Ocean uptake of carbon dioxide could drop as carbon emissions are cut
The ocean is so sensitive to declining greenhouse gas emissions that it immediately responds by taking up less carbon dioxide, says a new study....
Etching the road to a hydrogen economy using plasma jets
Hydrogen is a clean energy source that can be produced by splitting water molecules with light. However, it is currently impossible to achieve this...
Scientists decipher the role of carbon and the break-up of continents
An international collaboration has led scientists to new insights into the storage and dynamic transfer of carbon below thick and very old continental crust.
New research leads to lighter and greener bridges
A recently completed research project revealed the potential for reducing material used for a suspension bridge deck by more than 25 per cent --...
Solar hydrogen production: Splitting water with UV is now at almost 100% quantum efficiency
Scientists have successfully split water into hydrogen and oxygen using light and meticulously designed catalysts, and they did so at the maximum efficiency meaning...
‘Major gaps’ in understanding how land-use changes affect spread of diseases
The quest to discover how new diseases -- such as Covid-19 -- emerge and spread in response to global land-use change driven by human...
Rivers help lock carbon from fires into oceans for thousands of years
The extent to which rivers transport burned carbon to oceans - where it can be stored for tens of millennia - is revealed in...
Bacteria fed by algae biochemicals can harm coral health
A new study found that the outcome of the competition between coral and turf algae is determined by the assemblage of microbes at the...
Living near oil and gas wells tied to low birth weights in infants
In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers found that pregnant rural California residents living within 0.62 miles (1 kilometer) of high-production...
PFAS exposure may cause early menopause in women
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure may cause menopause to occur two years earlier in women, according to a new study.
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
A report by 43 wildlife experts warns that without changes now, many of Earth's most iconic species will be lost forever.
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Regional dry-season climate changes due to three decades of Amazonian deforestation
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