How trees could save the climate
Around 0.9 billion hectares of land worldwide would be suitable for reforestation, which could ultimately capture two thirds of human-made carbon emissions. A study...
Experiments show dramatic increase in solar cell output
Researchers have found a way to increase the output of silicon solar cells by allowing a single photon to release two electrons in the...
More ‘reactive’ land surfaces cooled the Earth down
In a new study, researchers show that a paradigm on a global temperature drop that started around 15 million years ago cannot be upheld....
Winter monsoons became stronger during geomagnetic reversal
New evidence suggests that high-energy particles from space known as galactic cosmic rays affect the Earth's climate by increasing cloud cover, causing an 'umbrella...
Activity of fuel cell catalysts doubled
An interdisciplinary research team has built platinum nanoparticles for catalysis in fuel cells: The new size-optimized catalysts are twice as good as the best...
Can mathematics help us understand the complexity of our microbiome?
In humans, the gut microbiome is an ecosystem of hundreds to thousands of microbial species living within the gastrointestinal tract, influencing health and even...
Can we feed 11 billion people while preventing the spread of infectious disease?
A new article describes how the increase in population and the need to feed everyone will give rise to human infectious disease, a situation...
Using artificial intelligence to better predict severe weather
When forecasting weather, meteorologists use a number of models and data sources to track shapes and movements of clouds that could indicate severe storms....
Is wildfire management ‘for the birds?’
Spotted owl populations are in decline all along the West Coast, and as climate change increases the risk of large and destructive wildfires in...
Tiny granules can help bring clean and abundant fusion power to Earth
Physicists have concluded that injecting tiny beryllium pellets into ITER could help stabilize the plasma that fuels fusion reactions.
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