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CubeSat Satellite Data Make Daily Crop Monitoring Possible
South Dakota State University
A 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.
How to Fit a Planet Inside a Computer: Developing the Energy Exascale Earth System Model
Department of Energy, Office of Science
The 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.
How Gold Nanoparticles Could Improve Solar Energy Storage
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Star-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.
UF, Georgia Tech Scientists to Begin Work on More Drought-Tolerant Peanut
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
With the new variety, growers would be able to produce more market-ready peanuts, and consumers can get more of the protein-filled legume.
Geological Records Reveal Sea-Level Rise Threatens UK Salt Marshes, Study Says
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Sea-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.
UTEP, UNT Collaboration Sheds Light on Composition of Dust Carried by Rainwater Across Texas
A collaboration between professors from The University of Texas at El Paso and the University of North Texas is leading to a better understanding of the composition of dust carried by rain across the state, and how that dust can affect the places where it ends up.
Global Temperature Report: June 2018
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
Scientists Capture Breaking of Glacier in Greenland
New York University
A team of scientists has captured on video a four-mile iceberg breaking away from a glacier in eastern Greenland, an event that points to one of the forces behind global sea-level rise.
Formula Quantifies Fatal Hazards To Kids Left In Hot Cars
Texas A&M University
A mathematical model developed by Robert Brown, Texas A&M professor of landscape architecture, was used in a highly publicized study quantifying the time it takes for young children to become dangerously hot when they are accidentally left in the back seat of a sweltering car.
Some of the World's Poorest People Are Bearing the Costs of Tropical Forest Conservation
PeerJ
Researchers from Bangor University in the UK and the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar show that new conservation restrictions in Madagascar bring very significant costs to local people. In their paper published in PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences, the researchers estimate that 27,000 people have been negatively impacted by the conservation project.
NCAR-Based Climate Model Gets a Significant Upgrade
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has released an updated version of its flagship climate model to include a host of new capabilities
Study Identifies Which Marine Mammals Are Most at Risk From Increased Arctic Ship Traffic
University of Washington
Areas of the Arctic seas are becoming ice-free in late summer and early fall. A new study considers impacts on all the marine mammals that use this region and finds narwhals will be the most vulnerable.
How Is Carbon "Stored" in Soils of the Arctic and Subarctic?
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Carbon is a key element, weaving its way through the survival of all living things. The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) July 1 Soils Matter blog explains how carbon gets into soil, and how climate change is making a difference.
Creating STEM Leaders to Address Global Challenges
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)
IMSA: Developing a Diverse Pipeline of Innovative Leaders for the World
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)
A strong and diverse pipeline of innovative leaders is preparing to solve the world's most complex social problems through STEM education.
Heavy-Duty Emissions Must Be Eliminated to Halt Climate Change, UCI-Led Review Shows
University of California, Irvine
To halt climate change in this century, heavy-duty infrastructure undergirding the world's major economies must be redesigned - starting now - to ensure no increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. According to a UCI-led review due out Friday in the journal Science, that includes long-haul shipping, airline travel, cement and steel production, and a smoothly operating power grid.
Climate Change Linked to Potential Population Decline in Bees
Northwestern University
A new study from Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden has found that climate change may drive local extinction of mason bees in Arizona and other naturally warm climates.
Are We Ready for This Hurricane Season? FEMA Expert Points to Unique Challenges
Virginia Tech
Temperatures on the Rise Due to Climate Change and Heat Island Effect, Says ASU Professor
Arizona State University (ASU)
Research team receives NSF climate change grant
Cornell College
The National Science Foundation has awarded the team more than $676,ooo to study stalagmites from caves in central and southern Portugal as a means of investigating how rainfall changed over decades and centuries starting 2,500 years ago.
Disease Afflicting Frogs Becoming Deadlier
University of Alabama
A disease-inducing fungus in amphibians worldwide could become deadlier as different genetic variations emerge, according to research led by The University of Alabama.
Whether Wheat Weathers Heat Waves
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Unlike humans, crops in a field can't move to air conditioning to endure a heat wave. Scientists in Australia are working to understand how heat waves impact wheat.
Scientists Go to Great Heights to Understand Changes in Earth's Atmosphere
University of California San Diego
Human activities have impacted the Earth's atmosphere over time. To better understand the impact of the human biogeochemical footprint on Earth, scientists at the University of California San Diego are literally climbing mountains to study the planet's sulfur cycle--an agent in cardiovascular fitness and other human health benefits and resources.
Study Confirms Beetles Exploit Warm Winters to Expand Range
Los Alamos National Laboratory
A new study by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists and colleagues confirms that increasing minimum winter temperatures allow beetles to expand their range but reveals that overcrowding can put the brakes on population growth.
Chesapeake Bay: Larger-Than-Average Summer 'Dead Zone' Forecast for 2018 After Wet Spring
University of Michigan
Ecologists from the University of Michigan and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are forecasting a larger-than-average Chesapeake Bay "dead zone" in 2018, due to increased rainfall in the watershed this spring.
How Microgrids Could Boost Resilience in New Orleans
Sandia National Laboratories
In a year-long project, researchers at Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories teamed up with the City of New Orleans to analyze ways to increase community resilience and improve the availability of critical lifeline services during and after severe weather. The team used historical hurricane scenarios to model how storms cause localized flooding, disrupt the electrical system and cut off parts of the community from lifeline services. Sandia researchers then developed a tool to analyze and identify existing clusters of businesses and community resources in areas less prone to inundation -- such as gas stations, grocery stores and pharmacies that could be outfitted with microgrids to boost resilience.
Climate Change Means Fish Are Moving Faster Than Fishing Rules, Rutgers-led Study Says
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Climate change is forcing fish species to shift their habitats faster than the world's system for allocating fish stocks, exacerbating international fisheries conflicts, according to a study led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick researcher. The study, published online in the journal Science today, showed for the first time that new fisheries are likely to appear in more than 70 countries all over the world as a result of climate change. History has shown that newly shared fisheries often spark conflict among nations.
Researchers Explain Ammonia Distribution in Earth's Upper Atmosphere
University of Iowa
A new study co-led by University of Iowa researchers helps clarify how ammonia is present in Earth's upper atmosphere. Using computer modeling, the researchers found ammonia molecules trapped in liquid cloud droplets are released during convection where these particles freeze and subsequently collide in the upper atmosphere.
UC San Diego Launches New Center for Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery and Development
University of California San Diego Health
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of chronic and disabling parasitic infections that primarily affect poor and underserved communities. These diseases affect more than 1 billion people globally, yet are rarely the target of new drug discovery efforts. Leveraging its strengths in molecular biology, clinical research and pharmaceutical sciences, the University of California San Diego has now launched a new Center for Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery and Development to address this unmet need in global health.
Volcanic Activity, Declining Ocean Oxygen Triggered Mass Extinction of Ancient Marine Organisms
Florida State University
Millions of years ago, powerful volcanoes pumped Earth's atmosphere full of carbon dioxide, draining the oceans of oxygen and driving widespread extinction of marine organisms. Could something similar be happening today?
Making the Oxygen We Breathe, a Photosynthesis Mechanism Exposed
Oxygen photosynthesis has to be the greatest giver of life on Earth, and researchers have cracked yet another part of its complex and efficient chemistry. The more we know about it, the better we may be able to tweak photosynthesis, if it comes under environmental duress. It's also a great teacher of how to harvest sheer unlimited energy from the sun.
UVA Darden Releases Policy Playbook Identifying Six Actions to Catalyze Clean-Tech Innovation
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Moving the needle on climate change will require substantive and disruptive innovation across multiple industry sectors. Public and private investment focused on a few key areas could have a significant impact, according to a new policy playbook released by the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on 8 June.
Robust MOF Material Exhibits Selective, Fully Reversible and Repeatable Capture of Toxic Atmospheric Gas
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Scientists have developed a metal-organic framework material offering selective, reversible and repeatable capture of nitrogen dioxide from ambient air. This could lead to cost-effective capture of greenhouse gases, to facilitate sequestration and help mitigate air pollution and global warming.
Choice Matters: The Environmental Costs of Producing Meat, Seafood
University of Washington
A new study appearing online June 11 in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment considers which food type is more environmentally costly to produce: livestock, farmed seafood or wild-caught fish.
Global Temperature Report: May 2018
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
Consumers' Food Choices Can Help Reduce Greenhouse Emissions Contributing to Climate Change
Changes in diet have been proposed as a way to reduce carbon emissions from the food system. A new study provides the latest and most comprehensive estimate of greenhouse gas emissions generated by U.S. consumer food purchases, and assesses how those choices could affect diet and climate change.
FSU Experts Available to Discuss Accelerating Rates of Sea Level Rise
Florida State University
Surprising Recovery of Red Spruce Shows Value of Clean Air Act
University of Vermont
Surprising new research shows that red spruce are making a comeback--and that a combination of reduced pollution mandated by the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act and changing climate are behind the resurgence.
UNH Researchers Shine a Light on More Accurate Way to Estimate Climate Change
University of New Hampshire
All plants take up carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. During this changeover, the plants emit an energy "glow" that is not visible to the human eye, but can be detected by satellites in space. Now, researchers at the University of New Hampshire have taken that one step further. By using satellite data from different major land-based ecosystems around the globe, they have found that the photosynthesis glow is the same across all vegetation, no matter the location. This first-of-its-kind global analysis could have significance in providing more accurate data for scientists working to model carbon cycle and eventually help better project climate change.
Changing the Surroundings Improves Catalysis
Water changes how cobalt-based molecule turns carbon dioxide into chemical feedstock.
New Research Finds Tall and Older Amazonian Forests More Resistant to Droughts
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science
A new Columbia Engineering study shows that photosynthesis in tall Amazonian forests--forests above 30m--is 3x less sensitive to precipitation variability than in shorter forests of less than 20m. Taller Amazonian forests were also found to be older, have more biomass and deeper rooting systems that enable them to access deeper soil moisture, making them more resilient to drought. The findings suggest that forest height + age are an important regulator of photosynthesis in response to droughts.
Bees Adjust to Seasons with Nutrients in Flowers and 'Dirty Water'
Tufts University
Researchers discovered that honey bees alter their diet by the season. A spike in calcium consumption in the fall, and high intake of potassium, help prepare the bees for colder months when they likely need those minerals to generate warmth. Limitations in nutrient availability can have implications for the health of both managed and wild colonies.
Biology Student Links Clean Air Act to Red Spruce Recovery in Appalachia
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
A dramatic recovery of red spruce trees in the central Appalachian Mountains led West Virginia University researchers to pursue the driving factors behind improved forest health.
New Map Shows Many Old-growth Forests Remain In Europe
University of Vermont
A team of researchers created the first map of Europe's last wild forests. The map identifies more than 3.4 million acres in 34 European countries, showing that more old growth remains than previously understood.
People, Organizations Work Together to Hurricane-Proof Houston-Area Community.
Texas A&M AgriLife
Effort leads to new Exploration Green nature park that will detain floodwater, clean runoff
Team Cracks Code on Cheap Carbon Nanotubes Made From Toxic Air
Vanderbilt University
Carbon nanotubes are supermaterials that can be stronger than steel and more conductive than copper. They're not in everything because these amazing properties only show up in the tiniest nanotubes, which formerly were extremely expensive.
New Theory Finds "Traffic Jams" in Jet Stream Cause Abnormal Weather Patterns
University of Chicago
A study in Science offers an explanation for a mysterious and sometimes deadly weather pattern in which the jet stream, the global air currents that circle the Earth, stalls out over a region. Much like highways, the jet stream has a capacity, researchers said, and when it's exceeded, blockages form that are remarkably similar to traffic jams--and climate forecasters can use the same math to model them both.
Hot Cars Can Hit Life-Threatening Levels in Approximately One Hour
University of California San Diego Health
Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Arizona State University found that if a car is parked in the sun on a summer day, the interior temperature can reach 116 degrees F. and the dashboard may exceed 165 degrees F. in approximately one hour -- the time it can take for a young child trapped in a car to suffer fatal injuries.
Bug-Borne Disease Monitoring Project Finds Deer Ticks on the Rise in Midwest
Indiana University
A new environmental monitoring project at Indiana University has found increased numbers of deer ticks, which often carry Lyme disease, in Southern Indiana. The presence of an organism that carries a specific disease-causing bacterium -- like deer ticks -- is commonly followed by a rise in the associated illness.
A Promising Target in the Quest for a 1-Million-Year-Old Antarctic Ice Core
University of Washington
The oldest ice core so far provides 800,000 years of our planet's climate history. A field survey in Antarctica has pinpointed a location where an entire million years of undisturbed ice might be preserved intact.
ESF Lists Top 10 New Species for 2018
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
The large and small, beautiful and bizarre are among the newly discovered animals, plants and microbes announced by the College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) as the Top 10 New Species for 2018.
Can Businesses Save the Planet? Yes or No, Their Customers Expect Them to Try
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
The world is expecting more and more from business. In response, companies are being called on to disclose long-term strategies for how they will make a positive contribution to society.
Microfinance Institutions Play an Important Role in Adapting to Climate Change by Increasing the Resiliency of Their Borrowers
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Study examines how microfinance institutions that provide collateral-free loans (mostly to women) can help their borrowers deal with consequences of climate change. The article suggests that these institutions will play an important role in adapting to climate change by increasing the resiliency of their borrowers.
UNH Researchers Find Invasive Seaweed Makes Fish Change Their Behavior
University of New Hampshire
When it comes to finding protection and a safe feeding ground, fish rely on towering blades of seaweed, like kelp, to create a three-dimensional hiding space. Kelp forests have been shown to be one of the most productive systems in the ocean with high biodiversity and ecological function. However, in recent decades, many kelp habitats have been taken over and replaced by lower turf-dominated seaweed species. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that this change in the seascape may impact the behavior of fish and could be leaving them less options for refuge and more vulnerable to predators.
Biology Student Links Clean Air Act to Red Spruce Recovery in Appalachia
West Virginia University
After a 50-year period of declining growth of the tree species prior to the Clean Air Act, a new study found that declining air pollution alongside increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and warmer spring temperatures have resulted in dramatic forest growth recovery.
The Isle Royale Winter Study Celebrates 60 Years
Michigan Technological University
The 2018 report is out: two wolves, almost 1,500 moose and an ecosystem in transition. In its 60th year, the research conducted at Isle Royale National Park is the longest running predator-prey study of its kind.
Scientists Publish First Estimate of Carbon Emissions From 2014 Mega-Fires in Canada's Boreal Forests
As "mega-fires" in the boreal forest become more frequent and more intense, scientists believe the burning of these carbon-rich areas will drastically increase the amount of carbon being released into the atmosphere. But because these mega-fire areas are so large--more than 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres)--and are home to a complex diversity of vegetation types, accurately predicting these emissions has been challenging. A study recently completed by a team of NAU scientists was designed to help solve this problem.
Decarbonizing Electricity Generation: The Future Is Bright and Tailwinds Strong for Renewables
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
This week UVA Darden's Batten Institute released the second in a series of sector-focused research reports - Path to 2060: Decarbonizing the Electric Utility Industry - that looks at the role of technology and innovation in addressing climate change and the levers that can help facilitate the shift to cleaner electricity generation. We explore four zero-emission technologies: hydropower, nuclear, wind, and solar.
PNNL Successfully Vitrifies Three Gallons of Radioactive Tank Waste
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
News Release RICHLAND, Wash. -- In a first-of-its-kind demonstration, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have vitrified low-activity waste from underground storage tanks at Hanford, immobilizing the radioactive and chemical materials within a durable glass waste form.Approximately three gallons of low-activity Hanford tank waste were vitrified at PNNL's Radiochemical Processing Laboratory in April.
Forest Loss in One Part of US Can Harm Trees on the Opposite Coast
University of Washington
The disappearance of a whole forest has ricocheting effects in the atmosphere that can affect vegetation on the other side of the country.
California's Solar Panel Rule Packed with Challenges, Opportunities
Northwestern University
IU Experts Available to Comment on U.S. Rise in Illness From Ticks, Mosquitoes and Fleas
Indiana University
A recently released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that since 2004, the number of people who get diseases from mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the U.S., and that nine of these diseases have been discovered or newly introduced in the country. The following Indiana University experts are available to comment on how these insects spread, the diseases they carry and the relationship between pathogens and their hosts.
Powerful Hurricanes Strengthen Faster Now Than 30 Years Ago
Hurricanes that intensify rapidly - a characteristic of almost all powerful hurricanes - do so more strongly and quickly now than they did 30 years ago, according to a study published recently in Geophysical Research Letters. The phenomenon is due largely to a climate cycle known as the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation.
Decoding Tornadoes' Infrasound Waves
Tornado-producing storms can emit infrasound more than an hour before tornadogenesis, which inspired a group of researchers to develop a long-range, passive way of listening in on storms. During the 175th ASA Meeting, Brian Elbing will present his group's work collecting infrasound measurements from tornadoes to decode information contained in waves about the formation processes and life cycle before potentially devastating storms hit.
Earth's Orbital Changes Have Influenced Climate, Life Forms For at Least 215 Million Years
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Every 405,000 years, gravitational tugs from Jupiter and Venus slightly elongate Earth's orbit, an amazingly consistent pattern that has influenced our planet's climate for at least 215 million years and allows scientists to more precisely date geological events like the spread of dinosaurs, according to a Rutgers-led study. The findings are published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Chemists Develop Improved Method to Create Artificial Photosynthesis
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Patent-pending method could lead to a reliable, economical and sustainable way to create and store energy from sunlight.
Building With Bottles
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Powerful hurricanes and earthquakes have wreaked havoc in the United States and around the world in recent years, often leaving people stranded for months and even years without access to water, food, and shelter. A unique collaborative project at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seeks to provide a sustainable solution, while also considering the environment.
Kansas State University Infectious Disease Expert Can Comment on Rise in Mosquito-Borne Diseases in U.S.
Kansas State University
Biology Student Uses Appalachian Forests to Improve Future Climate Predictions
West Virginia University
A West Virginia University student is using Appalachian forests to improve predictions of future climate change.
Midwest Tick Expert Available to Comment on U.S. Rise in Illness From Ticks, Mosquitos and Fleas
Global Temperature Report: April 2018
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.13 C per decade
U.S. Gains in Air Quality Are Slowing Down
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
After decades of progress in cleaning up air quality, U.S. improvements for two key air pollutants have slowed significantly in recent years, new research concludes. The unexpected finding indicates that it may be more difficult than previously realized for the nation to achieve its goal of decreased ozone pollution, scientists said.
Take Me Home, Country Roads: The Future of Autonomous and Electric Vehicles in Rural Areas
Michigan Technological University
Michigan Tech is one of eight universities competing in the AutoDrive Challenge, a design competition sponsored by SAE International and GM. Teams must convert an electrical vehicle, a Chevy Bolt, into an SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicle. Their first competition is the end of April 2018 and part of the team was tasked with considering the social, environmental, and economic impacts of the technology.
UF/IFAS Engineer to Lead Research Into Environmentally Induced Migration
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
The Department of Defense wants to know as far in advance as possible when and where these mass migrations are likeliest to happen. That way, the federal government can know when and where to deploy military force and where to send humanitarian aid, as just two possible examples.
Story Tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2018
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORNL studies how some trees respond and recover after heat waves; sensors collect data to uniquely identify vehicles; catalysis data calculations assist in overcoming limiting factor to break down olefins; ORNL tested NASA space probe instruments' ability to withstand Sun's extreme heat; using neutrons, ORNL observed enzyme behavior to determine certain antibiotics' ineffectiveness.
Researchers Model How Midwestern Land-Use Changes Affect Carbon Storage Over the Last 165 Years
Iowa State University
Expanded agricultural activity throughout the Midwest since 1850 has reduced the amount of carbon that can be stored in the soil, according to models designed by ISU scientists. However, modern farming practices such as no till can improve carbon sequestration, which could help to slow climate change.
What Is a "Green Roof" and Are They Helpful to the Environment?
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
The concrete jungle is anything but natural. But there are ways to help it be a little greener. The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) May 1 Soils Matter blog explains what green roofs are, and how they benefit urban life.
NYU Receives $2.1 Million NSF Grant to Gauge Future Sea-Level Rise
New York University
NYU has received a $2.1 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to better understand the forces behind sea-level rise--a development that has concerned scientists in recent decades because it points to the possibility of global disruptions due to climate change.
New Study Addresses the Role of Health in Climate Lawsuits
George Washington University
A new analysis investigates the role of health concerns in climate litigation since 1990 and finds that although health is cited in a minority of cases, it may have critical potential for protecting communities from the effects of climate change and coal fired power plants.
UAH Low-Cost Weather Stations to Join Irrigation/Weather Study
University of Alabama Huntsville
A grid of low-cost weather stations built at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will track temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity and other weather variables across parts of Nebraska this summer to help scientists learn more about how large-scale irrigation might be changing the weather.
Transparent Eel-Like Soft Robot Can Swim Silently Underwater
University of California San Diego
An innovative, eel-like robot developed by engineers and marine biologists at the University of California can swim silently in salt water without an electric motor. Instead, the robot uses artificial muscles filled with water to propel itself. The foot-long robot, which is connected to an electronics board that remains on the surface, is also virtually transparent. The team, which includes researchers from UC San Diego and UC Berkeley, details their work in the April 25 issue of Science Robotics.
Corn with Straw Mulch Builds Yield, Soil Carbon
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
How do you boost soil water content and soil health without irrigating? Best cover it with a layer of straw, a new study concludes.
WVU English Professor Awarded Prestigious Carnegie Fellowship
West Virginia University
West Virginia University English professor Stephanie Foote has been named one of the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellows for her work related to cultural production in and around the Anthropocene, the geological epoch in which human activity has had a global effect on Earth's climate and environment.
April is Earth Month: The Green Jobs of the Future Start with Hands-on Learning
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office
The "Campus as a Living Lab" program uses the CSU itself to teach students real-world skills that are good for the planet and the future of California.
LLNL Maps Out Deployment of Carbon Capture and Sequestration for Ethanol Production
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
To better understand the near-term commercial potential for capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have mapped out how CO2 might be captured from existing U.S. ethanol biorefineries and permanently stored (or sequestered) underground.
Landmark Paper Finds Light at End of the Tunnel for World's Wildlife and Wild Places
Wildlife Conservation Society
A new WCS paper published in the journal BioScience finds that the enormous trends toward population stabilization, poverty alleviation, and urbanization are rewriting the future of biodiversity conservation in the 21st century, offering new hope for the world's wildlife and wild places.
New High-Resolution Exascale Earth Modeling System for Energy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
A new earth modeling system unveiled today will have weather-scale resolution and use advanced computers to simulate aspects of Earth's variability and anticipate decadal changes that will critically impact the U.S. energy sector in coming years.
Former Vice President Al Gore to Galvanize the Next Generation of Climate Change Leaders at Wellesley College
Former Vice President Al Gore to Galvanize the Next Generation of Climate Change Leaders at Wellesley College
New High-Resolution Exascale Earth-Modeling System Announced for Energy
Los Alamos National Laboratory
A new Earth-modeling system unveiled today will have weather-scale resolution and use advanced computers to simulate aspects of Earth's variability and anticipate decadal changes that will critically impact the U.S. energy sector in coming years.
Exploring Arctic Clues to Secure Future with New Sandia, University Partnership
Sandia National Laboratories
The Arctic is undergoing rapid change, with sea ice melting and temperatures rising at a faster pace than anywhere else in the world. Its changing environment affects global security, politics, the economy and the climate. Understanding these changes is crucial for shaping and safeguarding U.S. security in the future, Sandia scientists say. Sandia and the University of Alaska Fairbanks recently signed an umbrella Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to study these changes and partner on basic science, energy and security research in the Arctic.
First Genetic Evidence of Ongoing Mating Between Two Distinct Species of Guenon Monkeys
Florida Atlantic University
A new study of guenon monkeys in Gombe National Park is the first to provide genetic evidence of ongoing mating between two distinct species. These monkeys have successfully been producing hybrid offspring for hundreds maybe even thousands of years. Prior studies have suggested that their different physical characteristics keeps them from interbreeding. So, if their faces don't match, they shouldn't be mating, right? Wrong, according to this latest evidence.
As Earth Day Nears, Citizen Scientists Help UF/IFAS Preserve the Environment
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
As a citizen scientist, Debbie Goad documents horseshoe crabs on beaches during specific times and days - for example, high tides and full moons. She and her colleagues also count breeding pairs. With Earth Day coming on April 22, Goad serves as an example of the many lay people who participate in the citizen science projects coordinated by UF/IFAS faculty.
Bugged Out by Climate Change
Washington University in St. Louis
Warmer summer and fall seasons and fewer winter freeze-thaw events have led to changes in the relative numbers of different types of bugs in the Arctic. The study relies on the longest-standing, most comprehensive data set on arctic arthropods in the world today: a catalogue of almost 600,000 flies, wasps, spiders and other creepy-crawlies collected at the Zackenberg field station on the northeast coast of Greenland from 1996-2014.
Effects of Climate Change on Communally Managed Water Systems Softened by Shared Effort
Sandia National Laboratories
Shared fates and experiences in a community can help it withstand changes to water availability due to climate change, a recent study by Sandia National Laboratories researchers found.The work, part of Sandia's energy-water nexus program to help safeguard resilient and sustainable energy-water systems in the interest of national and global security, was recently published in a special socio-hydrology issue of Water Resources Research. The research paired a dynamic systems model of an acequia community and its water system with a hydrology model of an upland water source to study how the community responds to changes in water availability and flow.
Remnants of Antibiotics Persist in Treated Farm Waste, Research Finds
Each year, farmers in the U.S. purchase tens of millions of pounds of antibiotics approved for use in livestock. When the animals' manure is reused as fertilizer or bedding, traces of the medicines leach into the environment. New research holds troublesome insights with regard to the scope of this problem.
Scripps Oceanographer Lynne Talley Available to Comment on the Topic of Atlantic Ocean Circulation
University of California San Diego
Mississippi River Diversions Will Produce New Land, but Slowly, Tulane Study Says
Tulane University
Although river diversions that bring land building sediment to shrinking coastlands are the best solution to sustaining portions of the Mississippi Delta, a new study says the rate of land building will likely be dwarfed by the rate of wetland loss.
Biologically Inspired Membrane Purges Coal-Fired Smoke of Greenhouse Gases
Sandia National Laboratories
A biologically inspired membrane intended to cleanse carbon dioxide almost completely from the smoke of coal-fired power plants has been developed by scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico.
A difference of degrees: NAU scientist examines Earth's changing tilt, its effect on Antarctic ice cores and what that tells us about climate
Northern Arizona University
Michael Erb looked at how the changing axial tint of the Earth affects climate and how measuring Antarctic ice cores in different time spans can yield different results.