Category: Environment
Sulfuric Acid Rain May Be the Cause of the Extinction of Land Species 252 Million Years Ago
Unlike the marine environment, the mechanisms that led to the mass extinction that took place on earth’s continents at the end of the Permian are still poorly understood. A …Australian Researchers Show How Plants Secretly Decide How Much CO2 They Store
By absorbing some of the carbon dioxide (CO2) we emit into the atmosphere, plants help us fight global warming. However, plants also emit some of this CO2, which limits …Scientists Discover Superworms Can Munch Through Polystyrene
A new study by a team of scientists from Australia shows that certain superworms could transform how plastic waste is recycled and, thus, help save the planet. Large quantities …Reducing Phosphorus May Cause Lake Erie To Become More Toxic
Reducing the phosphorus content in Lake Erie and other lakes could have unintended effects in terms of toxicity, according to a new study. The strategy of cutting the levels …Weizmann Institute: Climate Change Occurring at a Faster Pace Than Envisaged
Researchers led by scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science have reported in a new study that appeared in the journal Nature Climate Change that changes in climatic conditions …Nature: Biodiversity Preservation Requires More Funding, Efforts
Far more money and greater actions are going to be needed to reverse the shocking decline in biodiversity across the world, according to a new Nature paper. It is …UK Researchers Discover a New Way to Increase Wheat Yield and Its Protein Content
Did you know that wheat is one of the world’s most consumed cereal grains? Just think about this; The bread you so much love to eat, those pancakes you …
Researchers Discover an AI Traffic System That Could Make Traffic Jams a Distant Memory
When you are late for work or just trying to meet up to that appointment, that extra drive time you spend in traffic can be more than a little …NOAA Introduces DisMAP a New Tool for Mapping Marine Species Distribution
The earth has four spheres and they all interact with one another. They are the biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere. The hydrosphere (water) consists of groundwater, glacial water, surface …