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Researchers Highlight Role of Human Activities that Cause Severe Drought

A group of key water researchers from 13 organisations in eight countries, including the University of Bristol and Cabot Institute, is calling for a revision of how the world should study and tackle drought. The researchers propose broadening the definition of drought to include water shortage caused and made worse – or sometimes improved - by human activity.

3 Feb 2016

NIOO-led Researchers Highlight Effects of Pharmaceutical Residues on Aquatic Environment

It's a hidden global change: away from the public eye, residues of medicines in water have been causing increasing disruption. They can kill aquatic animals, and play havoc with their food web and reproductive cycle.

3 Feb 2016

Impact of Mixotrophic Lifestyle on Ocean’s Carbon Storage

How do you find your food? Most animal species, whether they rummage through a refrigerator or stalk prey in the wild, obtain nutrients by consuming living organisms. Plants, for the most part, adopt a different feeding, or “trophic,” strategy, making their own food through photosynthesis.

2 Feb 2016

University of Exeter Expert Discusses about Globally-Adopted Policies to Fight Climate Change

Renewable, energy efficient and flexible electricity sources are being adopted by policy makers and investors across the globe and this is sign of optimism in the battle against climate change, a University of Exeter energy policy expert is suggesting.

2 Feb 2016

Researchers Use Vibrations from Electromechanical Materials to Generate Energy

New tools for harvesting wind energy may soon look less like giant windmills and more like tiny leafless trees.

2 Feb 2016

Researchers Explore Impact of Heavy Weather Events on Watershed Ecology

A new Yale-led study offers a new conceptual framework for understanding the biogeochemistry of watersheds. The framework combines hydrologic and biogeochemical theory to test well established concepts in watershed ecology.

2 Feb 2016

University of California Researcher Reveals Adverse Impacts of Fungi on Global Warming

Findings by Adriana Romero determined that fungi in Alaska begin to adapt to high temperatures, speeding up their metabolism, growing and reproducing at a faster pace.

1 Feb 2016

Researchers Successfully Raise Laboratory-Bred Colonies of Threatened Caribbean Coral Species

New hope for endangered corals: SECORE-scientists take an important step towards sustainable restoration of Caribbean reefs.

1 Feb 2016

Dartmouth Researchers Study Impact of Changing Vegetation Type in New England's Forest Cover

Forest soils across New England will store fewer nutrients and metals - some beneficial, some harmful -- as climate change prompts maples and other deciduous trees to replace the region's iconic evergreen conifers, a Dartmouth College study finds.

1 Feb 2016

Scientists Study Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Genetical Adaptability of Marine Species

Ocean acidification may be impacting upon the population dynamics of marine species and hindering their ability to genetically adapt to future climate change.

1 Feb 2016

Syracuse University Professor Contributes to Study of Antarctic Ice-Sheet Stability

A professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences is joining the growing debate over the fate of the world’s largest ice sheet, whose sudden melting is sending shockwaves throughout the geophysics community.

1 Feb 2016

Scientists Use Leaves and Sodium to Make Batteries

ACS Applied Materials Interfaces recently published a study by University of Maryland scientists, who have discovered a new method for preparing batteries. This new preparation method starts with baking a leaf, and then adding sodium. The scientists used a carbonized oak leaf filled with sodium as a negative terminal or anode for the demonstration battery.

1 Feb 2016

Berkeley Lab-Led Research Team Simplifies Fabrication of Silicon Solar Cells

A team of researchers, led by the Berkeley Lab, have simplified the process of forming silicon solar cells, by applying a new blend of materials to a conventional design. Solar panels are arranged with solar cells that help to convert energy from the sun into electricity.

1 Feb 2016

Researchers Discover Solution to Extract Gold from Electronic Waste

Stephen Foley, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S), and his team appear to possess the Midas touch when it comes to research on the extraction of gold.

29 Jan 2016

Many Climate Adaptation Strategies May Have Negative Impact on Nature and People in the Long-Term

Worldwide responses to climate change could leave people worse off in the future according to a recent study conducted by CSIRO, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the University of Queensland.

29 Jan 2016