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Earth Sciences 8 hours ago

Study highlights achievements of the scientific drilling of Songliao Basin

Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the increase in carbon dioxide emissions has consistently warmed the Earth's climate. At the current warming rate, our planet might potentially be on track toward witnessing a ...

Ecology 8 hours ago

Climate change alters the hidden microbial food web in peatlands, study shows

The humble peat bog conjures images of a brown, soggy expanse. But it turns out to have a superpower in the fight against climate change.

Environment 8 hours ago

Alternative tidal wetlands in plain sight have overlooked Blue Carbon superstars

Blue Carbon projects are expanding globally; however, demand for credits outweighs the available credits for purchase.

Ecology 8 hours ago

Can used coffee grounds help clean up environmental toxins?

Global coffee consumption generates millions of tons of spent coffee grounds each year, which can be damaging to wildlife and the environment.

Other 8 hours ago

UK's Cambridge University halts fossil fuel funding

Britain's Cambridge University confirmed on Monday that it has adopted a moratorium on new funding from fossil fuel companies after a campaign from students and academics.

Analytical Chemistry 9 hours ago

Supercomputer simulations of super-diamond suggest a path to its creation

Diamond is the strongest material known. However, another form of carbon has been predicted to be even tougher than diamond. The challenge is how to create it on Earth.

Environment 11 hours ago

California unlikely to meet landmark goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

California is poised to fail to meet its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals by the end of the decade unless it can triple its efforts to reduce carbon emissions statewide, according to a critical new report.

Earth Sciences 11 hours ago

Banded iron formations: Oceans, algae and iron oxide

Iron ore is a big deal in Australia.

Plants & Animals 12 hours ago

Tropical plants beat drought by interacting with specific microbes, study shows

Plant-soil-microbe interactions play a crucial role in processes that take place in the soil directly around plant roots, or the rhizosphere, and these processes contribute to nutrient cycling and metabolite turnover in the ...

Nanomaterials 13 hours ago

Researchers discover tightest arrangement of bilayer alkali metals between graphene layers

Researchers at AIST, in collaboration with Osaka University, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Kyushu University, and National Tsing Hua University, have developed a technique to insert alkali metals into the interlayers of graphene, ...

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