Underwater acoustic localization of marine mammals and vehicles
Researchers have developed an underwater acoustic system for the localization of marine mammals, underwater vehicles and other sound sources in the ocean, using no...
Health threat from mercury in freshwater fish could be blowing away in the wind
Mercury is one of the top 10 chemical concerns for public health according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In more than half of...
Rainfall can indicate that mosquito-borne epidemics will occur weeks later
Outbreaks of mosquito-borne viruses Zika and Chikungunya generally occur about three weeks after heavy rainfall, research shows. Researchers also found that Chikungunya will predominate...
Climate change models of bird impacts pass the test
A major study looking at changes in where UK birds have been found over the past 40 years has validated the latest climate change...
Worldwide increase in methane bubbles due to climate change
Due to climate change, including rising temperatures, more and more methane is bubbling up from lakes, ponds, rivers and wetlands throughout the world. The...
High yield, protein with soybean gene
Soybean growers face a challenge. It has proved difficult to develop soybean varieties with both high protein levels and high yields. However, new research...
New database catalogues plants that soak up contamination
Hyperaccumulators are unusual plants that can absorb much larger amounts of metal compounds in their leaves and stems than normal plants, and they are...
Water cooling for the Earth’s crust
How deep can seawater penetrate through cracks and fissures into the seafloor? By applying a new analysis method, an international team of researchers has...
New device boosts road time for Tesla, Leaf drivers
Nissan Leafs, which go about 107 miles on a charge, sometimes end up relegated to commuter cars due to battery-range worries. The mass-market, standard...
‘Brazil nut effect’ helps explain how rivers resist erosion
Geophysicists have found that granular segregation helps explain the tendency of riverbeds to be lined by, or 'armored' with, a layer of relatively larger...
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