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Ethylene Modulates a Variety of Processes that Contribute to Hypoxia Survival

Throughout the world, extreme weather phenomena are on a constant increase like frequent fires and droughts. Also, floods are a clear impact of climate change.

13 Jun 2022

New Facile Method to Manipulate Nanoconfined Water Through Surface Chemistry Modification

In the MXene layers, the nanoconfined water present in-between them offers a significant approach for protons to shift to and from the redox surface, so the properties of nanoconfined water will have a big impact on proton transport.

13 Jun 2022

'Superworm' with an Appetite for Polystyrene Could be the Key to Large Scale Plastic Recycling

Researchers at the University of Queensland have found a species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale.

13 Jun 2022

Airports Situated in Colder Climates Accumulate More Pollutants, Study Finds

Air pollution kills approximately 7 million people every year worldwide. According to researchers from McGill University, airports are hotspots for airborne pollutants that are detrimental to human health and the Earth's climate.

13 Jun 2022

Coral Community at Ningaloo Reef Not Well-Equipped to Survive Ocean Warming

The relatively pristine coral populations of WA's inshore Kimberley region are better equipped to survive ocean warming than the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Marine Park, according to a new Curtin University study.

13 Jun 2022

Helping Local Renewable Energy Projects Move Forward

Jungwoo Chun makes surprising discoveries about sustainability initiatives by zooming in on local communities.

13 Jun 2022

Sky To Anchor Founders Factory £100m Planet Fund

Sky is anchoring a new £100m ‘operator-first’ venture capital fund powered by Founders Factory that will champion early-stage entrepreneurs launching planet positive technologies.

13 Jun 2022

Groundbreaking Project to Convert the Seaweed Sargassum into Ethanol for Use in Plastics, C-Cause, Selected for German Government’s ‘Disruptive Innovation’ Grant

Today SPRIN-D announced their selection of C-Cause Consortium, a project partnership led by The Alfred Wegener Institute, Carbonwave, GEOMAR and Seafields, as one of five projects chosen for their ‘Carbon-to-Value' challenge.

13 Jun 2022

Interpretation Area for Wildlife Conservation Opened in Sturt National Park

UNSW Sydney Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Attila Brungs opened the Talpero Lookout interpretation area in Sturt National Park, near Tibooburra in far western NSW on Saturday.

13 Jun 2022

Organic Semiconductor-Based Photocatalysts Could Make Hydrogen Easier to Generate from Water Using Sunlight

A research team headed by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), has developed organic semiconductor-based photocatalysts that could make it easier to generate hydrogen from water using sunlight.

10 Jun 2022

Extreme Climatic Events Enhance Resilience to Future Drought Stress Over Time

Various species endure evolutionary changes when a plant community is subjected to drought. An international study involving UZH researchers has now found that this leads to improved drought resilience over time.

10 Jun 2022

Second-Century Drought Unmatched in Severity by the Current Drought or Previously Identified Droughts

In today’s scenario, the drought affecting the upper Colorado River Basin is especially critical. A new study was performed by the federal government and university scientists under the guidance of the Bureau of Reclamation.

10 Jun 2022

Researchers Measure Shifts in Whale Habitat Use in Cape Cod Bay

A new study performed has discovered the fact that climate change is having an effect on how big whale species, such as the crucially threatened North Atlantic right whale, tend to utilize habitats in the warming Gulf of Maine.

10 Jun 2022

Study Analyzes the Ocean's Response to Climate Change

Even if it is possible for the society to decelerate all greenhouse gas emissions and get to the so-called “net zero” by mid-century as aimed by nations of the world in the UN Paris Agreement, there is a delay constructed in the climate system mainly due to the ocean thermal inertia (also, ice sheets).

10 Jun 2022

New Study Characterizes the Role of Fire Refugia in Forest Regeneration

Thanks to climate change, high-elevation forests in the Central Cascade mountains of the Pacific Northwest are burning more frequently and expansively than in the recent past, prompting researchers and fire managers to question whether forests will be able to recover from these emerging fire patterns and whether they will require human assistance to do so.

10 Jun 2022