Geochemistry News
November 3, 2024
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Oct. 30, 2024 — Research provides a deeper understanding of precisely what is happening in organic solar cells as light is converted into electricity. Researchers developed a new method which visualizes interfaces where the sunlight's energy is converted to ...
Oct. 31, 2024 — New process addresses a current environmental challenge in the transportation and energy ...
Nov. 1, 2024 — Wastewater contains nutrients that can overfeed algae, leading to harmful algal blooms and pollution issues in the ocean and other waterways. A new study tracked how these nutrients migrate from ...
Nov. 1, 2024 — A new study involving 8,500 children from across the United States has revealed that a form of air pollution, largely the product of agricultural emissions, is linked to poor learning and memory ...
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Nov. 1, 2024 — Despite ongoing efforts to curb CO2 emissions with electric and hybrid vehicles, other forms of transportation remain significant contributors of greenhouse gases. To address this issue, old ...
Nov. 1, 2024 — Microplastics have been steadily increasing in freshwater environments for decades and are directly tied to rising global plastic production since ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — In fire-prone areas, water isn't the only thing used to quell blazes. Wildland firefighters also apply chemical or synthetic suppressants. ...
Oct. 31, 2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that combining ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — Approximately 50 percent of global final energy consumption is dedicated to heating. Yet, the utilization of solar power in this sector remains relatively low compared to fossil energy sources. An ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — Researchers have developed an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to drastically reduce energy consumption and cost for direct air ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — A study shedding new light on how arsenic can be made less dangerous to humans has the potential to dramatically improve water and food safety, ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — The Triassic-Jurassic Extinction, 201.6 million years ago, has been considered by some to have been a fairly slow-burn event, driven by rising ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — Using new technology, researchers have been able to confirm the location of the world's oldest ochre mine and trace how ochre from the mine was dispersed to nearby ...
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Oct. 28, 2024 — A new study reveals that invasive plants are reshaping soil microbial communities across the U.S., making them more uniform and altering how ecosystems ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — Researchers have revealed the 3D structure of lab-made light-harvesting complex II (LHCII), a key component in photosynthesis. Using cryo-electron microscopy, they found that artificial LHCII closely ...
Oct. 27, 2024 — The warming climate in polar regions may significantly disrupt ocean circulation patterns, a new study indicates. Scientists discovered that in the distant past, growing inflows of freshwater from ...
Oct. 25, 2024 — Drawing on evidence involving about 25 million population worldwide, an international research team demonstrates that long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 significantly increases the risk of asthma, ...
Oct. 25, 2024 — Researchers have created a graphene-enhanced, 3D-printable concrete that improves strength and reduces carbon emissions by 31%, advancing sustainable ...
Oct. 25, 2024 — Invasive silver carp have been spreading throughout the Mississippi River Basin since their introduction a half-century ago. Yet, try as they might, the fish have not advanced beyond a particular ...
Oct. 25, 2024 — Subtle temperature differences at the ocean surface allow more carbon dioxide (CO2) to be absorbed, new research ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — New research shows that a large, ubiquitous mobile genetic element changes the antagonistic weaponry of Bacteroides fragilis, a common bacterium of the human ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — A new study shows that increasing plant diversity in agriculture can be used to improve the carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils. As the agricultural sector strives to reduce its ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — Lithium-sulfur batteries have never lived up to their potential as the next generation of renewable batteries for electric vehicles and other devices. But mechanical engineers have now found a way to ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — Producing materials such as steel, plastics and cement in the United States alone inflicts $79 billion a year in climate-related damage around the world, according to a new study by engineers and ...
Oct. 23, 2024 — Scientists characterize novel enzymes from deep-sea microbes with a key function in the ethane degradation process, revealing surprises in the metabolism of these ...
Oct. 23, 2024 — A team of researchers developed a thermoelectric material that can be used in wearable devices, such as smart clothing, and while maintaining stable thermal energy performance even in extreme ...
Oct. 23, 2024 — Photosynthesis, the chemical reaction that enables almost all life on Earth, is extremely inefficient at capturing energy -- only around 1% of light energy that a plant absorbs is converted into ...
Oct. 23, 2024 — In the face of rising CO2 levels, scientists are searching for sustainable ways of pulling carbon dioxide out of the air, so-called direct air capture. A new type of porous material, a covalent ...
Oct. 23, 2024 — A research team has used nitrogen isotope analysis to demonstrate that 385 million years old corals from the Eifel and Sauerland regions had symbionts. This finding represents the earliest evidence ...
Oct. 22, 2024 — The combined impact of so-called 'forever chemicals' is more harmful to the environment than single chemicals in isolation, a new study ...
Oct. 22, 2024 — In a recent study, researchers investigated the interactions between Pyricularia oryzae, the rice blast fungus, and the beneficial soil bacterium Streptomyces griseus. They found that P. oryzae ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — New research from multiple ice cores collected across Greenland with data spanning up to 120,000 years provides new understanding of abrupt Dansgaard-Oeschger events, how they unfold and what that ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Scientists paint a compelling picture of what happened the day the S2 meteorite crashed into Earth 3.26 billion years ...
Monday, October 28, 2024
- Invasive Plants Drive Homogenization of Soil Microbial Communities Across U.S.
- Quality Control in Artificial Photosynthesis: Validating Natural Antenna Mimicry
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
- Asthma and Fine Particulate Matter
- Advancement in 3D-Printed Concrete Promises Strength, Durability and Lower Carbon Emissions
- Invasive Silver Carp Reduce Movement in Chicago-Area Water
- Sliver of Cool Surface Water Helps the Ocean Absorb More Carbon
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Gut Bacteria Transfer Genes to Disable Weapons of Their Competitors
- Plant Diversity Enhances Soil Carbon Retention
- Key to Low-Cost, Long-Lasting Renewable Batteries for Electric Vehicles
- Assessing the Real Climate Costs of Manufacturing
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Breathing Deep: A Metabolic Secret of Ethane-Consuming Archaea Unraveled
- Thread-Like, Flexible Thermoelectric Materials Applicable for Extreme Environments
- With 'electro-Agriculture,' Plants Can Produce Food in the Dark and With 94% Less Land, Bioengineers Say
- Capturing Carbon from the Air Just Got Easier
- Symbiosis in Ancient Corals
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Microplastics and PFAS: Combined Risk and Greater Environmental Harm
- Scientists Discover How Fungi Interact With Soil Actinomycetes
Monday, October 21, 2024
- New Ice Core Data Provides Insight Into Climate 'tipping Points' During the Last Ice Age
- What Happened When a Meteorite the Size of Four Mount Everests Hit Earth?
- Microbes Drove Methane Growth Between 2020 and 2022, Not Fossil Fuels
- Plant CO2 Uptake Rises by Nearly One Third in New Global Estimates
- Study Combines Woodchips and Biochar to Clean Water of Pharmaceuticals, Nutrients
- Scientists Unveil New Insights Into Air Pollution Formation
Friday, October 18, 2024
- Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals
- Loss of 'nitrogen Fixers' Threatens Biodiversity, Ecosystems
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Effects of Chemical Mixtures: Neurotoxic Effects Add Up
- New Method for Measuring Luminescence Lifetime Offers Breakthrough in Scientific Imaging
- Soil's Secret Language: Researchers Decode Plant-to-Fungi Communication
- Visible Light Energy Yields Two-for-One Deal When Added to CO2 Recycling Process
- Identifying the Genes That Viruses 'steal' From Ocean Microbes
- New Discovery Reveals How Diatoms Capture Carbon Dioxide So Effectively
- Concerning Levels of PFAS in Fish Miles Away from Large Contamination Source
- Engineers Unveil Breakthrough in Ultra-Clean Biofuel Technology
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- Plastic Pollution Harms Bees, Review Finds
- Nitrogen Pollution and Rising Carbon Dioxide: A Joint Threat to Grassland Biodiversity?
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- NASA, NOAA: Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle
- Simulated Mission to Mars: Survey of Lichen Species
Monday, October 14, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Scientists Cut Harmful Pollution from Hydrogen Engines
- It Could Take Over 40 Years for PFAS to Leave Groundwater
- Lightning Strikes Kick Off a Game of Electron Pinball in Space
- Declines in Plant Resilience Threaten Carbon Storage in the Arctic
- Loss of Lake Ice Has Wide-Ranging Environmental and Societal Consequences
- Hidden Biological Processes Can Affect How the Ocean Stores Carbon
- Catastrophically Warm Predictions Are More Plausible Than We Thought
- Snowflake Dance Analysis Could Improve Rain Forecasts
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- Researchers Develop New Technique to Measure Previously Undetected Airborne PFAS
- Do Fungi Recognize Shapes?
- Researchers Discover How Plants Produce a Novel Anti-Stress Molecule
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
Friday, October 4, 2024
- Drier Winter Habitat Impacts Songbirds' Ability to Survive Migration
- Wastewater Bacteria Can Breakdown Plastic for Food
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- Liquefied Natural Gas Carbon Footprint Is Worse Than Coal
- Decades-Long Research Reveals New Understanding of How Climate Change May Impact Caches of Arctic Soil Carbon
- Zooplankton Play Limited Role in Cleaning Contaminated Water
- Nanostructures in the Deep Ocean Floor Hint at Life's Origin
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- Airborne Plastic Chemical Levels Shock Researchers
- It All Adds Up: Study Finds Forever Chemicals Are More Toxic as Mixtures
- Using Antimatter to Detect Nuclear Radiation
- Sustainably Produced Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Capture
Monday, September 30, 2024
- Study Coordinates Satellite Swarm for 3D Imaging Inside Clouds
- Tracking Microplastics: Researcher Helps Discover How Microplastics Move for Better Storm Water Management
- New Imaging Technique Brings Us Closer to Simplified, Low-Cost Agricultural Quality Assessment
- New Synthesis Strategy Could Speed Up PFAS Decontamination
Friday, September 27, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- Researchers Innovate Sustainable Metal-Recycling Method
- Ice Cores Show Pollution's Impact on Arctic Atmosphere
- Deep-Sea Discovery Shines Light on Life in the Twilight Zone
- Night-Time Noise Linked to Restless Nights for Airport Neighbors, Study Finds
- Soil and Water Pollution: An Invisible Threat to Cardiovascular Health
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
- Atmospheric Methane Increase During Pandemic Due Primarily to Wetland Flooding
- Researchers Acquire and Analyze Data Through AI Network That Predicts Maize Yield
- Abrupt Intensification of Northern Wildfires Due to Future Permafrost Thawing
- New Catalyst Developed for Sustainable Propylene Production from Biomass
- Low-Temperature Conversion of Ammonia to Hydrogen Via Electric Field-Aided Surface Protonics
Monday, September 23, 2024
- Extreme Polar Light Environment of the North and South Poles Sustains Biodiversity
- Transforming Agriculture from Carbon Source to Sink
- Human Urine Could Be Used as Eco-Friendly Crop Fertilizer
Friday, September 20, 2024
- New Data Science Tool Greatly Speeds Up Molecular Analysis of Our Environment
- Rapid Loss of Antarctic Ice After 2100 Likely Under Current Emissions
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- Scientists Say We Have Enough Evidence to Agree Global Action on Microplastics
- Over Nearly Half a Billion Years, Earth's Global Temperature Has Changed Drastically, Driven by Carbon Dioxide
- New Research Reenvisions Earth's Mantle as a Relatively Uniform Reservoir
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- Moving Particle Simulation-Aided Soil Plasticity Analysis for Earth Pressure Balance Shield Tunnelling
- In Step Toward Solar Fuels, Durable Artificial Photosynthesis Setup Chains Two Carbons Together
Monday, September 16, 2024
- Critical Crops' Alternative Way to Succeed in Heat and Drought
- Using Sunlight to Turn Two Greenhouse Gases Into Valuable Chemicals
- Contrail Avoidance Is Less Likely to Damage Climate by Mistake Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
Friday, September 13, 2024
- CRISPR/Cas9 Modifies Euglena to Create Potential Biofuel Source
- Plant-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosols Can Act as Mediators of Plant-Plant Interactions
- Over Two-Million Acres of Floodplain Development Occurred in U.S. in Last Two Decades, Study Finds
- Residents in San Joaquin Valley Breathe Chemical Pesticides, According to New Study