International shipping does not want to be a climate bad guy and is aiming to be emission-free by 2050. A new tool can help shipowners who are searching for green solutions. International shipping does not want to be a climate bad guy and is aiming to be emission-free by 2050. A new tool can help …
Researchers can help shipowners achieve ambitious climate targets Read More »
In their ongoing quest to develop a range of methods for managing plasma so it can be used to generate electricity in a process known as fusion, researchers have shown how two old methods can be combined to provide greater flexibility. In their ongoing quest to develop a range of methods for managing plasma so …
The finding that managed fires burn a much greater area than thought means we may be underestimating the increase in wildfires due to global heating The finding that managed fires burn a much greater area than thought means we may be underestimating the increase in wildfires due to global heating The finding that managed fires burn …
Deliberate fires are responsible for half of the land burned each year Read More »
Forensic investigators can reliably measure drug and explosive residue using gels that lift fingerprint samples Forensic investigators can reliably measure drug and explosive residue using gels that lift fingerprint samples Forensic investigators can reliably measure drug and explosive residue using gels that lift fingerprint samples
Shading the planet by spraying aerosols into the stratosphere might stave off ice sheet collapse, modelling studies suggest, but we are running out of time Shading the planet by spraying aerosols into the stratosphere might stave off ice sheet collapse, modelling studies suggest, but we are running out of time Shading the planet by spraying aerosols …
Geoengineering could save the ice sheets – but only if we start soon Read More »
An Australian bull ant is the first animal known to use the patterns produced by polarised moonlight to navigate its environment An Australian bull ant is the first animal known to use the patterns produced by polarised moonlight to navigate its environment An Australian bull ant is the first animal known to use the patterns produced …
Nocturnal ants use polarised moonlight to find their way home Read More »
Scientists have located and identified alterations in the monkeypox virus genome that potentially correlate with changes in the virus’s transmissibility observed in the 2022 outbreak. Scientists have located and identified alterations in the monkeypox virus genome that potentially correlate with changes in the virus’s transmissibility observed in the 2022 outbreak. Scientists have located and identified alterations …
Tectonically active mountains play an important role in the natural CO2 regulation of the atmosphere. Competing processes take place here: At Earth’s surface, erosion drives weathering processes that absorb or release CO2, depending on the type of rock. At depth, the heating and melting of carbonate rock leads to the outgassing of CO2 at the …
The Italian central Apennines as a source of CO2 Read More »
The Atlantic surfclam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder and fried clam strips, has returned to Virginia waters in a big way, reversing a die-off that started more than two decades ago. In a comprehensive study of surfclams collected from an area about 45 miles due east from the …
Surf clams off the coast of Virginia reappear — and rebound Read More »
What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks on lemurs by another vulnerable species, a carnivore called a fosa. What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this …
Lemur’s lament: When one vulnerable species stalks another Read More »