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Researchers Develop Machine Learning Model to Better Predict Offshore Wind Power

Rutgers researchers have developed a machine learning model using a physics-based simulator and real-world meteorological data to better predict offshore wind power.

1 Jul 2021

Rattlesnakes Likely to Benefit from a Warming Climate

When it comes to climate change, not all organisms will lose out. A new Cal Poly study finds that rattlesnakes are likely to benefit from a warming climate.

1 Jul 2021

New Machine Learning Mathematical System Helps Detect Changes in Biodiversity

QUT researchers have developed a new machine learning mathematical system that helps to identify and detect changes in biodiversity, including land clearing, when satellite imagery is obstructed by clouds.

1 Jul 2021

Study Offers Insight into How Quickly Plants Respond to Changing Environment

Scientists--and gardeners--have long known that plants grow taller and flower sooner when they are shaded by close-growing neighbors.

1 Jul 2021

Study: World's Largest Eagles Struggle to Feed Offspring in Heavily Deforested Areas

Harpy eagles - which are among the world's largest eagle species - struggle to feed offspring in heavily deforested areas of the Amazon, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.

1 Jul 2021

Conservation Aquaculture Critical to Restore Native Oyster Populations

Ten estuaries on the West Coast of North America have been identified as priority locations for expanding the use of conservation aquaculture in a study led by the Native Olympia Oyster Collaborative and funded by the Science for Nature and People Partnership.

1 Jul 2021

Future Coral Loss may Cause More than 40% Reduction in Reef Fish Diversity

Predicting the potential effects of coral loss on fish communities globally is a fundamental task, especially considering that reef fishes provide protein to millions of people.

1 Jul 2021

New Environmentally Friendly Way to Produce Biodegradable Plastics

Bioplastics -- biodegradable plastics made from biological substances rather than petroleum -- can be created in a more economical and environmentally friendly way from the byproducts of corn stubble, grasses and mesquite agricultural production, according to a new study by a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist.

1 Jul 2021

Plant Responses to Floods are Crucial in Modeling Soil Carbon Storage

Plants absorb nearly one-third of the carbon dioxide discharged due to human activities and store it in soil, thereby preventing it from turning into a heat-trapping gas. Thus they play a vital role in controlling climate change.

1 Jul 2021

Conservation Concern as Alien Aphid Detected on Kangaroo Island

An invasive species of aphid could put some threatened plant species on Kangaroo Island at risk as researchers from the University of South Australia confirm Australia’s first sighting of Aphis lugentis on the Island’s Dudley Peninsula.

1 Jul 2021

Australian Start-up Educates Professionals to Make Faster Climate Impact with World-First Program

World-first Australian climate change program, WorkForClimate, has launched this week giving professionals and corporations the resources to tackle the climate crisis in their day-to-day work lives.

1 Jul 2021

'They Just Kept on Rising': Data Reveals Alarming Increase in Greenhouse Gases

If we are to reduce net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, we haven’t made a good start – governments, industry and individuals need to do much more, a new study shows.

1 Jul 2021

Steering Wind Turbines to Extract More Power

As wind passes through a turbine, it creates a wake that decreases the downstream average wind velocity.

30 Jun 2021

Researchers Develop a Ground-Breaking Method to Recycle Electric Vehicle Batteries

Researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a new method to recycle electric vehicle batteries using a ground-breaking new approach that many will have experienced in the dentist's chair.

30 Jun 2021

Study Reveals the Direct Impact of Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels on the Amazon Rainforest

A 50% rise in the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could reduce rainfall in the Amazon as much as or even more than substitution of the entire forest by pasture.

30 Jun 2021