Carbon neutrality – a new policy brief for municipalities world wide
How to design efficient demo areas for urban carbon sequestration? In the latest policy brief research groups focus on the main principles of urban...
Seabed recovers more quickly following extreme storms than from the impacts of bottom-towed fishing
Academics have been monitoring the Lyme Bay Marine Protected area using underwater cameras and other techniques since 2008, but this is the first known...
Bacterial bloom as the Earth thawed: Photosynthetic organisms during the Snowball Earth
Around 650 million years ago, the Earth entered into the Marinoan glaciation that saw the entire planet freeze. The 'Snowball Earth' impeded the evolution...
Simple safety measures reduce musical COVID-19 transmission
Researchers have found that while playing musical instruments can emit the same levels of potentially COVID-laden airborne particles as singing, simple safety measures, such...
Climate change challenge: Terminology used by scientists confounds public
A new study finds that U.S. residents struggle to understand terms frequently used by scientists to describe climate change.
Archaic laws prevent conservationists from bidding on public resources; experts think this should change
Updating the laws, the researchers say, will allow the true value of public resources to be revealed in an environmental market. It will give...
Comparing the pathogen numbers in backyard and commercial composts
In a new study, researchers have measured the number of pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes in backyard and commercial compost.
For copepods, there is no free lunch when coping with climate change
The world's oceans are becoming increasingly stressful places for marine life, and experts are working to understand what this means for the future. From...
Using yeast to create alternative petrochemical processes
As climate change continues to do more damage to our planet, scientists are working to find more efficient and cleaner ways to power the...
When humans disturb marine mammals, it’s hard to know the long-term impact
From seismic surveys and Navy sonar to fisheries and shipping, many human activities in the ocean environment cause short-term changes in the behaviors of...
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