Indigenous agriculture has potential to contribute to food needs under climate change
Researchers have published a study highlighting the large role indigenous agriculture can play in producing food, while supporting biodiversity and indigenous well-being in Hawaii...
Signals from distant lightning could help secure electric substations
Side channel signals and bolts of lightning from distant storms could one day help prevent hackers from sabotaging electric power substations and other critical...
‘Dead zone’ volume more important than area to fish, fisheries
A new study suggests that measuring the volume rather than the area of the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone is more appropriate for monitoring...
Better together: Mitochondrial fusion supports cell division
New research shows that when cells divide rapidly, their mitochondria are fused together. In this configuration, the cell is able to more efficiently use...
Climate rewind: Scientists turn carbon dioxide back into coal
Scientists have harnessed liquid metals to turn carbon dioxide back into solid coal, in research that offers an alternative pathway for safely and permanently...
The paper mulberry coevolved with soil microbes to humanity’s benefit
The paper mulberry evolved its uniquely fibrous inner bark around 31 million years ago, long before the woody tree was first used for bookmaking...
Scientists simulate forest and fire dynamics to understand area burn of future wildfires
Scientists are examining more data via simulations of wildfires in the Sierra Nevada to improve their understanding between prior and future wildfires. They hypothesized...
How power-to-gas technology can be green and profitable
Hydrogen production based on wind power can already be commercially viable today. Until now, it was generally assumed that this environmentally friendly power-to-gas technology...
Recovering forests important to conservation
Tropical forests recovering from disturbance could be much more important to the conservation of forest bird species than first thought, according to a new...
Coda waves reveal carbon dioxide storage plume
Pumping carbon dioxide into the ground to remove it from the atmosphere is one way to lower greenhouse gases, but keeping track of where...
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