How climate change threatens Asia’s water tower
Tibet is known as the 'Water Tower of Asia,' providing water to about 2 billion people and supporting critical ecosystems in High Mountain Asia...
Ringing an electronic wave: Elusive massive phason observed in a charge density wave
Researchers have detected the existence of a charge density wave of electrons that acquires mass as it interacts with the background lattice ions of...
Researchers unveil smart contact lens, capable of implementing AR-based navigation
A research team has introduced core technology for smart contact lenses that can implement AR-based navigation through a 3D printing process.
What ‘Chornobyl dogs’ can tell us about survival in contaminated environments
In the first step toward understanding how dogs -- and perhaps humans -- might adapt to intense environmental pressures such as exposure to radiation,...
Can children map read at the age of four?
Researchers have found that children start to develop the basic skills that underlie map reading from the age of just four! The study involved...
Countries’ long-term climate strategies fail to define residual emissions
Achieving net zero means balancing remaining emissions with carbon removal, and understanding the nature and scope of residual emissions is key to planning decarbonized...
Large sinuous rivers are slowing down in a warming Arctic
AbstractArctic regions are disproportionately affected by atmospheric warming, with cascading effects on multiple surface processes. Atmospheric warming is destabilizing permafrost, which could weaken riverbanks...
Diverse carbon dioxide removal approaches could reduce impacts on the energy–water–land system
AbstractCarbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a critical tool in all plans to limit warming to below 1.5 °C, but only a few CDR pathways have...
Why residual emissions matter right now
AbstractNet-zero targets imply that continuing residual emissions will be balanced by carbon dioxide removal. However, residual emissions are typically not well defined, conceptually or...
Records from Platform Holly provide a glimpse of how petroleum production affects natural gas...
From oil rigs to tar seeps, it's hard to miss the presence of petroleum around the Santa Barbara Channel. Scientists have now investigated the...
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