Daylight damage to photovoltaics
A research team has investigated the ways sunlight can degrade the efficiency of newly developed organic photovoltaics over time. This work may assist in...
How ancient microbes created massive ore deposits, set stage for early life
Ancestors of modern bacteria cultured from an iron-rich lake in Democratic Republic of Congo could have been key to keeping Earth's dimly lit early...
Operational mapping system for high-resolution tropical forest carbon emissions
For the first time, scientists have developed a method to monitor carbon emissions from tropical forests at an unprecedented level of detail. The approach...
Compliance with Paris Agreement would limit loss of productivity in fishing, agriculture
Scientists show that 90% of the global population may face decreases in productivity for both agriculture and fishing if greenhouse emissions are not reduced....
When reefs die, parrotfish thrive
In contrast to most other species, reef-dwelling parrotfish populations boom in the wake of severe coral bleaching. The surprise finding came when researchers looked...
Latest climate models confirm need for urgent mitigation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 02 December 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0660-0Many recently updated climate models show greater future warming than previously. Separate lines of evidence suggest...
The impact of high ambient temperatures on delivery timing and gestational lengths
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 02 December 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0632-4Hot weather can cause early childbirth, meaning shorter gestation. Daily US birth-rate data from 1969 to...
Sounds of the past give new hope for coral reef restoration
Young fish can be drawn to degraded coral reefs by loudspeakers playing the sounds of healthy reefs, according to new research.
Armored with plastic ‘hair’ and silica, new perovskite nanocrystals show more durability
Researchers have demonstrated a novel approach aimed at addressing the perovskite's durability problem: encasing the perovskite inside a double-layer protection system made from plastic...
Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network
Photonic systems can transform underwater fiber-optic cables into a dense network of seismic stations to illuminate ocean-floor earthquake zones impossible to study today, according...
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