Hydroponic plants to detox PFAS-contaminated water
New research is helping to remediate the 'indestructible' PFASs as scientists show that Australian native plants can significantly remediate PFAS pollutants through floating wetlands...
Study supports stronger conservation efforts Appalachians and the Gulf Coast, US
Study of Campanula americana supports strengthening conservation efforts in glacial refugia areas because of their high genetic diversity. Conservation of those areas in the...
Sweet spots in the sea: Mountains of sugar under seagrass meadows
Seagrasses play an important role in our climate. They are one of the most efficient sinks of carbon dioxide on Earth. A team of...
Changing climate impacts biodiversity in protected areas globally
A recent study provides insights for developing climate-smart conservation strategies by looking at the global network of protected areas, evaluating potential for shifts in...
How a soil microbe could rev up artificial photosynthesis
When it comes to fixing carbon, plants have nothing on soil bacteria that can do it 20 times faster. The secret is an enzyme...
Study reveals Stonehenge landscape before the world-famous monument
Four thousand years before Stonehenge was constructed, land within the World Heritage Site was covered by open woodland, with meadow-like clearings, inhabited by grazing...
Better residents’ health after switch to electric buses
The health of residents living alongside a bus route in Gothenburg, Sweden, became considerably better when hybrid buses were replaced by buses fully powered...
Research discovers new bacteria that stick to plastic in the deep sea to travel...
Scientists have found new types of plastic loving bacteria that stick to plastic in the deep sea that may enable them to 'hitchhike' across...
Dolphin bycatch from fishing practices unsustainable, study finds
An international team of researchers have developed a method to assess sustainable levels of human-caused wildlife mortality, which when applied to a trawl fishery...
Bay Area storms get wetter in a warming world
Researchers used supercomputers to run high-resolution climate simulations that show how historically-impactful storm events could look in a warmer world. The researchers simulated five...
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