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Animals that eat fruit or sip nectar often ingest alcohol because naturally occurring yeasts turning sugar into ethanol. But how do animals feel about...
Sinking seamount offers clues to slow motion earthquakes
The first ever 3D seismic imaging of a subducting seamount shows a previously unknown sediment trail in Earth's crust off the coast of New...
Traditional methods cannot give us the insights we need to understand changing ecosystems
If we want to face up to the challenges posed by climate change and other global environmental changes, we need to bring complexity science...
When soft spheres make porous media stiffer
Porous media such as concrete physically represent a spherical packing of different components -- in this case cement, rock and water. The mechanical properties...
Perovskite solar cells set new record for power conversion efficiency
Perovskite solar cells have attained now attained the extremely high efficiency rate of 24.35% with an active area of 1 cm2. This ground-breaking achievement...
Glass sponge genome furnishes insights into evolution of biomineralization
The genome of a glass sponge species suggests that silica skeletons evolved independently in several groups of sponges.
Will engineered carbon removal solve the climate crisis?
A new study explored fairness and feasibility in deep mitigation pathways with novel carbon dioxide removal, taking into account institutional capacity to implement mitigation...
Flooding tackled by helping citizens take action
Scientists have developed a new method that empowers citizens to identify solutions to climate change threats.
Empowering citizen-led adaptation to systemic climate change risks
AbstractThe increasing impacts of climate change instigate the need for adaptation. However, most adaptation initiatives focus on actions by government or businesses, despite growing...
Universal temperature sensitivity of denitrification nitrogen losses in forest soils
AbstractSoil nitrous oxide (N2O) and dinitrogen (N2) emissions from denitrification are crucial to the nitrogen (N) cycle. However, the temperature sensitivities (Q10) of gaseous...
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