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July 26, 2024
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July 26, 2024 — Using data from 6,645 camera traps across the United States, researchers mapped populations of 25 mammal species. They determined that climate, not human activity, was the primary factor in mammals ...
July 25, 2024 — Engineers discovered that when the aluminum in soda cans is purified and mixed with seawater, the solution produces hydrogen -- which can power an engine or fuel cell without generating carbon emissions. The reaction can be sped up by adding ...
July 25, 2024 — Researchers have developed a material that shows a remarkable ability to convert sunlight and water into clean ...
July 22, 2024 — Forests can reduce hunger in rural households while also capturing carbon and advancing sustainability goals for low- and middle-income countries, according to new ...
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July 25, 2024 — Researchers are proposing a new way to curb industrial emissions, by tapping into the 'atomic intelligence' of liquid metals to deliver greener and more sustainable chemical ...
July 25, 2024 — New research shows California's Central Valley, known as America's breadbasket, gets as much as half of its groundwater from the Sierra Nevadas. This is significant for a farming region that, in some ...
July 24, 2024 — Reforestation in low- and middle-income countries can remove up to 10 times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at lower cost than previously estimated, making it a potentially more effective ...
July 24, 2024 — A research team is tackling the environmental issue of efficiently recycling lithium ion batteries amid their increasing ...
July 23, 2024 — A room-temperature method to decompose perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) using visible LED light offers a promising solution for sustainable fluorine recycling and PFAS ...
July 23, 2024 — Researchers working at the forefront of an emerging photovoltaic (PV) technology are thinking ahead about how to scale, deploy, and design future solar panels to be easily recyclable. Solar panels ...
July 23, 2024 — Researchers analyzed the financial and environmental costs and benefits of four biofuels crops used to produce sustainable aviation fuels in the U.S. ...
July 22, 2024 — A new analysis sheds light on major shortfalls of a recently proposed approach to capture CO2 from air and directly convert it to fuel using ...
July 18, 2024 — Creating fertilizers from organic waste can help reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and promote sustainable production. One way of doing this is through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), which ...
July 18, 2024 — Imagine a small fruit that tastes like a cross between a tomato and a pineapple, wrapped in its own natural paper lantern. That's the groundcherry ...
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July 24, 2024 — The COVID-19 pandemic significantly widened existing economic and health disparities between wealthy and low-income countries and slowed progress toward health-related Sustainable Development Goals ...
July 23, 2024 — In the crowded urban landscape, where small electric vehicles -- primarily scooters and bicycles -- have transformed short distance travel, researchers are reporting a major national surge in ...
July 17, 2024 — Strawberries could be fewer and more expensive because of higher temperatures caused by climate change, according to new ...
July 17, 2024 — A newly engineered type of soil can capture water out of thin air to keep plants hydrated and manage controlled release of fertilizer for a constant supply of ...
July 17, 2024 — PrISMa is a new platform that uses advanced simulations and machine learning to streamline carbon capture technologies, by taking into account the perspectives of diverse stakeholders early in the ...
July 15, 2024 — This new concept could allow the needs of previously separate industries to be combined: the production of hydrogen and the production of ...
July 12, 2024 — Tree-planting campaigns have been underway in the United States, especially in cities, as part of climate mitigation efforts given the many environmental benefits of urban forests. But a new study ...
July 11, 2024 — Without additional regulation, burning ammonia in ship engines could cause serious impacts on air quality that could result in more than 600,000 additional premature deaths per year, according to new ...
July 10, 2024 — Researchers discovered a microscopic mechanism that solves in part the outstanding performance achieved by a new class of organic semiconductors known as non-fullerene acceptors ...
July 10, 2024 — Adding crushed basalt rocks and special fertilizers can reduce potent nitrous oxide (N2O) greenhouse gas emissions and help safeguard the stratospheric ozone ...
July 10, 2024 — A new study highlights the sustainable, cultural and ecosystem benefits of offshore removal or decomposition of whale remains. The study tracked the remains of a humpback whale that was intercepted ...
July 9, 2024 — A small molecule that naturally serves as a binding site for metals in enzymes also proves useful for separating certain rare earth metals from each other. In a proof of concept, the process extracts ...
July 8, 2024 — A new way to store carbon captured from the atmosphere works much faster than current methods without the harmful chemical accelerants they ...
July 8, 2024 — A recent study explored the relationship between corporate climate change mitigation actions and the cost of capital for 2,100 Japanese listed companies from 2017 to 2021. The findings reveal that ...
July 5, 2024 — Agroecology -- a science, practice, and movement which seeks social, political, economic, and environmental sustainability in the global food system -- is gaining momentum in the U.S., according to a ...
July 2, 2024 — The reality of the climate impact of long-distance passenger travel has been revealed in new ...
July 1, 2024 — In the fight to protect biodiversity and limit climate change, the world will reap what it ...
July 1, 2024 — Melanin is a ubiquitous compound in nature, produced by many organisms. However, its potential as a biomass resource to produce value-added chemicals and materials remains relatively unexplored. In a ...
June 28, 2024 — A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...
June 27, 2024 — Why do just one experiment at a time when you can do ten? Researchers have developed an automated system, which allows them to research catalysts, electrodes, and reaction conditions for CO2 ...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Researchers Predict Fewer, Pricier Strawberries as Temperatures Warm
- Smart Soil Can Water and Feed Itself
- Bridging the 'Valley of Death' In Carbon Capture
Monday, July 15, 2024
Friday, July 12, 2024
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- Researchers Show Promising Material for Solar Energy Gets Its Curious Boost from Entropy
- Cutting Farm Nitrous Oxide Emissions Helps Climate and Ozone Layer
- Whale Remains Tracked to Highlight Sustainable Disposal Benefits
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Monday, July 8, 2024
- New Extremely Fast Carbon Storage Technology
- Companies That Mitigate Climate Change Reduce Their Cost of Capital
Friday, July 5, 2024
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Monday, July 1, 2024
- Choose Where to Plant Energy Crops Wisely to Minimise Loss of Biodiversity
- Melanin from Cuttlefish Ink as a Sustainable Biomass Resource
Friday, June 28, 2024
Thursday, June 27, 2024
- Synthetic Fuels and Chemicals from CO2: Ten Experiments in Parallel
- Groundbreaking Discovery: Zinc Can Make Crop Yields More Climate-Resilient
- Common Plastics Could Passively Cool and Heat Buildings With the Seasons
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Monday, June 24, 2024
Friday, June 21, 2024
- Boosting Biodiversity Without Hurting Local Economies
- Promise Green Hydrogen May Not Always Be Fulfilled
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
- Blessing in Disguise: Mycoviruses Enhance Fungicide Effectiveness Against Plant Pathogens
- At Least One in Four US Residential Yards Exceed New EPA Lead Soil Level Guideline
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
- Tight-Knit Communities Can Prevent Environmental Progress
- Advanced Artificial Intelligence: A Revolution for Sustainable Agriculture
Monday, June 17, 2024
Friday, June 14, 2024
- Concrete-Nitrogen Mix May Provide Major Health and Environment Benefits
- Synthetic Data Holds the Key to Determining Best Statewide Transit Investments
Monday, June 10, 2024
- Planetary Health Diet Associated With Lower Risk of Premature Death, Lower Environmental Impact
- Upstream and Downstream: River Study Highlights Cross-Country Inequities
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Monday, June 3, 2024
- Altered Carbon Points Toward Sustainable Manufacturing
- Greenhouses Cover More and More of Earth's Surface
- Researchers Call for Return of Sumas Lake Following Devastating 2021 Floods
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- New Method Makes Hydrogen from Solar Power and Agricultural Waste
- Controlling Ion Transport for a Blue Energy Future
- Safeguarding Urban Infrastructure from Subsidence and Liquefaction Risks
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Abandoned Farmlands Could Play a Role in Fighting Climate Change: A New Study Shows Exactly Where They Are
- Electrochromic Films -- Like Sunglasses for Your Windows?
- Biobased Building Materials Less Sustainable Than Concrete in South Africa, Experts Find
- A Novel Multifunctional Catalyst Turns Methane Into Valuable Hydrocarbons
- Research to Uncover the Impact of Water Use in the Colorado River Basin
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Altering Cancer Treatment Dosing Could Reduce Climate Impact, Study Finds
- Performance of Eco-Friendly Cooling Applications Enhanced
- Wind Farms Are Cheaper Than You Think -- And Could Have Prevented Fukushima, Says Global Review
- Simple Food Swaps Could Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Household Groceries by a Quarter
Monday, May 27, 2024
Friday, May 24, 2024
- Breakthrough Discovery Uses Engineered Surfaces to Shed Heat
- Innovative Material for Sustainable Building
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Charting a Pathway to Next-Gen Biofuels
- Iron Could Be Key to Less Expensive, Greener Lithium-Ion Batteries, Research Finds
- Effectiveness of GBGI Infrastructure in Mitigating Urban Heat, Proposing Nine-Stage Framework for Development of a Sustainable City
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- Rabies Outbreaks in Costa Rica Cattle Linked to Deforestation
- Green Infrastructure Plans Need to Consider Historical Racial Inequalities
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Decarbonization Dynamics: New Analysis Unveils Shifting Trends in the Voluntary Carbon Offset Market
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Scientists Develop New Geochemical 'fingerprint' To Trace Contaminants in Fertilizer
- Differing Values of Nature Can Still Lead to Joined Up Goals for Sustainability
- Can We Revolutionize the Chemical Industry and Create a Circular Economy? Yes, With the Help of Catalysts
- New Data-Driven Model Rapidly Predicts Dehydrogenation Barriers in Solid-State Materials
Thursday, May 16, 2024
- Airborne Technology Brings New Hope to Map Shallow Aquifers in Earth's Most Arid Deserts
- More Efficient Bioethanol Production Might Be Possible Using Persimmon Tannin to Help Yeast Thrive
- Study Reveals Consumers Value Animal Welfare More Than Environmental Sustainability When Buying Meat and Dairy Products
- Wind Farms Can Offset Their Emissions Within Two Years
- Polyglycerol Coating: A Breakthrough in Safer Nanoparticle Environmental Remediation
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Using AI to Improve Building Energy Use and Comfort
- Climate Change Is Most Prominent Threat to Pollinators
- Next-Generation Sustainable Electronics Are Doped With Air
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- The Case for Sharing Carbon Storage Risk
- Avocado Pruning Residues Used to Produce More Sustainable Food Packaging
- Transforming Waste Carbon Dioxide Into High-Value Chemicals With a Cost Reduction of About 30%
Friday, May 10, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- New 'forever Chemical' Cleanup Strategy Discovered
- Manganese Sprinkled With Iridium: A Quantum Leap in Green Hydrogen Production
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
- Turbid Waters Keep the Coast Healthy
- The Clues for Cleaner Water
- AI to Make Crop Production More Sustainable
Friday, May 3, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- New Eco-Friendly Lubricant Additives Protect Turbine Equipment, Waterways
- To Bend the Curve of Biodiversity Loss, Nature Recovery Must Be Integrated Across All Sectors
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Astronomers Share Climate-Friendly Meeting Solutions
- Low-Intensity Grazing Is Locally Better for Biodiversity but Challenging for Land Users, a New Study Shows
- Methane Emissions from Landfill Could Be Turned Into Sustainable Jet Fuel in Plasma Chemistry Leap
- E-Bike Incentives Prove to Be Worth the Investment
Monday, April 29, 2024
- How Can Forests Be Reforested in a Climate-Friendly Way?
- Fixin' To Be Flexitarian: Scrap Fish and Invasive Species Can Liven Up Vegetables
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Energy Trades Could Help Resolve Nile Conflict
- Genetic Hope in Fight Against Devastating Wheat Disease