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New Mobile Monitoring App to Optimize Rice Farming

Google Earth, the Group on Earth Observations and the University of Sydney will develop the world's first real-time monitoring platform for rice fields globally.

14 Jul 2020

Study Shows Carnian Pluvial Episode was a Global Climate Event

The Triassic Period, about 252 to 201 million years ago, was a time of volatile change, particularly during an interval known as the Carnian.

14 Jul 2020

Study Analyzes Impacts of Climate Change on Fish Stocks in Mediterranean Sea

Mathematical modelling inspired by social media is identifying the significant impacts of warming seas on the world's fisheries.

14 Jul 2020

Study Reports UK Government can Take New Approach to Recover its Fish Stocks

The United Kingdom has a unique opportunity to start rebuilding its fish stocks by taking advantage of the slowdown in commercial fishing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing Brexit negotiations, new research has shown.

14 Jul 2020

Study Finds Microplastics are Contaminating Edible Plants

Microplastics, i.e., tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in length, can now be found throughout the ocean and other aquatic ecosystems, and even in our seafood and salt.

14 Jul 2020

Study Predicts Climate Change Will Make Dry Seasons Drier, Wet Seasons Wetter

The world can expect more rainfall as the climate changes, but it can also expect more water to evaporate, complicating efforts to manage reservoirs and irrigate crops in a growing world, according to a Clemson University researcher whose latest work has been published in the journal Nature Communications.

14 Jul 2020

Climate Change has Enabled Crab Species to Alter Salt Marsh Ecosystems

A new study reveals how climate change has enabled a voracious crab species to dramatically alter salt marsh ecosystems across the southeastern U.S.

14 Jul 2020

Ways to Accelerate Sustainable Growth of Vertical Farming with Aeroponic Systems

Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi.

14 Jul 2020

Climate Change is Projected to Pose Difficult Conundrum for Some Farmers

Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University and Washington State University: Either risk more revenue volatility, or live with a more predictable decrease in crop yields.

13 Jul 2020

Study Explores How Lower-Latitude Oceans Drive Climate Change in the Arctic

New research explores how lower-latitude oceans drive complex changes in the Arctic Ocean, pushing the region into a new reality distinct from the 20th-century norm.

13 Jul 2020

Megaeruption of Alaskan Volcano Linked to Extreme Climate Change in Ancient Rome

PHYSICS The cold, famine and unrest in ancient Rome and Egypt after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE has long been shrouded in mystery. Now, an international team, including researchers from the University of Copenhagen, has found evidence suggesting that the megaeruption of an Alaskan volcano may be to blame.

13 Jul 2020

New Process to Convert CO2 Emissions into Construction Materials

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a two-year, $2 million grant to a team of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to support the advancement of a process for converting carbon dioxide emissions into construction materials.

13 Jul 2020

Light-Absorbing Aerosols in Wildfire Smoke Could Impact Climate Less

A new study shows that the impact of tiny, sunlight-absorbing particles found in wildfire smoke on climate may be less than considered.

13 Jul 2020

Sites Decision: Meyer Burger Wants to Establish its Own Production of Solar Cells and Solar Modules in Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) has chosen locations in the “Solar Valley” in Bitterfeld-Wolfen (Saxony-Anhalt) and in Freiberg (Saxony) to start its own solar cell and module production.

From Meyer Burger Technology AG 10 Jul 2020