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Report reveals ‘unseen’ human benefits from ocean twilight zone

January 22, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Carbon, Climate Change, Food Security, Ocean Twilight Zone

A new report from researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) reveals for the first time the unseen—and somewhat surprising—benefits that people receive from the ocean’s twilight zone. Also known as the “mesopelagic,” this is the ocean layer just beyond the sunlit surface.

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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Climate Change Impacts on Land, Wildfires and Solutions

January 15, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Australia, Brazil, California, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Sequestration, Climate, climate adaptation, Climate Change, Climate Change and Land, climate mitigation, CO2, Desertification, Drought, Economy, Emissions, Environment, Food, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Forests, fossil fuel emissions, Fossil Fuels, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, IPCC, LAND, New Jersey, NJ, plants, Rainforests, Rutgers, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Soils, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Trees, UN, United Nations, Wildfires

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Are sinking soils in the Everglades related to climate change?

January 15, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Agriculture, Carbon, Climate, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, Farming, Florida, Research, Science, soil, Sustainability

Soils releasing carbon as gas lead to challenges on valuable farmland

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NUS scientists create world’s first monolayer amorphous film

January 8, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Carbon

Researchers from the National University of Singapore have synthesised the world’s first one-atom-thick amorphous material. This breakthrough allows for direct imaging to reveal how atoms are arranged in amorphous materials, and could be of commercial value for batteries, semiconductors, membranes and many more applications.

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Leftover grain from breweries could be converted into fuel for homes

November 26, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Biofuel, Carbon, Climate, Climate Action, Waste

A Queen’s University Belfast researcher has developed a low cost technique to convert left over barley from alcohol breweries into carbon, which could be used as a renewable fuel for homes in winter, charcoal for summer barbecues or water filters in developing countries.

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Plant physiology will be major contributor to future river flooding, UCI study finds

October 21, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Atmosphere, Carbon, Climate Change, earth system science, Environment, Faculty, Flooding, Geoscience, Research, Weather

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 21, 2019 – The next time a river overflows its banks, don’t just blame the rain clouds. Earth system scientists from the University of California, Irvine have identified another culprit: leafy plants. In a study published today in Nature Climate Change, the UCI researchers describe the emerging role of ecophysiology in riparian flooding.

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Scientists Discover Key Factors in How Some Algae Absorb Solar Energy

August 14, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments 3D bioimaging tools, Algae, Antenna, Atmosphere, Baylor College Of Medicine, biochemical energy production, Biofuels, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, cars, Central South University, chemical energy, China, Chlorophyll, Climate Change, CO2, Diatoms, Energy, Environment, fossil fuel burning, natural oils, New Jersey, Ocean, Oceans, Photosynthesis, photosystem II, Planes, proteins, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Solar energy, sunlight, Trains, Trucks, Xiangya Hospital

Scientists have discovered how diatoms – a type of algae that produces 20 percent of the Earth’s oxygen – absorb solar energy for photosynthesis. The Rutgers University-led discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help lead to more efficient and affordable algae-based biofuels and combat climate change from fossil fuel burning.