Category: Environment
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 …Moroccan Bees at the Brink of Extinction Following Catastrophic Drought
Bees are flying insects with many as 7-12 species belonging to the genus Apis. Although bees are commonly associated with honey production, not all bees make honey and the …Israeli Company BioBetter Uses Tobacco Plant to Scale Up Production of Lab-Grown Meat
Large-scale production of cultured meat is currently facing major hurdles. To get around this, an Israeli company is using tobacco plants as bioreactors to produce the needed growth factors. …Scientists Develop a New Framework to Evaluate the Health Effects of Mixtures of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
An international team of biologists and chemists has come up with a new framework to begin assessing the health effects of mixtures of chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system. …