Scientists develop sustainable way to extract chitin from prawn shells
Scientists have developed a green way to create chitin, by using two forms of food waste - prawn shells and discarded fruit - and...
Human-driven pollution alters the environment even underground
The Monte Conca cave system in Sicily is showing signs of being altered by pollution from above.
Fishing can disrupt mating systems
In many fish species body size plays an important role in sexual selection. Large individuals are preferred mating partners because they can enhance offspring...
How a molecular ‘alarm’ system in plants protects them from predators
Some plants, like soybean, are known to possess an innate defense machinery that helps them develop resistance against insects trying to feed on them....
Sea level could rise by more than 1 meter by 2100 if emission targets...
Scientists found that the global mean sea-level rise could exceed 1 meter by 2100 and 5 meters by 2300 if global targets on emissions...
Prediction tool shows how forest thinning may increase Sierra Nevada snowpack
Thinning the Sierra Nevada forest by removing trees by hand or using heavy machinery is one of the few tools available to manage forests....
Planting trees is no panacea for climate change
A restoration ecologist has a simple message for anyone who thinks planting 1 trillion trees will reverse the damage of climate change: 'We can't...
A radar for plastic: High-resolution map of 1 kilometer grids to track plastic emissions...
Plastic waste often ends up in river bodies and oceans, posing a serious threat to the marine ecosystem. To prevent the accumulation of plastic...
Highly efficient hydrogen gas production using sunlight, water and hematite
Hydrogen is a possible next generation energy solution, and it can be produced from sunlight and water using photocatalysts. A research group has now...
Benthos in the Antarctic Weddell Sea in decline
Over the past quarter-century, changes in Antarctic sea-ice cover have had profound impacts on life on the ocean floor.
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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