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UrduBuilding with mass timber offers opportunity for climate mitigation on a vast scale, paper finds
Tag: Nature
Can wood construction transform cities from carbon source to carbon vault?
Building with mass timber offers opportunity for climate mitigation on a vast scale, paper finds
Biological diversity as a factor of production
Relationship between the economic value of our ecosystems and biodiversity
Biological diversity as a factor of production
Relationship between the economic value of our ecosystems and biodiversity
Fungal decisions can affect climate
When we think of climate change, we tend to think about greenhouse gases, fossil fuels and pollution. Most of us don’t think about fungi. But Kathleen Treseder does. Treseder, an ecologist at the University of California, Irvine, studies how fungi…
Fungal decisions can affect climate
When we think of climate change, we tend to think about greenhouse gases, fossil fuels and pollution. Most of us don’t think about fungi. But Kathleen Treseder does. Treseder, an ecologist at the University of California, Irvine, studies how fungi…
Scientists short-circuit maturity in insects, opening new paths to disease prevention
Puberty-controlling hormone does not travel freely into the brain as previously thought
Scientists short-circuit maturity in insects, opening new paths to disease prevention
Puberty-controlling hormone does not travel freely into the brain as previously thought
‘Listen to Scientists’: Advocates of green policy awarded ‘Nobel Prize for Environment’
Gretchen C. Daily and Pavan Sukhdev recognized for ‘putting a price tag on nature’
Buildings can become a global CO2 sink if made out of wood instead of cement and steel
A material revolution replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood can have double benefits for climate stabilization, a new study shows. First, it can avoid greenhouse gas emissions from cement and steel production. Second, it can turn buildings…
‘Listen to Scientists’: Advocates of green policy awarded ‘Nobel Prize for Environment’
Gretchen C. Daily and Pavan Sukhdev recognized for ‘putting a price tag on nature’
Buildings can become a global CO2 sink if made out of wood instead of cement and steel
A material revolution replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood can have double benefits for climate stabilization, a new study shows. First, it can avoid greenhouse gas emissions from cement and steel production. Second, it can turn buildings…
Helping roadside soils bounce back after construction
Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads. Paved roads can’t absorb water, so that responsibility falls to the soil next to the road. Unfortunately, those soils are often damaged during construction. Water that…
Helping roadside soils bounce back after construction
Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads. Paved roads can’t absorb water, so that responsibility falls to the soil next to the road. Unfortunately, those soils are often damaged during construction. Water that…
Helping roadside soils bounce back after construction
Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads. Paved roads can’t absorb water, so that responsibility falls to the soil next to the road. Unfortunately, those soils are often damaged during construction. Water that…
Sustainable markets must be created and defended
Shaping sustainable markets — a conceptual framework illustrated by the case of biogas in Sweden
Environmentally friendly shipping helps to reduce freight costs
Improved ship utilization rates and investments in environmentally sustainable technologies for enhanced energy efficiency would significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions within navigation. A recent study carried out in the Laboratory of Industrial Management at Åbo Akademi University also indicates that…
Sustainable markets must be created and defended
Shaping sustainable markets — a conceptual framework illustrated by the case of biogas in Sweden
Environmentally friendly shipping helps to reduce freight costs
Improved ship utilization rates and investments in environmentally sustainable technologies for enhanced energy efficiency would significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions within navigation. A recent study carried out in the Laboratory of Industrial Management at Åbo Akademi University also indicates that…
Climate (not humans) shaped early forests of New England
Historical insight alters rationale for modern land management
Tipping mechanisms could spark societal change towards climate stabilization
Limiting global warming to well below 2°C requires a decarbonized world by 2050 at the latest and a corresponding global transformation of the energy and land use systems of societies across the world. To achieve this goal of net-zero carbon…
Climate (not humans) shaped early forests of New England
Historical insight alters rationale for modern land management
Tipping mechanisms could spark societal change towards climate stabilization
Limiting global warming to well below 2°C requires a decarbonized world by 2050 at the latest and a corresponding global transformation of the energy and land use systems of societies across the world. To achieve this goal of net-zero carbon…
Research shows potential for zero-deforestation pledges to protect wildlife in oil palm
New research has found that environmental efforts aimed at eliminating deforestation from oil palm production have the potential to benefit vulnerable tropical mammals. These findings, published by Conservation Letters , were drawn from an international collaboration led by Dr Nicolas…
Transformational innovation needed to reach global forest restoration goals
Global South countries will need international support that engages local communities to meet ambitious targets
Reconnecting with nature key for sustainability
People who live in more built up areas and spend less free-time in nature are also less likely to take actions that benefit the environment, such as recycling, buying eco-friendly products, and environmental volunteering. The finding of a new study…
Marine heatwave likely caused mass starvation of seabirds off US west coast
Unprecedented numbers of common murres–North Pacific seabirds–died between 2015 and 2016. A new analysis lays out the scope of this event and suggests a potential culprit: severely reduced food supplies resulting from unusually elevated sea temperatures. Dr. John Piatt of…
Reconnecting with nature key for sustainability
People who live in more built up areas and spend less free-time in nature are also less likely to take actions that benefit the environment, such as recycling, buying eco-friendly products, and environmental volunteering. The finding of a new study…
Marine heatwave likely caused mass starvation of seabirds off US west coast
Unprecedented numbers of common murres–North Pacific seabirds–died between 2015 and 2016. A new analysis lays out the scope of this event and suggests a potential culprit: severely reduced food supplies resulting from unusually elevated sea temperatures. Dr. John Piatt of…
What is the California state soil?
The San Joaquin soil contributes billions of dollars toward the state’s economy.
Egg trading between hermaphroditic fish: Why would you give when you can just take?
The sex life of hermaphroditic animals is determined by one fundamental question: Who assumes the female role and produces the costly eggs? Hamlets avoid this dilemma by engaging in reciprocal egg trading. Scientists have now used microeconomic models to analyze…
Clothes last longer and shed fewer microfibers in quicker, cooler washing cycles
First research into impact of wash cycle times shows benefits of shorter, cooler washes
Egg trading between hermaphroditic fish: Why would you give when you can just take?
The sex life of hermaphroditic animals is determined by one fundamental question: Who assumes the female role and produces the costly eggs? Hamlets avoid this dilemma by engaging in reciprocal egg trading. Scientists have now used microeconomic models to analyze…
Clothes last longer and shed fewer microfibers in quicker, cooler washing cycles
First research into impact of wash cycle times shows benefits of shorter, cooler washes
Scientists seek urgent action on impacts of climate change on reptiles and amphibians
World leaders in reptile and amphibian research say there is an urgent international need to acknowledge the evidence for global climate change and take immediate action to help save these vulnerable animals. The Aotearoa Climate Change Declaration was announced at…
The birds and the bats: Evolving to fly may have had big effect on gut microbiome
Comparing microbiomes in 900 vertebrate species revealed that bats have guts more like birds than other mammals
The birds and the bats: Evolving to fly may have had big effect on gut microbiome
Comparing microbiomes in 900 vertebrate species revealed that bats have guts more like birds than other mammals
Researchers united on international road map to insect recovery
It’s no secret that many insects are struggling worldwide. But we could fix these insects’ problems, according to more than 70 scientists from 21 countries. Their road map to insect conservation and recovery is published in Nature Ecology & Evolution…
Researchers united on international road map to insect recovery
It’s no secret that many insects are struggling worldwide. But we could fix these insects’ problems, according to more than 70 scientists from 21 countries. Their road map to insect conservation and recovery is published in Nature Ecology & Evolution…
Arup SenGupta awarded second Fulbright research fellowship
Water technology expert returning to India to explore new opportunities to deploy HIX-Nano to mitigate drinking water crisis in affected communities and improve wastewater recovery, reuse
Here’s how public dissemination of biology is going wrong
Living things are too complex to be explained in terms of any single factor
FEFU scientists have developed vitamin drink consisting of whey, juice and seagrass
Scientists of the Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Biomedicine, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) have developed a drink rich in vitamins and minerals that based on whey, pectin from seagrass Zostera, and fruit juice or nectar. The…
FEFU scientists have developed vitamin drink consisting of whey, juice and seagrass
Scientists of the Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Biomedicine, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) have developed a drink rich in vitamins and minerals that based on whey, pectin from seagrass Zostera, and fruit juice or nectar. The…
The Demon in the Machine is named physics book of the year in UKM
Paul Davies’ newest book, The Demon in the Machine, takes aim at one of the great outstanding scientific enigmas -what is life, how and why does it emerge and what distinguishes the living from the non-living? The book, which was…
Mealworms safely consume toxic additive-containing plastic
Tiny mealworms may hold part of the solution to our giant plastics problem. Not only are they able to consume various forms of plastic, as previous Stanford research has shown, they can eat Styrofoam containing a common toxic chemical additive…
Consider marine life when implementing offshore renewable power
With countries such as Iceland, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Norway adopting green energy practices, renewable energy now accounts for a third of the world’s power. As this trend continues, more and more countries are looking to offshore energy sources…
In ancient Scottish tree rings, a cautionary tale on climate, politics and survival
A 1600s famine with echoes in the age of Brexit
Effects of natural gas assessed in study of shale gas boom in Appalachian basin
Natural gas has become the largest fuel source for generating electricity in the United States, accounting for a third of production and consumption of energy. However, the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of natural gas have not been considered comprehensively. A…
Consider marine life when implementing offshore renewable power
With countries such as Iceland, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Norway adopting green energy practices, renewable energy now accounts for a third of the world’s power. As this trend continues, more and more countries are looking to offshore energy sources…
In ancient Scottish tree rings, a cautionary tale on climate, politics and survival
A 1600s famine with echoes in the age of Brexit