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Using Plankton Shells to Gauge the Accuracy of Climate Models

Earth scientists have compiled a comprehensive record of latitudinal sea-surface temperature (SST) gradients over the last 95 million years of the Earth’s history. The results from this study help bridge the gap between empirical observations and existing climate models.

8 Mar 2022

Great Diversity of Marine Organisms Attach Themselves to Plastics and are Dragged Along by Marine Currents

Recent research headed by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) and the University of Barcelona (UB) reveals how great diversity of marine organisms attach themselves to plastics and are dragged along by marine currents.

3 Mar 2022

New Biochar Project may Lead to Reductions in Manure Odors, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Heat up stalks, stems, leaves or wood in a reactor with little or no oxygen (in a process called pyrolysis) and you get bio-oil for fuel and biochar for fertilizer.

3 Mar 2022

New Report Examines the Impacts of Climate Change on Nature and People

Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today.

1 Mar 2022

Study Details Vulnerability of Outdoor Recreation to Climate Change

Change is difficult, particularly when it includes mega-droughts, soaring summer temperatures, invasive species, and other items from the list of unpleasant results of climate change.

28 Feb 2022

Scientists Identify and Better Understand the Role of Soil Viruses

Soil is the unsung hero of our lives. It provides nourishment to crops to provide us with food, offers drainage for rainwater into aquifers, and is a habitat for a variety of organisms. On the microscopic level, soil thrives with life, harboring microbes, such as fungi and bacteria that work cooperatively with plants.

22 Feb 2022

Soil Microbial DNA Predicts Timing of Ecosystem Recovery

The rehabilitation of ecosystems is a critical component of modern mining operations right across Australia, and represents best practice internationally.

21 Feb 2022

Computational Approach can Guide Sustainable Dam Siting to Protect Ecosystem Services

Rapid hydroelectric dam expansion in the Amazon poses a serious threat to Earth's largest and most biodiverse river basin. There are 158 dams in the Amazon River basin, with another 351 proposed; these projects are typically assessed individually, with little coordinated planning.

18 Feb 2022

Bigger-Brained Birds do not Shrink with Climate Change

Many North American migratory birds are shrinking in size as temperatures have warmed over the past 40 years. But those with very big brains, relative to their body size, did not shrink as much as smaller-brained birds, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis. The study is the first to identify a direct link between cognition and animal response to human-made climate change.

11 Feb 2022

Meat-Free Pioneer and Market Leader Quorn to Investigate Decarbonised Production Using Green Hydrogen

Protium, the UK-based green hydrogen energy services company, and its consortium partner, Petrofac, will explore the deployment of green hydrogen technology with meat-free pioneer Quorn, the unrivalled market leader in its space.

From Protium 11 Feb 2022