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Accurate Prediction of Regional Sea-Level Change Critical to Understanding the Impacts of Future Climate Change

Rising sea levels from melting glaciers and ice sheets pose an increasing threat to coastal communities worldwide. A new analysis of high-resolution satellite observations takes a major step forward in assessing this risk by confirming theoretical predictions and computational models of sea-level changes used to forecast climate-change-driven impacts.

30 Sep 2022

New Technology Converts Waste Biomass into Solid, Clean-Burning Fuel

To prepare fields for planting, farmers the world over often burn corn stalks, rice husks, hay, straw, and other waste left behind from the previous harvest. In many places, the practice creates huge seasonal clouds of smog, contributing to air pollution that kills 7 million people globally a year, according to the World Health Organization.

30 Sep 2022

Commonly Used Biodiversity Measures do not Pick Up Reorganization of Marine Ecosystems

Existing ways of calculating biodiversity dynamics are not very effective in detecting wholesale species community change due to the effects of ocean acidification.

30 Sep 2022

CORDAP Offers Funding Opportunity to Boost Coral Survival

In response to climate change and other environmental constraints, CORDAP has announced a grant program with a maximum value of USD$18 million for creative ideas that will assist ensure the survival of all corals and reefs.

30 Sep 2022

Locally Tailored and Globally Scalable Approach to Conserve Coral Reefs

Climate change-induced marine heat waves have been associated with mass mortality in some of the world’s most renowned coral reef systems.

29 Sep 2022

Air Pollution may Play a Major Role in the Progression of Stroke

Air pollution has long been linked to a higher risk of stroke. A recent study examines the effect of air pollution on the stroke trajectory, including cardiovascular events following the first stroke and death.

29 Sep 2022

UAH Team Receives Nearly $2 Million DOE Grant to Better Understand Climate Change

A nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological & Environmental Research will fund efforts by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) team led by the director of the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) to understand how to more accurately model climate change.

29 Sep 2022

New $65 Million Project to Quantify the Climate Impact Potential of Sorghum

Nadia Shakoor, PhD, principal investigator and senior research scientist at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is part of the nation-wide team that will work to quantify the climate impact potential of sorghum as part of a five-year, up to $65 million project lead by National Sorghum Producers.

29 Sep 2022

Review Highlights Ecological Impacts of Gold Mining and Restoration Strategies

In a review paper recently published in the journal Land Degradation and Development, Shrabya Timsina and Nora Hardy focused on the effects of surface gold mining in tropical regions, a growing environmental concern in recent years.

29 Sep 2022

New Methodology Helps to Distinguish the Direct Effects of Human Land Use on Carbon Cycle

Vegetation and soils are the main carbon sinks on land, as they currently absorb almost a third of carbon dioxide emissions caused by humans and thereby substantially help to slow down global warming.

29 Sep 2022

An Analysis on Extreme Heat Waves and Long-Term Climate Change

The Pacific Northwest heat wave in 2021 killed hundreds, crumbled roads, melted power lines, and sparked a deadly wildfire when temperatures reached a top of 121 ?. The extreme temperatures astonished climate scientists.

29 Sep 2022

Prototype that Can Test and Sort Used Battery Cells for Second Life Use Successfully Developed

An automated system that can detect the health of individual cells taken from end of life battery products, such as those used in EV’s, and sort them according to their state of health has been successfully developed in the UK. Cells with a state of health that is above 70% can then be repurposed for further use.

From Aceleron Ltd 29 Sep 2022

AIMPLAS and Partners Launch New Innovation Project on Circular & Sustainable Textiles

The production and consumption of textile products continue to grow, together with their impact on the environment, due to a lack of reuse, repair and recycling of materials.

29 Sep 2022

Meat of the Future: Lab-Grown Meat as an Ecofriendly Alternative to Animal Farming

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an innovative technique that uses a magnetic field to grow meat in the lab in a more sustainable manner.

By David J. Cross 28 Sep 2022

Rainforest's Ability to Store Carbon Decreases in Pace with Climate Change

The ability of rainforests to store carbon can decrease in pace with climate change. This is due to photosynthesis rates in the leaves of rainforest species falling at higher temperatures and the trees' natural cooling systems failing during droughts.

28 Sep 2022