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CDU Expert says Australia's East Coast Drenching Releases Large Quantities of CO2 to the Atmosphere

The drenching of Australia’s East Coast could have an important impact on the carbon cycle as massive amounts of carbon are lost from terrestrial ecosystems due to erosion and flooding, says a Charles Darwin University (CDU) hydrologist.

20 Apr 2022

Arden Homes and RACV Create a More Sustainable Future for Victorian Home-buyers

Arden Homes has announced a new venture with RACV Solar that will ensure every Arden Aspire and Lumina home built in 2022 and beyond will have solar panel system installed by RACV Solar.

20 Apr 2022

Microplastics in the Food Chain

Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of southern Australia’s most popular and more remote beaches.

20 Apr 2022

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

Mangroves Can Help Offset Carbon Emissions

Mangroves have endured the test of time, and are capable of living in water that is 100 times saltier than what other plants can withstand. They have flourished in some of the toughest environmental surroundings for millions of years.

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

ORNL Researchers Investigate the Effects of Manganese on Soil Carbon and Climate

While most people think first of atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuels when considering climate change, the planet's soil actually stores more carbon and could become a major source of carbon release or a mitigation tactic in the years ahead.

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

Real Story of Global Temperatures Revealed by Records from Past Plant Life

As per a study performed by a climate scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, follow the pollen. Records obtained from the past plant life give details about the real story of global temperatures.

18 Apr 2022

Making Solar Energy Even More Sustainable

A team of researchers has developed a tandem solar cell that is extremely efficient and made up of perovskite and organic absorbers, which can be manufactured at costs lower than traditional silicon-based solar cells.

By David J. Cross 18 Apr 2022

Improving Climate Models to Better Forecast the Changing Weather Extremes

On April 11, MIT announced five multiyear flagship projects in the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges, a new initiative to tackle complex climate problems and deliver breakthrough solutions to the world as quickly as possible.

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

Study Shows How Fast Aerosol Emissions Degrade on Atmosphere

Due to the obvious nanostructures generated by fatty acids as they spread, organic aerosols—such as those emitted in cooking—can linger in the atmosphere for several days.

15 Apr 2022

New Research Examines the Influence of Factors That Contributed to Patterns of High-Burn Severity

At the beginning of September 2020, high heat, severe winds, and extended drought conditions resulted in the volatile growth of wildfires ahead of the western slopes of the Cascades Mountains in the Pacific Northwest. The fires engulfed huge tracts of destroyed communities, and forestland took tons of lives, and cost hundreds of millions to fight.

15 Apr 2022