Underwater messaging app for smartphones
Researchers have developed AquaApp, a mobile app for acoustic-based communication and networking underwater that can be used with existing devices such as smartphones and...
Faster screening of photoprotection in crops
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Preventing dye aggregation with molten salts to improve solar cell performance
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are a promising next-generation solar power technology, but they suffer from dye aggregation on electrodes, which reduces charge carriers and...
Getting to the bottom of the Arctic sea ice decline
Sea ice levels in the Arctic Ocean are rapidly declining, due to global warming. Now, to understand and forecast the growth and decay of...
How light and temperature work together to affect plant growth
Plants lengthen and bend to secure access to sunlight. Despite observing this phenomenon for centuries, scientists do not fully understand it. Now, scientists have...
Swallows shrink as climate warms
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01463-wTree swallows are becoming smaller in response to climate change, but this isn’t driven by reduced...
Civil disobedience by scientists helps press for urgent climate action
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01461-yTime is short to secure a liveable and sustainable future; yet, inaction from governments, industry and...
Greenland ice sheet climate disequilibrium and committed sea-level rise
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01441-2Greenland ice sheet melt is currently the largest single contributor to sea-level rise. This work combines...
Diminishing Arctic lakes
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01466-7The Arctic is home to the largest surface water fraction of any terrestrial biome, containing thousands...
Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01455-wThe Arctic lowlands are characterized by a large number of lakes that cover a substantial part...
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