been found all over the place and currently, broken-down microplastics are discovered in variable concentrations in water and blue mussels and inside the intertidal zone at a few of the most famous and highly remote beaches in southern Australia.

19 Apr 2022

Adriatic Ecosystems Incredibly Resilient to Major Climatic Shifts, but Affected by Human-Induced Changes

An analysis of more than 70,000 fossils indicates that mollusk communities were incredibly resilient to major climatic shifts during the last ice age.

19 Apr 2022

Coral Reefs Subjected to Severe Destruction by Ocean Warming Over the Last Three to Four Decades, Study Finds

A range of considerable suggestions to safeguard, preserve, and study the world’s coral reefs–called the “canaries in the coal mine” of climate change—has been reported by an international group of environmental scientists.

18 Apr 2022

Amazon Rainforest is Under Increasing Threat from Changing Land Use, Study Finds

A new study indicates that the biggest peatlands in the Amazon rainforest, which maintain an immense and concentrated amount of carbon, fall under the increasing threat of modifying land use.

15 Apr 2022

Ocean Warming Likely to Shift Marine Ecosystems in Unforeseen Ways

Warming of the oceans due to climate change will mean fewer productive fish species to catch in the future, according to a new Rutgers study that found as temperatures warm, predator-prey interactions will prevent species from keeping up with the conditions where they could thrive.

13 Apr 2022

Researchers Attempt to Know More About the Lives of Stingrays in Seychelles

Several difficulties have been experienced by the stingrays, primarily due to overfishing. Researchers from the Save Our Seas Foundation D’Arros Research Centre (SOSF-DRC) and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity have been making attempts to find out more regarding the lives of stingrays present in Seychelles.

13 Apr 2022

ZeroAvia and ZEV Station Sign MoU to Develop Hydrogen Refueling Ecosystem at California Airports

ZeroAvia, the leader in hydrogen-electric, zero-emission aviation, today signed an MoU and announced a new partnership with the hydrogen fueling firm ZEV Station to develop green hydrogen refueling infrastructure for airports in California.

From ZeroAvia 11 Apr 2022

Invertebrates Living in High Mountain Streams can Indicate Ecosystem Health

A new tool can better assess an important but overlooked indicator of global warming: the variety of bugs, worms, and snails living in high mountain streams.

8 Apr 2022

Study Provides First Near-Global Estimate of Aboveground Forest Biomass and the Carbon it Stores

A significant milestone has been reached by NASA’s GEDI mission with the liberation of its latest data product. This offers the first near-global evaluation of aboveground forest biomass and the amount of carbon it stores—thereby filling a main gap in climate research.

7 Apr 2022