Dec. 5, 2019 Old habits are hard to break. A new study of replacement of traditional wood and coal burning stoves with clean energy in China suggests that, without a better understanding of the reasons behind ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Recycling biotechnology byproducts can enhance soil health while reducing carbon emissions and maintaining crop ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 According to a much-debated geo-engineering approach, both sea-ice retreat and global warming could be slowed by using millions of wind-powered pumps, drifting in the sea ice, to promote ice ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Howling wind drives torrential rain sideways as tall, slender palms bow and tree limbs snap. A hurricane approaches, its gale-force winds wreaking havoc as it nears the coast. Storm surges combine ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Research suggests fire, as it becomes more frequent and severe, poses a substantial risk to goshawks in the Sierra Nevada ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Greenhouse gas emissions released directly from the movement of volcanic rocks are capable of creating massive global warming effects -- a discovery which could transform the way scientists predict ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 Researchers used 120,000-year-old fossils to predict how Gulf of Mexico coral reefs will respond to climate change toward the end of this ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 Researchers found that flooding has caused nearly $51 billion in damages to western states in the last 40 years. More than 84 percent of these damages were caused by atmospheric rivers (ARs), long ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 Air-based maps of plant chemistry are improving carbon cycling models in hyper-diverse tropical ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 The researchers built a novel dataset of more than 600,000 matchups between water quality field measurements and Landsat imagery, creating a 'symphony of ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 Study sheds new light on the impact of natural methane production on global climate change ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 Scientists have used sunlight and a catalyst largely made of copper to transform carbon dioxide to ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 Coal use is down dramatically in the United States and the European Union, and renewable energy is gaining traction. But rising natural gas and oil use in 2019 increased the world's carbon ...
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Dec. 3, 2019 A new experiment has found that some corals are more likely to eat microplastics when they are consuming other food, yet microplastics alone are ...
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Dec. 3, 2019 A survey of coral reef cores on the Great Barrier Reef has revealed how it has responded to recent periods of rapid sea-level rise. The study, covering the past 9000 years, has revealed a system in ...
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Dec. 3, 2019 Researchers are reexamining the causes of soil erosion around the world -- and have found that countries themselves have a surprisingly strong influence on their soil. This country effect was ...
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Dec. 3, 2019 A graphene-titania photocatalyst degrades up to 70% more atmospheric NOx than standard titania nanoparticles in tests on real ...
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Dec. 3, 2019 The amount of carbon transported via Finnish rivers to the Baltic Sea has risen substantially in the past few decades. The researchers don't know the exact effects ...
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Dec. 3, 2019 Failure to ensure the environmental sustainability of growing patient access to medicines in developing economies could increase the risk of adverse environmental impacts, according to new ...
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Dec. 2, 2019 Harbour porpoise calves around the UK are carrying a more neurotoxic cocktail of PCBs than their mothers, as females unknowingly detoxify themselves by transferring the chemicals while feeding their ...
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