Geochemistry News
May 20, 2025
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May 20, 2025 — New research could improve the efficiency of electrochemical carbon-dioxide capture and release by six times and cut costs by at least 20 percent. Researchers added nanoscale filtering membranes to a carbon-capture system, separating the ions that ...
May 20, 2025 — Scientists have made a breakthrough in eco-friendly batteries that not only store more energy but could also help tackle greenhouse gas emissions. Lithium-CO2 'breathing' batteries release power while capturing carbon dioxide, offering a greener ...
May 20, 2025 — To better understand the circadian clock in modern-day cyanobacteria, a research team has studied ancient timekeeping systems. They examined the oscillation of the clock proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC ...
May 19, 2025 — People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields. But a new study finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil organic carbon -- such as planting cover crops, ...
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May 20, 2025 — A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change and also sheds light on huge gaps in fully understanding the risk to the animal ...
May 19, 2025 — Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they're in our food, our water, and our bodies. Scientists don't know the full ...
May 16, 2025 — New research suggests that the negative effects of the ozone hole on the carbon uptake of the Southern Ocean are reversible, but only if greenhouse ...
May 16, 2025 — How sensitively does organic carbon stored in soils react to changes in temperature and ...
May 15, 2025 — The latest study finds that emissions of the potent greenhouse gas might be higher than previously ...
May 15, 2025 — When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two different ...
May 14, 2025 — Scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the ...
May 14, 2025 — Researchers have developed an encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy that significantly improves the efficiency and durability of high-temperature CO2 conversion, a promising technology for carbon ...
May 14, 2025 — With coral reefs in crisis due to climate change, scientists have engineered a bio-ink that could help promote coral larvae settlement and restore these underwater ecosystems before it's too late. ...
May 14, 2025 — A new study finds that with bold and coordinated policy choices -- across emissions, diets, food waste, and water and nitrogen efficiency -- humanity ...
Earlier Headlines
May 13, 2025 — In order for trees to grow, they need to control their water balance meticulously. A study shows how trees react to drought -- and revises previous ...
May 12, 2025 — Current methods of capturing and releasing carbon are expensive and so energy-intensive they often require, counterproductively, the use of fossil fuels. Taking inspiration from plants, researchers ...
May 12, 2025 — A team of researchers investigated a sequence of coastal dunes of different ages (from 0-700,000 years old) in Cooloola National Park near Rainbow Beach to understand how soil microorganisms coped ...
May 12, 2025 — El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is known to have a significant impact on climate across the Pacific, including Hawai'i, and adjacent continents. However, atmospheric scientists have now ...
May 9, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new way to create hydrogels using ultrasound, eliminating the need for toxic chemical initiators. This breakthrough offers a faster, cleaner and more sustainable approach ...
May 9, 2025 — Metals and hormone-disrupting substances such as estrogens present a genuine risk to the sustainability of agriculture and water management in Europe. This research provides new insights into the ...
May 9, 2025 — A research team used the German environmental satellite EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) to simultaneously detect the two key air pollutants carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen ...
May 9, 2025 — The marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil spills, and thereby accelerating the elimination of the pollution, in many cases. It does this by ...
May 9, 2025 — A team of researchers has developed a new strategy for identifying hazardous pollutants in soil -- even ones that have never been isolated or studied in a ...
May 9, 2025 — Researchers have developed two unique energy-efficient and cost-effective systems that use urea found in urine and wastewater to generate hydrogen. The unique systems reveal new pathways to ...
May 8, 2025 — Sulfur from sugarcane crops is flowing into wetlands in the Florida Everglades, creating toxic methylmercury, which accumulates in fish, a new study ...
May 8, 2025 — Environmental engineers have developed critical methods to remove toxic selenium from ...
May 8, 2025 — Mercury is released by environmental and human-driven processes. And some forms, specifically methylmercury, are toxic to humans. Therefore, policies and regulations to limit mercury emissions have ...
May 8, 2025 — An edible robot leverages a combination of biodegradable fuel and surface tension to zip around the water's surface, creating a safe -- and nutritious -- alternative to environmental monitoring ...
May 7, 2025 — In a sweeping new study of more than 13,000 urban areas worldwide, researchers have mapped air pollution levels and carbon dioxide emissions, providing comprehensive global analysis of urban ...
May 7, 2025 — Researchers have outlined a bold new roadmap for harnessing heterogeneous catalysis to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the so-called 'forever chemicals' that have ...
May 7, 2025 — Lichen is an understated presence in our everyday world, often found clinging to trees and rocks. Its true beauty lies in its unique symbiotic system of fungi and algae, or cyanobacteria, that form a ...
May 6, 2025 — Termites -- infamous for their ability to destroy wood -- are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly replanted. But a new paper suggests that termite transplants may be ...
May 6, 2025 — A team of researchers has developed a cost-effective, high-throughput technology for detecting nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment. These particles are pervasive, posing health and ...
May 6, 2025 — A new technique that uses soundwaves to separate materials for recycling could help prevent potentially harmful chemicals leaching into the ...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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
- Ultrasound Unlocks a Safer, Greener Way to Make Hydrogels
- 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
- 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
- Removing Selenium from Water Takes Iron Strength
- Mercury Levels in the Atmosphere Have Decreased Throughout the 21st Century
- Eco-Friendly Aquatic Robot Is Made from Fish Food
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- New Study Tracks Air Pollution and CO2 Emissions Across Thousands of Cities Worldwide
- 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
- Practical New Tool Created for Detecting Nanoplastics and Microplastics in the Environment
- Breakthrough in Fuel Cell Recycling Turns 'forever Chemicals' Into Renewable Resources
- Cutting Greenhouse Gases Will Reduce Number of Deaths from Poor Air Quality
Friday, May 2, 2025
- Traditional Forest Medicinal Plant Ghost Pipe Used Differently Today
- Dust in the System -- How Saharan Storms Threaten Europe's Solar Power Future
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Bacterial Villain Behind Lake Erie's 'potent Toxin' Unveiled
- Rare Earth Element Extraction Bolstered by New Research
- 'Scratching' More Than the Ocean's Surface to Map Global Microplastic Movement
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Extreme Monsoon Changes Threaten the Bay of Bengal's Role as a Critical Food Source
- 'Wood You Believe It?' Engineers Fortify Wood With Eco-Friendly Nano-Iron
- Breakthrough Extends Fuel Cell Lifespan Beyond 200,000 Hours, Paving the Way for Clean Long-Haul Trucking
- How Math Helps to Protect Crops from Invasive Disease
- Study Using Simulations Highlights Power of Pooled Data in Environmental Health Research
- Billion-Year-Old Impact in Scotland Sparks Questions About Life on Land
- Chip-Shop Fish Among Key Seabed Engineers
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- A New Recycling Process for Silicones Could Greatly Reduce the Sector's Environmental Impacts
- Trawling-Induced Sediment Resuspension Reduces CO2 Uptake
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- New Species of Electricity-Conducting Organism, Name It After Tribe
- Oil Cleanup Agents Do Not Impede Natural Biodegradation
Monday, April 21, 2025
- Harmful Microplastics Infiltrating Drinking Water
- From Research to Real-World, Startup Tackles Soaring Demand for Lithium and Other Critical Minerals
- Coastal Management Model Plays the Long Game Against the Rising Tides
- Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Land-Use Drives Energy Dynamics of Boreal Lake Food Webs
- Early Detection of Wood Coating Deterioration to Better Maintain Wooden Structures
- Nutrients Strengthen Link Between Precipitation and Plant Growth, Study Finds
- Researchers Warn of a Threat to Water Safety from Wildfires
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Living Fungus-Based Building Material Repairs Itself for Over a Month
- Study Finds Dramatic Boost in Air Quality from Electrifying Railways
- Scientists Find Evidence That Overturns Theories of the Origin of Water on Earth
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Little Birds' Personalities Shine Through Their Song -- And May Help Find a Mate
- Colombia's Peatlands Could Be a Crucial Tool to Fight Climate Change: But First We Have to Find Them
- Making Desalination More Eco-Friendly: New Membranes Could Help Eliminate Brine Waste
Monday, April 14, 2025
- New Plant Molecule Encourages Plant-Fungi Symbiosis to Improve Crops
- Fishing for Cephalopod DNA Allows for Efficient Marine Surveying
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Key Mechanism to Obtain Brown Algae-Derived Compounds With Biotech Applications
- Scalable Graphene Membranes: A Leap for Carbon Capture
- Missing Nitrogen: A Dramatic Game of Cosmic Hide-and-Seek Deep Within Our Planet
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Drug Pollution Alters Salmon Migration
- New Study on Natural Oil Seeps in the Deep Sea
- A New Tool for Parsing the 'metabolic Dialogue' Between Microorganisms
- In Croatia's Freshwater Lakes, Selfish Bacteria Hoard Nutrients
- Man's Best Friend May Be Nature's Worst Enemy, Study on Pet Dogs Suggests
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Coral Reefs Exude Myriad Chemicals, Fueling Dynamic Microbial Recycling of Nutrients
- Tree Rings Track Atmospheric Mercury Cheaply
- Mapping Mercury Contamination in Penguins of the Southern Ocean
- With New Database Researchers May Be Able to Predict Rare Milky Seas Bioluminescent, Glowing Event
- Serendipitous Discovery Could Lead to More Efficient Catalysts
- 'Forever Chemicals' Are Everywhere: Most of Their Health Effects Are Unknown
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Scientists Discover Microbes in Earth's Deep Soil
- Researchers Discover Why Plastic Sheds Dangerous Fragments
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Machine Learning Helps Construct an Evolutionary Timeline of Bacteria
- Carbon Capture Technology to Produce Clean Fuel from Air
- Electrochemical Method Supports Nitrogen Circular Economy
- Researchers Recycle Wind Turbine Blade Materials to Make Improved Plastics
- Carbon Capture Could Become Practical With Scalable, Affordable Materials
- An Answer to Green Energy in Hydrogen-Generating Marine Microbes
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Sensing Sickness: New Method for Boosting Bee Health
- Early Earth's First Crust Composition Discovery Rewrites Geological Timeline
- Electrochemical Process Separates Valuable Industrial Chemicals from Animal Waste
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Rocky Mountain Snow Is Contaminated, Study Shows
- We Know Nanoplastics Are a Threat -- This New Tool Can Help Us Figure out Just How Bad They Are
Monday, March 31, 2025
- Scientists Pioneer Method to Tackle 'forever Chemicals'
- The Proportion of Harmful Substances in Particulate Matter Is Much Higher Than Assumed
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Melting Ice, More Rain Drive Southern Ocean Cooling
- How Calcium May Have Unlocked the Origins of Life's Molecular Asymmetry
- Human Urine, a Valuable Resource as Fertilizer for Sustainable Urban Agriculture, Study Concludes
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Coral Diseases and Water Quality Play a Key Role for Coral Restoration and Survival Efforts
- Earliest Days of Earth's Formation
- A Cleaner Future for Tires: Scientists Pioneer Chemical Process to Repurpose Rubber Waste
- Cleaning Microplastics
- Researchers' Breakthrough Method Reveals Clouds Amplify Global Warming Far More Than Previously Understood
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Ocean Eddies -- The Food Trucks of the Sea
- Eco-Friendly, Nylon-Like Plastic Using Microorganisms
- Refining Siberia's Land Cover Data: A Leap Forward for Climate Science