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Researchers have now reconstructed how the Indian summer monsoon responded to meltwater pulses into the North Atlantic at the end of the penultimate cold...
New research could help boost growth of clean cooking in sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers have new evidence that could help rapidly boost efforts to scale-up the adoption of clean cooking with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in sub-Saharan...
Bubbling up: Previously hidden environmental impact of bursting bubbles exposed in new study
Bubbles are common in nature and can form when ocean waves break and when raindrops impact surfaces. When bubbles burst, they send tiny jets...
Simulation reveals molecular footprint of organic air pollutants
Joining the global effort to curb air pollution, researchers have developed computational tools to accurately assess the footprint of certain organic atmospheric pollutants. Their...
Tech companies underreport CO2 emissions
Companies in the digital technology industry are significantly underreporting the greenhouse gas emissions arising along the value chain of their products. Across a sample...
Shaping a sustainable future for a common plastic
Broad-based scientific team from government, academia and industry joins forces to identify new opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of polyurethane -- one of...
Groundwater in California’s Central Valley may be unable to recover from past and future...
Groundwater in California's Central Valley is at risk of being depleted by pumping too much water during and after droughts. Under a best-case scenario,...
Bacteria may be key to sustainably extracting earth elements for tech
A new study describes a proof of principle for engineering a bacterium, Gluconobacter oxydans, that takes a big first step towards meeting skyrocketing rare...
Earthquakes and extreme rainfall lead to a significant increase in the rates of landslides...
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Warmer soil stores less carbon
Global warming will cause the world's soil to release carbon, new research shows.
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