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“Blue Blob” Located Close to Iceland Could Decelerate Glacial Melting

According to a new study, an area of cooling water in the North Atlantic Ocean close to Iceland, named the “Blue Blob,” has likely decelerated the melting of the island’s glaciers since 2011 and may continue to thwart ice loss until approximately 2050.

16 Feb 2022

Seasons and Tides Influence the Distribution of Wastewater Pollutants in the River Ganges

A new analysis of the River Ganges in West Bengal, India, highlights how wastewater flowing into the river impacts its water quality, and how that influence shifts with seasons and tides. Sayanti Kar of Jadavpur University and Asutosh College in Kolkata, India, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Water on February 15, 2022.

16 Feb 2022

Temperature Variations can have Different Effects on Infection Rates, Disease Outcomes

Temperature fluctuations such as heatwaves can have very different effects on infection rates and disease outcomes depending on the average background temperature, says a report published today in eLife.

16 Feb 2022

Atlas Cedar Could be an Alternative to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change in Forests

The Atlas cedar, or Cedrus atlantica (Endl. Manetti ex Carrière)is a species that belongs to Mediterranean mountain conifers, and is found in North Africa (Morocco and Algeria).

16 Feb 2022

Accelerated Ammonia Synthesis Holds Potential for Use in Renewable Energy Storage and Transfer

Research by Japanese scientists at Hiroshima University reveals a way to make ammonia from its constituent molecules of nitrogen and hydrogen at ambient pressure.

16 Feb 2022

New Projects Receive £40 Million UK Funding to Tackle Four Key Global Environmental Challenges

Scientists are beginning work on four studies that will tackle key challenges facing the UK as it adapts to climate change and works to reach net zero emissions by 2040.

16 Feb 2022

Solar-powered System Offers a Route to Inexpensive Desalination

An estimated two-thirds of humanity is affected by shortages of water, and many such areas in the developing world also face a lack of dependable electricity.

16 Feb 2022

Australia’s Official Battery Recycling Scheme B-cycle Launched Nationwide

B-cycle, Australia’s new national government-backed battery recycling Scheme, officially launched across the country on February 16th, 2022, to combat one of the nation’s fastest growing waste streams. It aims to redirect 90% of used batteries that currently go to landfill, causing environmental impact and wasting precious resources.

16 Feb 2022

Guam Endorses a Resolution on Plastic Pollution

Guam is now one of the eight countries and territories with Pacific interests to support “Pacific Regional Declaration on the Prevention of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution and Its Impacts.”

15 Feb 2022

Study Analyzes the Role of Climate Change in Destroying Arctic Coasts

The coasts of the Arctic are being destroyed by erosion. The warming of the soil, resulting in ruptures and slumping, could threaten significant infrastructures and endanger the security of local populations.

15 Feb 2022

Nuclear Power Generation Could Help Reach the Key Goal of Zero Carbon Emissions

According to a new study performed by Lei Duan and Ken Caldeira from the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science, nuclear power generation could play a vital role in helping the world achieve a key goal of zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century. This could be specifically done in countries having low wind resources.

15 Feb 2022

Climate Change Threatens to Destroy Invaluable Heritage Sites in Marginalized Countries

Climate change threatens to destroy invaluable heritage sites and traditions in marginalised countries – but empowering local people is key to adaptation.

15 Feb 2022

New Sustainable and Practical Method to Produce Hydrogen from Water

A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan led by Ryuhei Nakamura. Unlike current methods, the new method does not require rare metals that are expensive or in short supply.

15 Feb 2022

New Research Resolves Discrepancy Between Terrestrial and Marine Data in Antarctica

New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst definitively resolves a long-standing discrepancy in the geologic record that pitted studies of marine ice-sheet behavior against those that reconstructed past conditions on land.

15 Feb 2022

International Team Explores the Effects of Pursuing Carbon Neutrality and Water Security in China

China has promised to become carbon neutral before 2060 and has coupled this ambitious target with stringent limitations on industrial water use by 2030. An international team of IIASA researchers and Chinese colleagues explored the effects of simultaneously pursuing these goals.

15 Feb 2022

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“Blue Blob” Located Close to Iceland Could Decelerate Glacial Melting

Seasons and Tides Influence the Distribution of Wastewater Pollutants in the River Ganges

Temperature Variations can have Different Effects on Infection Rates, Disease Outcomes

Atlas Cedar Could be an Alternative to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change in Forests

Accelerated Ammonia Synthesis Holds Potential for Use in Renewable Energy Storage and Transfer

New Projects Receive £40 Million UK Funding to Tackle Four Key Global Environmental Challenges

Solar-powered System Offers a Route to Inexpensive Desalination

Australia’s Official Battery Recycling Scheme B-cycle Launched Nationwide

Guam Endorses a Resolution on Plastic Pollution

Study Analyzes the Role of Climate Change in Destroying Arctic Coasts

Nuclear Power Generation Could Help Reach the Key Goal of Zero Carbon Emissions

Climate Change Threatens to Destroy Invaluable Heritage Sites in Marginalized Countries

New Sustainable and Practical Method to Produce Hydrogen from Water

New Research Resolves Discrepancy Between Terrestrial and Marine Data in Antarctica

International Team Explores the Effects of Pursuing Carbon Neutrality and Water Security in China

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