Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulations
Researchers have published the first major assessment of small hydropower dams around the world -- including their potential for growth -- and highlight the...
Climate engineering, once started, would have severe impacts if stopped
Facing a climate crisis, we may someday spray sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to form a cloud that cools the Earth, but suddenly...
Climate change and snowmelt — turn up the heat, but what about humidity?
Changes in humidity may determine how the contribution of snowpack to streams, lakes and groundwater changes as the climate warms. Surprisingly, cloudy, gray and...
The scent of the city
In a new study, researchers present the world's first chemical fingerprint of urban emission sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Accordingly, the abatement strategy...
Pathway opens to minimize waste in solar energy capture
Researchers have made an important discovery with significant implications for the future of solar cell material design.
Combined nutrients and warming massively increase methane emissions from lakes
Shallow lakes in agricultural landscapes will emit significantly greater amounts of methane, mostly in the form of bubbles (ebullition) in a warmer world, which...
How climate change weakens coral ‘immune systems’
Researchers have demonstrated how two separate effects of climate change combine to destabilize different populations of coral microbes -- that is, unbalance the natural...
GoJelly project officially kicks off
While the number of fish in our oceans continues to decrease, changing environmental conditions seem to favour jellyfish. They occur more often in large...
Global temperature targets will be missed within decades unless carbon emissions reversed
New projections by researchers could be the catalyst the world has sought to determine how best to meet its obligations to reduce carbon emissions...
Research helps break ground to clean up land
Researchers have been exploring the intricate shapes that emerge when air is injected into soil. These findings could one day be used to speed...
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