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The Arctic is Getting Greener, but the Change is Lower than Expected

( University of California - Irvine ) New research led by scientists at the University of California, Irvine and Boston University, published in Nature Climate Change, suggests that new green biomass in the Arctic is not as large a carbon sink as scientists had hoped.

30 Apr 2021

Shade can Mitigate the Effects of Heat Stress on Corals, Study Finds

A study by University of Guam researchers has found that shade can mitigate the effects of heat stress on corals.

30 Apr 2021

Land Productivity Could be Increased by Combining Sheep Grazing and Solar Energy Production

Land productivity could be greatly increased by combining sheep grazing and solar energy production on the same land, according to new research by Oregon State University scientists.

30 Apr 2021

A Greener Arctic Will Not Halt Climate Change

The increasing proliferation of plant life in the Arctic may not be a massive difference-maker in the battle against global warming, new research reveals.

By Robert Lea 30 Apr 2021

Study Observes What Happens to Ocean and Sea Ice When Cyclone Hits

A huge storm on par with a Category 2 hurricane was hit the Arctic Ocean in August 2016. The cyclone resulted in the third-lowest sea ice extent that has been recorded so far.

30 Apr 2021

Hoosier Solar Holdings, LLC to Develop Solar Power Facilities in Opportunity Zones Across Rural Indiana

Hoosier Solar Holdings, LLC is developing solar power facilities in economically distressed, rural communities across Indiana that have been designated as Qualified Opportunity Zones. Several solar and battery storage p...

30 Apr 2021

New Tool Holds Potential to Increase the Effectiveness of Environmental Approaches to Landfill Clean-Up

A research team from the USDA Forest Service and the University of Missouri has developed a new contaminant prioritization tool that has the potential to increase the effectiveness of environmental approaches to landfill clean-up.

29 Apr 2021

Investors and Scientists Come Together to Confront the Challenges of Climate Change

Leading global investment-management firm AllianceBernstein and Columbia University's new Climate School have agreed to bring together investors and scientists to confront the challenges of climate change.

29 Apr 2021

Socially Just Population Policies Could Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation and Promote Equity

Socially just policies aimed at limiting the Earth's human population hold tremendous potential for advancing equity while simultaneously helping to mitigate the effects of climate change, Oregon State University researchers say.

29 Apr 2021

Uncapped, Idle Oil Wells Could Be Major Source of Methane Emissions

Uncapped, idle oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane each year into the atmosphere and surface water, according to a study by the University of Cincinnati.

29 Apr 2021

FSU Researchers Develop New Virtual Tool to Track Debris in the Ocean

In an effort to fight the millions of tons of marine litter floating in the ocean, Florida State University researchers have developed a new virtual tool to track this debris.

29 Apr 2021

Soil Bacteria can Evolve in Response to Climate Change

While evolution is normally thought of as occurring over millions of years, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that bacteria can evolve in response to climate change in 18 months.

29 Apr 2021

Salinity Measurements are Key to Reduce Uncertainty of Future Southern Ocean CO2 Uptake

Anyone researching the global carbon cycle has to deal with unimaginably large numbers.

29 Apr 2021

New Method Uses Bacteria to Trap and Eliminate Microplastics from Environment

Recently at the Annual Conference of the Microbiology Society, Yang Liu, a scientist at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, presented a new method to capture and recover microplastics.

29 Apr 2021