Article ID: 697353 University of Wisconsin-MadisonThousands of miles of buried fiber optic cable in densely populated coastal regions of the United States may soon be inundated by rising seas, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Oregon. |
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Article ID: 697461 Ohio State UniversityA new understanding of the microbes and viruses in the thawing permafrost in Sweden may help scientists better predict the pace of climate change. |
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Article ID: 697459 Wildlife Conservation SocietyIndigenous Peoples have ownership, use and management rights over at least a quarter of the world’s land surface according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Sustainability. |
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Article ID: 697428 South Dakota State UniversityA smart phone app may soon allow farmers to track the daily progress of crops and monitor plant health using data from conventional and small CubeSat satellites. |
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Article ID: 697384 Department of Energy, Office of ScienceThe Department of Energy has developed a new computer simulation capability: the Energy Exascale Earth System Model. Scientists designed the model to focus on areas most relevant to energy production as well as take full advantage of DOE’s supercomputing systems. |
Article ID: 697379 University of Rhode IslandThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium, led by the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, to operate a new oceanographic research ship, one of only three such vessels in the nation. Owned by NSF and valued at over $100 million, the Regional Class Research Vessel will be constructed in Louisiana, delivered to Rhode Island in 2021 and home-ported at URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus. |
Article ID: 697161 Rutgers University-New BrunswickStar-shaped gold nanoparticles, coated with a semiconductor, can produce hydrogen from water over four times more efficiently than other methods – opening the door to improved storage of solar energy and other advances that could boost renewable energy use and combat climate change, according to Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers. Channels: All Journal News, Climate Science, Energy, Environmental Science, Materials Science, Particle Physics, Physics, DOE Science News solar energy storage, Solar, Energy, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, GOLD, Semiconductors, Water, Hydrogen, Environment, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, photocatalysis, Titanium Dioxide, Light, ultraviolet light, Sunlight, Technology, Science, Physics, Engineering, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers, New Jersey, NJ |
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Article ID: 697343 University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural SciencesWith the new variety, growers would be able to produce more market-ready peanuts, and consumers can get more of the protein-filled legume. Channels: Agriculture, Climate Science, Environmental Science, Plants, Drought |
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Article ID: 697260 Rutgers University-New BrunswickSea-level rise will endanger valuable salt marshes across the United Kingdom by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, according to an international study co-authored by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick professor. Channels: All Journal News, Climate Science, Environmental Science, Geology, Nature (journal) Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Environment, Wetlands, tidal wetlands, salt marshes, tidal marshes , Greenhouse Gas Emissions, United Kingdom, Great Britain, UK, Engl, Geology, Erosion, coastal wetlands, Ecosystems, British, coastal storms, Biodiversity, Habitats, fish, crustaceans, Insects, Coastal, Singapore, Mangroves, Tropical, Southeast Asia |
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Article ID: 697279 Cornell UniversityA tiny fern – with each leaf the size of a gnat – may provide global impact for sinking atmospheric carbon dioxide, fixing nitrogen in agriculture and shooing pesky insects from crops. The fern’s full genome has been sequenced by a Cornell University and Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) scientist and his colleagues around the world, as reported in the journal Nature Plants. |