Geochemistry News
June 19, 2025
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June 18, 2025 — A breakthrough study has uncovered that the Southern Ocean's power to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere fluctuates dramatically depending on winter sea ice. When sea ice lingers longer into winter, the ocean absorbs up to 20% more CO2, thanks ...
June 18, 2025 — In a surprising twist during an air quality study in Oklahoma, researchers detected MCCPs an industrial pollutant never before measured in the Western Hemisphere's atmosphere. The team suspects these toxic compounds are entering the air through ...
June 15, 2025 — Underground fungi may be one of Earth s most powerful and overlooked allies in the fight against climate change, yet most of them remain unknown to science. Known only by DNA, these "dark taxa" make up a shocking 83% of ectomycorrhizal species fungi ...
June 15, 2025 — Atmospheric rivers, while vital for replenishing water on the U.S. West Coast, are also the leading cause of floods though storm size alone doesn t dictate their danger. A groundbreaking study analyzing over 43,000 storms across four decades found ...
June 14, 2025 — A pioneering study reveals how archaeologists' satellite tools can be repurposed to tackle climate change. By using AI and satellite LiDAR imagery from NASA and ESA, researchers have found a faster, ...
June 13, 2025 — Where do microplastics really go after entering the environment? MIT researchers discovered that sticky biofilms naturally produced by bacteria play a surprising role in preventing microplastics from accumulating in riverbeds. Instead of trapping ...
June 12, 2025 — Ancient carbon thought to be safely stored underground for millennia is unexpectedly resurfacing literally. A sweeping international study has found that over half of the carbon gases released by rivers come from long-term, old carbon sources like ...
June 12, 2025 — Mercury contamination is surfacing as a serious concern in parts of Georgia and South Carolina, particularly in regions like the Okefenokee Swamp. University of Georgia researchers found alarmingly high levels of the neurotoxic metal in alligators, ...
June 10, 2025 — What if all life on Earth followed a surprisingly simple pattern? New research shows that in every region, species tend to cluster in small hotspots and then gradually thin out. This universal rule applies across drastically different organisms and ...
June 8, 2025 — Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For decades, scientists puzzled over this D' layer. Now, groundbreaking ...
June 7, 2025 — Scientists have built a lab model that visually tracks how microscopic contact points between fault surfaces evolve during earthquake cycles, revealing the hidden mechanics behind both the slow ...
June 3, 2025 — A new study details processes that keep pollutants aloft despite a drop in ...
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June 3, 2025 — A new study has finally confirmed the theory that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September -- October 2023 was indeed two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became trapped standing waves. ...
June 2, 2025 — Some microbes living on sand grains use up all the oxygen around them. Their neighbors, left without oxygen, make the best of it: They use nitrate in the surrounding water for denitrification -- a ...
June 2, 2025 — Researchers showed that hydrogen sulfide, which is associated with numerous health conditions, is emitted from California's largest lake at levels ...
May 30, 2025 — Laboratory could improve crop resilience In a discovery three decades in the making, scientists have acquired detailed knowledge about the internal structures and mode of regulation for a specialized ...
May 30, 2025 — Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens global warming. While ...
May 30, 2025 — To achieve the European Green Deal's goal of 25% organic agriculture by 2030, researchers argue that new genomic techniques (NGTs) should be allowed ...
May 30, 2025 — Hurricane Ida wreaked an estimated $75 billion in total damages and was responsible for 112 fatalities -- including 32 in New Jersey and 16 in New York state. Yet the hurricane could have been even ...
May 30, 2025 — Forest-based agroforestry can restore forests, promote livelihoods, and combat climate change, but emerging agroforestry initiatives focusing only on tree planting is leading to missed opportunities ...
May 30, 2025 — A professor of crop sciences and of plant biology describes research efforts to 'future-proof' the crops that are essential to feeding a hungry world in a changing climate. Long, who has spent ...
May 30, 2025 — In a major advancement for sustainable construction, scientists have created a cement-free soil solidifier from industrial waste. By combining Siding ...
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May 29, 2025 — The fossils of ancient salamander-like creatures in Scotland are among the most well-preserved examples of early stem tetrapods -- some of the first animals to make the transition from water to land. ...
May 29, 2025 — A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers created a detailed physical model that suggests a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by more extreme climate model ...
May 29, 2025 — Replanting forests can help cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if every tree lost since the mid-19th century is replanted, the total ...
May 29, 2025 — Lead contamination in municipal water sources is a consistent threat to public health. Ingesting even tiny amounts of lead can harm the human brain and nervous system -- especially in young children. ...
May 29, 2025 — Earthquakes create ripple effects in Earth's upper atmosphere that can disrupt satellite communications and navigation systems we rely on. Scientists have now used Japan's extensive network ...
May 28, 2025 — Chemists have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have replicated itself on early Earth -- a key process in the origin of ...
May 28, 2025 — Scientists show that wolves that are eating sea otters in Alaska have much higher concentrations of mercury than those eating other prey such as deer and ...
May 27, 2025 — With wildfires increasing in frequency, severity, and size in the Western U.S., researchers are determined to better understand how smoke impacts air quality, public health, and even the weather. As ...
May 27, 2025 — Researchers find that iron powder, an inexpensive alternative to activated carbon, does a better job at filtering PFOS from water -- it's 26 times more ...
May 27, 2025 — Researchers found that digestion in hawks and owls can alter the results of isotopic analysis in pellets and ...
May 27, 2025 — Most people have witnessed -- or rather smelled -- when a protein enzyme called sulfite reductase works its magic. This enzyme catalyzes the chemical reduction of sulfite to hydrogen sulfide. ...
May 27, 2025 — Researchers conducted a systematic review of 99 scientific publications that compared the flora or fauna of old-growth forests, managed forests and clearcut sites in boreal Europe. The reviewed ...
May 27, 2025 — Alterations to the diet of pests could impact how quickly they can adapt to ...
May 23, 2025 — Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. ...
May 23, 2025 — New international research demonstrates global-scale patterns in how El Ni o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences mangrove growth and degradation. Previously, impacts had only been documented at ...
May 23, 2025 — The molecular pathways involved in antiviral defenses and counter-defenses in host-pathogen systems remain unclear. Researchers have used Neurospora crassa as a model organism to explore how RNA ...
May 22, 2025 — New research shows how rapidly proliferating turf algae are waging 'chemical warfare' to inhibit the recovery of kelp forests along Maine's warming ...
May 22, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through lice rather than ticks, and how it ...
May 22, 2025 — Engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil ...
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Long Shot Science Leads to Revised Age for Land-Animal Ancestor
- Rock Record Illuminates Oxygen History
- Atlantic Ocean Current Unlikely to Collapse With Climate Change
- Does Planting Trees Really Help Cool the Planet?
- Portable Sensor Enables Community Lead Detection in Tap Water
- Thousands of Sensors Reveal 3D Structure of Earthquake-Triggered Sound Waves
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Chemists Recreate How RNA Might Have Reproduced for First Time
- Coastal Alaska Wolves Exposed to High Mercury Concentrations from Eating Sea Otters
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- New Study Analyzes Air Quality Impacts of Wildfire Smoke
- Just Add Iron: Researchers Develop a Clever Way to Remove Forever Chemicals from Water
- How Does Digestion Affect Molecular Analysis of Owl Pellets?
- Cryo-Em Freezes the Funk: How Scientists Visualized a Pungent Protein
- Nordic Studies Show the Significance of Old-Growth Forests for Biodiversity
- Stirling Research Could Extend Biopesticide Effectiveness
Friday, May 23, 2025
- How Marine Plankton Adapts to a Changing World
- El Niño and La Niña Climate Swings Threaten Mangroves Worldwide
- Modulation of Antiviral Response in Fungi Via RNA Editing
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- New Study Reveals How Competition Between Algae Is Transforming the Gulf of Maine
- Ancient DNA Used to Map Evolution of Fever-Causing Bacteria
- A New Approach Could Fractionate Crude Oil Using Much Less Energy
- Tapping Into the World's Largest Gold Reserves
- New Atom-Swapping Method Applied to Complex Organic Structures
- Climate Change May Make It Harder to Reduce Smog in Some Regions
- AI Is Good at Weather Forecasting. Can It Predict Freak Weather Events?
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Engineers Discover a New Class of Materials That Passively Harvest Water from Air
- Personal Space Chemistry Suppressed by Perfume and Body Lotion Indoors
- Natural Algal Communities Can Inhibit Aquaculture Pathogens
- Fool's Gold: A Hidden Climate Stabilizer
- Extreme Weather Cycles Change Underwater Light at Lake Tahoe
- Southeast Asia Could Prevent Up to 36,000 Ozone-Related Early Deaths a Year by 2050 With Stricter Air Pollution Controls
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- How to Solve a Bottleneck for CO2 Capture and Conversion
- Scientific Breakthrough Brings CO2 'breathing' Batteries Closer to Reality
- Household Action Can Play Major Role in Climate Change Fight
- Thousands of Animal Species Threatened by Climate Change
- Research Team Traces Evolutionary History of Bacterial Circadian Clock on Ancient Earth
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Investment Risk for Energy Infrastructure Construction Is Highest for Nuclear Power Plants, Lowest for Solar
- Using Sound to 'see' Unexploded Munitions on the Seafloor
- Cover Crops May Not Be Solution for Both Crop Yield, Carbon Sequestration
- First-of-Its-Kind Global Study Shows Grasslands Can Withstand Climate Extremes With a Boost of Nutrients
- Could Nanoplastics in the Environment Turn E. Coli Into a Bigger Villain?
- With Evolutionary AI, Scientists Find Hidden Keys for Better Land Use
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Researchers Find CRISPR Is Capable of Even More Than We Thought
- Heat-Tolerant Symbionts a Critical Key to Protecting Florida's Elkhorn Coral from Bleaching During Marine Heatwaves
- Study Reveals Healing the Ozone Hole Helps the Southern Ocean Take Up Carbon
- Rising Temperatures Lead to Unexpectedly Rapid Carbon Release from Soils
- New Model for More Accurate Landslide Prediction
- One in Ten Asthma Cases Can Be Avoided With a Better Urban Environment
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- A Vicious Cycle: How Methane Emissions from Warming Wetlands Could Exacerbate Climate Change
- Amazon Could Survive Long-Term Drought but at a High Cost
- Dual Associations With Two Fungi Improve Tree Fitness
- Scientists Use Fossils to Assess the Health of Florida's Largest Remaining Seagrass Bed: Surprisingly, It's Doing Well!
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Drinking Water, Select Foods Linked to PFAS in California Adults
- What Behavioral Strategies Motivate Environmental Action?
- Artificial Intelligence and Genetics Can Help Farmers Grow Corn With Less Fertilizer
- Sharp Depletion in Soil Moisture Drives Land Water to Flow Into Oceans, Contributing to Sea Level Rise
- Tiny Gas Bubbles Reveal Secrets of Hawaiian Volcanoes
- Microplastics in Texas Bays Are Being Swept out to Sea
- An Ink That Boosts Coral Reef Settlement by 20 Times
- New Global Model Shows How to Bring Environmental Pressures Back to 2015 Levels by 2050
- New Catalyst Boosts Efficiency of CO2 Conversion
- Understanding Carbon Traps
- Climate Change Is Turning Coastal Lagoons Into 'salty Soup'
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Growth Before Photosynthesis: How Trees Regulate Their Water Balance
- Scientists Define the Ingredients for Finding Natural Clean Hydrogen
Monday, May 12, 2025
- Sunlight-Powered System Mimics Plants to Power Carbon Capture
- Microbial 'phosphorus Gatekeeping' Found at Center of Study Exploring 700,000 Years of Iconic Coastline
- It's Not Just El Niño: New Climate Phenomenon Impacts Hawai'i Rainfall
Friday, May 9, 2025
- Metals and Hormone-Disrupting Substances Pose Real Threat to Sustainable Agriculture and Water Management in Europe
- Satellite Measures CO2 and NO2 Simultaneously from Power Plant Emissions for the First Time
- Bacterium Produces 'organic Dishwashing Liquid' To Degrade Oil
- A Smarter Way to Make Sulfones: Using Molecular Oxygen and a Functional Catalyst
- Machine Learning Powers New Approach to Detecting Soil Contaminants
- Urine, Not Water for Efficient Production of Green Hydrogen
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Sulfur Runoff Amplifies Mercury Concentrations in Florida Everglades
- Researchers Find New Defense Against Hard-to-Treat Plant Diseases
- Removing Selenium from Water Takes Iron Strength
- Mercury Levels in the Atmosphere Have Decreased Throughout the 21st Century
- Waxing and Waning Prairie: New Study Unravels Causes of Ancient Climate Changes
- How to Reduce Global CO2 Emissions from Industry
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- New Study Tracks Air Pollution and CO2 Emissions Across Thousands of Cities Worldwide
- The Atmospheric Memory That Feeds Billions of People: Newly Discovered Mechanism for Monsoon Rainfall
- Pioneering Research Reveals Tree-Mendous Potential of Inexpensive Drones to Help Community Forests Flourish and Unlock Restoration Funding
- New Roadmap Advances Catalytic Solutions to Destroy 'forever Chemicals'
- Cracking the Code: Deciphering How Concrete Can Heal Itself
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Replanted Rainforests May Benefit from Termite Transplants
- Cutting Greenhouse Gases Will Reduce Number of Deaths from Poor Air Quality
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Biological Particles May Be Crucial for Inducing Heavy Rain
- Are Agricultural Pesticides an Environmental Threat?
- Artificial Oxygen Supply in Coastal Waters: A Hope With Risks
- Urban Rats Spread Deadly Bacteria as They Migrate, Study Finds
- Are at-Home Water Tests Worth It? New Study Shows Quality Can Vary Widely
Friday, May 2, 2025
- Traditional Forest Medicinal Plant Ghost Pipe Used Differently Today
- Scientists Discover Key to Taming Unrest at Italy's Campi Flegrei
- Dust in the System -- How Saharan Storms Threaten Europe's Solar Power Future
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Electricity-Generating Bacteria May Power Future Innovations
- Oceans Are Heating Faster in Two Bands Stretching Around Globe