Coastlines are vital to our world's ecology and economy. Coastal ecosystems help maintain biodiversity, provide natural barriers against erosion, storms, and flooding, and act as large carbon sinks to reduce greenhouse gases. ...
Ecology
Sep 24, 2024
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University of Waterloo researchers have developed a new material that can absorb more than eight times its weight in oil, offering a new solution in preventing groundwater contamination from spills or accidents. The study, ...
Polymers
Sep 3, 2024
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Nearly half of the world's land surface is now classified as drylands and these areas are accelerating their own proliferation, according to new research.
Environment
Aug 30, 2024
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Every product or service that you consume is part of a supply chain. Supply chains include an array of activities connecting mining or harvesting, processing, manufacturing, logistics, marketing, retail, consumption, and ...
Economics & Business
Aug 15, 2024
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University of Missouri scientists are battling against an emerging enemy of human health: nanoplastics. Much smaller in size than the diameter of an average human hair, nanoplastics are invisible to the naked eye.
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 13, 2024
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Understanding how water moves and changes around the world is more important than ever due to climate change, but monitoring inland water in the tropics is not easy. Most satellites are optical and simply take photos of surfaces. ...
Environment
Aug 6, 2024
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Light pollution disrupts circadian rhythms and ecosystems worldwide—but for plants, dependent on light for photosynthesis, its effects could be profound. Now scientists writing in Frontiers in Plant Science have found that ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2024
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New research shows that ozone concentrations at Carlsbad Caverns National Park frequently exceed Environmental Protection Agency health standards, likely due to oil and natural gas development in the Permian Basin and surrounding ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 16, 2024
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Ethane, an overlooked greenhouse gas, can be oxidized with electron acceptors like sulfate and nitrate. Despite nitrite being a more thermodynamically feasible electron acceptor, little is known about nitrite-driven anaerobic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 9, 2024
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Protecting and effectively managing oceans and seabeds is crucial in the fight against climate change.
Earth Sciences
Jun 14, 2024
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