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Munching Bugs Thwart Eager Trees, Reducing the Carbon Sink
Mar. 2, 2015 — Hungry, plant-eating insects may limit the ability of forests to take up elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, reducing their capacity to slow human-driven climate change, a new study ... full story -
Blend of Polymers Could One Day Make Solar Power Lighter, Cheaper and More Efficient
Mar. 2, 2015 — Scientists are reporting advances on how to one day make solar cells stronger, lighter, more flexible and less expensive when compared with the current silicon or germanium technology on the ... full story -
Enhancing High-Temperature Tolerance in Plants: Effective on Rice and Tomatoes
Mar. 2, 2015 — Agricultural researchers have identified for the first time that theE-2-hexenal, a plant-derived chemical substance, can induce a plant's stress response to high ... full story -
Submarine Data Used to Investigate Turbulence Beneath Arctic Ice
Feb. 27, 2015 — Using recently released Royal Navy submarine data, researchers have investigated the nature of turbulence in the ocean beneath the Arctic sea-ice. Recent decreases in Arctic sea ice may have a big ... full story -
The Biobattery: Turning Sewage Sludge Into Electricity and Engine Oil
Feb. 27, 2015 — Sewage sludge, green waste, production residue from the food industry, straw or animal excrement – with the biobattery‘s modular concept a much larger range of biomass can be utilized for energy ... full story -
Lake Tahoe Research Provides New Insights on Global Change
Feb. 26, 2015 — A study on how natural and human-made sources of nitrogen are recycled through the Lake Tahoe ecosystem provides new information on how global change may affect the iconic blue ... full story -
Isolated Wetlands Have Significant Impact on Water Quality
Feb. 25, 2015 — Geographically isolated wetlands play an outsized role in providing clean water and other environmental benefits even though they may lack the regulatory protections of other wetlands, according to a ... full story -
First Direct Observation of Carbon Dioxide's Increasing Greenhouse Effect at Earth's Surface
Feb. 25, 2015 — Scientists have observed an increase in carbon dioxide's greenhouse effect at Earth's surface for the first time. They measured atmospheric carbon dioxide's increasing capacity to ... full story -
Climate-Warmed Leaves Change Lake Ecosystems
Feb. 25, 2015 — Rising soil temperatures significantly affect autumn leaves and consequently the food web, appearance and biochemical makeup of the lakes and ponds those leaves fall into, a new study ... full story -
Himalayan Ice Shows Chemicals Ban Is Working
Feb. 25, 2015 — A unique study of frozen ice cores from the Tibetan Himalayas has shown that international agreements on phasing out the use of toxic persistent organic pollutants are working. "Chemical ... full story -
Renewable Energy Obtained from Wastewater
Feb. 24, 2015 — Researchers have devised an efficient way to obtain electrical energy and hydrogen by using a wastewater treatment process. The proposed system uses bacteria which consumes the organic material and ... full story -
Storks Could Become Poisoned by Pesticides During Their Migration to Africa
Feb. 24, 2015 — Not all storks migrate to Africa. Many stay for the winter in the Iberian Peninsula, where landfills have become a permanent source of food. Scientists have analyzed the presence of pollutants and ... full story -
Looking Back Into the Past of Oceans: Acidification Trends, Seasonal Fluctuations
Feb. 23, 2015 — Using cutting edge technologies researchers were able to reconstruct pH values of the Northern Pacific with a high resolution since the end of the 19th century. The study reveals a clear ... full story -
Bacteria in Marine Sponges Harvest Phosphorus for Reef Community
Feb. 23, 2015 — Significant accumulations of polyphosphate granules have been found in three common sponge species of the Caribbean coral reef, indicating that microorganisms that live on marine sponges are pulling ... full story -
Scientists Bring Oxygen Back to Dead Fjord
Feb. 23, 2015 — More and more of the world's waters are seriously lacking oxygen. Could we use pumps to bring oxygen and thus higher life back into these waters? A Danish/Swedish research team says yes. They ... full story -
New Catalyst to Create Chemical Building Blocks from Biomass
Feb. 23, 2015 — Researchers have developed a novel selective catalyst that allows the creation of several basic chemicals from biomass instead of petroleum. This discovery may lead to the use of plant biomass as a ... full story -
Recycling of Nutrients May Be the Key to Saving Earth
Feb. 23, 2015 — Leakages of nutrients necessary for food production – especially nitrogen and phosphorus – cause severe eutrophication to the Earth's aquatic ecosystems and promote climate change. However, ... full story -
System to Turn Wastewater Into Fresh Water Developed
Feb. 20, 2015 — A professor has shown that improving wastewater treatment and saving energy are not only essential, but they’re also ... full story -
Draft Report Analyzes Policy Options for Hydraulic Fracturing in Michigan
Feb. 20, 2015 — Researchers have released a detailed draft analysis of policy options for hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas and oil extraction process commonly known as ... full story -
Climate Change Influences Distribution of Organic Pollutants in the Baltic Sea
Feb. 20, 2015 — Regional climate change models predict an increased freshwater runoff into the Baltic Sea. This will result in increased inflow of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon. According to researchers, this ... full story
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Blend of polymers could one day make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient
- Enhancing high-temperature tolerance in plants: Effective on rice and tomatoes
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- Isolated wetlands have significant impact on water quality
- First direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at Earth's surface
- Climate-warmed leaves change lake ecosystems
- Himalayan ice shows chemicals ban is working
- Renewable energy obtained from wastewater
- Storks could become poisoned by pesticides during their migration to Africa
- Looking back into the past of oceans: Acidification trends, seasonal fluctuations
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- Scientists bring oxygen back to dead fjord
- New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass
- Recycling of nutrients may be the key to saving Earth
- System to turn wastewater into fresh water developed
- Draft report analyzes policy options for hydraulic fracturing in Michigan
- Climate change influences distribution of organic pollutants in the Baltic Sea
- Cheap solar cells made from shrimp shells
- Switchgrass removes PCBs from soils, engineers find
- Igniting the air for atmospheric research
- Bee disease reduced by nature's 'medicine cabinet'
- Impact of Deepwater Horizon Oil on beach microbial communities
- Recent research provides new data on chemical gardens, whose formation is a mystery for science
- Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago
- New ozone-destroying gases on the rise; not controlled by treaty
- Controlling car pollution at the quantum level
- How carbonates behave in Earth's interior
- Can cattle grazing management technique help capture and store carbon in soil?
- Going negative with carbon
- Global rainfall satellites require massive overhaul
- Mixing plant waste and plastic to obtain building materials
- Carbon release from ocean helped end the Ice Age
- Enhancing microbial activity contributes to the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with pesticides
- Want to save the planet? Neighbors better allies than family
- Advent of geoengineering may help lower temperature of debate over climate change
- Global sea ice diminishing, despite Antarctic gains
- Geoengineering report: Scientists urge more research on climate intervention
- Studying microscopic phytoplankton: Prototype ready for the open ocean
- Scientist to gather greenhouse gas emissions from melting permafrost
- NASA scientist advances methane sounder to measure another greenhouse gas
- Buckyballs offer environmental benefits
- Bionic leaf: Researchers use bacteria to convert solar energy into liquid fuel
- Flooding in U.S. Midwest more frequent, study finds; Research covered more than 50 years of data in 14 states
- Earliest evidence of large-scale human-produced air pollution in South America found
- Friendly fungi: how they could help barley growers feed the world without chemicals
- Reduced rainfall in the northern tropics linked to industrial emissions, research suggests
- Loss of underwater posidonia meadows reduces CO2 storage areas and could contribute to gas emissions
- Many US wells tainted with arsenic
- Seafloor volcano pulses may alter climate: Strikingly regular patterns, from weeks to eons
- Closer look at flawed studies behind policies used to promote 'low-carbon' biofuels
- Using solar energy to improve desalination process
- Preventing greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere
- Scientists reprogram plants for drought tolerance
- Evidence from warm past confirms recent IPCC estimates of climate sensitivity
- Catalyst uses light to convert nitrogen to ammonia: Potential for environmentally friendly fertilizer
- Inhospitable climate fosters gold ore formation
- How will ocean acidification impact marine life?
- Earth's orbit affects the stability of Antarctica's Eastern ice cap
- Biologists partner bacterium with nitrogen gas to produce more, cleaner bioethanol
- Mercury levels in Hawaiian yellowfin tuna increasing
- Tree species influence boreal forest fire behavior, subsequent effects on climate
- Smoke from fires linked to tornado intensity
- Global warming slowdown: No systematic errors in climate models, comprehensive statistical analysis reveals
- To speed up magma, add water
- Deep ocean a source of dissolved iron in Central Pacific
- NASA launches groundbreaking Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory
- Hydrogen production in extreme bacterium
- Researchers develop new instrument to monitor atmospheric mercury
- Arsenic stubbornly taints many US wells, say new reports
- Scientists Use Knowledge from the Food Industry to Understand Mass Extinction
- Water purification: Running fuel cells on bacteria
- Where did the missing oil go? New study says some is sitting on the Gulf floor
- Satellites can improve regional air quality forecasting
- Researchers produce two bio-fuels from a single algae
- Smothered oceans: Extreme oxygen loss in oceans accompanied past global climate change
- Spiky 'hedgehog particles' for safer paints, fewer VOC emissions
- Easter Island mystery: Why did the native culture die out?
- The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of life
- Global warming doubles risk of extreme La Niña event, research shows
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear fallout
- Using less fish to test chemicals safety
- Antibiotics, bacteria, resistance genes found in dust from feedlots
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
- Warmer, drier climate altering forests throughout California
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
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