For solar boom, scrap silicon for this promising mineral
Engineers have found that photovoltaic wafers in solar panels with all-perovskite structures outperform photovoltaic cells made from state-of-the-art crystalline silicon, as well as perovskite-silicon...
Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers, researchers say
A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars's surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously...
Germany-wide rainfall measurements by utilizing the mobile network
Whether in flood early-warning systems or in agriculture - rainfall measurements are of great importance. However, there is a lack of accurate data for...
Exploring the sustainability of the Indian sugar industry
Researchers analyzed the interconnected food, water and energy challenges that arise from the sugar industry in India - the second-largest producer of sugar worldwide...
Dingoes have gotten bigger over the last 80 years, and pesticides might be to...
The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are used.
New study on development of Parkinson’s disease is ‘on the nose’
Scientists suggest that the initial impact of environmental toxins inhaled through the nose may induce inflammation in the brain, triggering the production of Lewy...
Weakening aerosol direct radiative effects mitigate climate penalty on Chinese air quality
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0840-yWarming harms public health in Chinese cities directly via heat and indirectly by worsening air quality....
Identification of local water resource vulnerability to rapid deglaciation in Alberta
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0863-4Climate warming over Canada drives glacier retreat and threatens water resources in regions that rely on...
Anthropogenic warming forces extreme annual glacier mass loss
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0849-2Detecting a human role in a given year of extreme glacier mass loss is difficult at...
New studies show how to save parasites and why it’s important
An international group of scientists have laid out an ambitious global conservation plan for parasites. Another group of researchers found that the responses of...
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