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Add-On Technology Removes Acidic Gases, Emissions to Produce Ultraclean Natural Gas Furnace

Natural gas furnaces not only heat your home, they also produce a lot of pollution.

16 Feb 2023

Iowa State Research Project to Study How to Grow Crops Amid an Array of Solar Panels

A new Iowa State University research project will combine traditional and high-tech uses of the sun's power by studying how to grow crops amid an array of solar panels.

16 Feb 2023

Climate Change Poses a Threat to Land-Based Mammals in the Brazilian Amazon

From jaguars and ocelots to anteaters and capybara, most land-based mammals living in the Brazilian Amazon are threatened by climate change and the projected savannization of the region.

16 Feb 2023

Strengthening Participation of Global South Researchers in Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The tropics hold most of the planet's biodiversity. In order to preserve this fragile and valuable asset, many individuals and communities need to get involved and be well informed.

16 Feb 2023

Planktonic Microorganisms Shift Poleward Under Global Warming Scenarios

The tropical oceans have the most diversified plankton populations on the planet, and they serve as the foundation of marine food chains.

16 Feb 2023

Potential Impact of Deep Seabed Mining on Cetaceans

Seabed mining might commence in the deep ocean. However, the potential impact on animals like whales is still unclear.

15 Feb 2023

Direct Seawater-to-Hydrogen Production Without Desalination

In an important step towards a commercially viable green hydrogen industry, researchers have created a less expensive and more energy-efficient method of producing hydrogen straight from saltwater.

15 Feb 2023

Deforestation Results in Increased Active Fires in the Brazilian Amazon

According to recent research published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, the number of active fires documented in the Brazilian Amazon in August–September 2022 was the greatest since 2010.

15 Feb 2023

The Need to Develop More Complex Earth System Models

Recent research carried out by an international group of researchers reveals that irreversible loss of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, as well as a related rapid acceleration of sea level rise, could be inevitable if the global temperature change is not stabilized below 1.8 °C relative to preindustrial levels.

15 Feb 2023

Future Rocket Launches Could Pose a Threat to Earth’s Protective Ozone Layer

The ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun, was severely damaged in the 1980s and 1990s due to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) - chemicals used in aerosols and refrigeration. Thanks to coordinated global action and legislation, the ozone layer is now on track to heal this century.

15 Feb 2023

Machine Learning-Based Ensemble Approach Quantifies the Effects of Fire-Induced Permafrost Thaw in Alaska

About 40 percent of interior Alaska is underlain by ice-rich permafrost – permanently frozen grounds made up of soil, gravel and sand – bound together by ice. Certain conditions, such as climate warming, have intensified tundra wildfires which have profound implications for permafrost thaw.

15 Feb 2023

Tree Composition Impacts the Breeding Success of Urban Birds

Small passerine birds, like blue and great tits, resist breeding in urban areas because of the abundance of non-native trees. Chicks also weigh less when there are more non-native trees near the nest.

14 Feb 2023

New Model Estimates Shipping Emission Patterns on High Seas

Countries impose strict carbon emission regulations on shipping activities in their territorial seas or exclusive economic zones to satisfy the climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement.

14 Feb 2023

Corals Increase Heat Stress Tolerance by Shuffling Symbionts

Researchers from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science identified that certain reefs in the tropical Pacific Ocean could retain high coral cover into the second half of the current century by shuffling the symbiotic algae they host.

14 Feb 2023

Soil's Moisture Plays a Key Role in the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle

Soil is the Earth's second-biggest carbon storage locker after the ocean, and a research collaboration has shown that it's moisture, not temperature or mineral content, that's the key to how well the soil carbon warehouse works.

14 Feb 2023