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| Scientists part of team that points to strong connection between climate change, plastics pollution Posted: 21 Oct 2021 02:51 PM PDT At the root of global climate change and the worldwide plastics problem are two related carbon-based fuels -- oil and natural gas. Not only are the two among the key drivers of climate change, they are instrumental in the manufacturing of plastics. As storms intensify and become more frequent, the movement of trash from land to our oceans and, and vice versa, is only going to get worse. |
| Northern lakes warming six times faster in the past 25 years Posted: 21 Oct 2021 09:10 AM PDT Lakes in the Northern Hemisphere are warming six times faster since 1992 than any other time period in the last 100 years, new research has found. |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2021 09:09 AM PDT The first-ever Africa-wide assessment of great apes -- gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees -- finds that human factors, including roads, population density and GDP, determine abundance more than ecological factors such as forest cover. |
| Tap water produces a protective shield against microplastics Posted: 21 Oct 2021 09:09 AM PDT Tap water produces a natural protective shield against harmful microplastics, which can help prevent household products such as plastic kettles from releasing them. |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2021 09:09 AM PDT A team has updated its asteroid bombardment model of the Earth with the latest geologic evidence of ancient, large collisions. These models have been used to understand how impacts may have affected oxygen levels in the Earth's atmosphere in the Archean eon, 2.5 to 4 billion years ago. |
| Some of the world’s oldest rubies linked to early life Posted: 21 Oct 2021 05:46 AM PDT While analyzing some of the world's oldest colored gemstones, researchers discovered carbon residue that was once ancient life, encased in a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby. |
| Savannah chimpanzees, a model for the understanding of human evolution Posted: 20 Oct 2021 11:00 AM PDT To prosper, most great apes need lush forests in Africa (bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas) or Southeast Asia (orangutans), except for some groups of chimpanzees that live in Savannahs, habitats characterized by high temperatures and very low seasonal rainfall. |
| Posted: 19 Oct 2021 07:32 PM PDT Researchers are applying a new technique to identify defects in silicon solar cells that cause a drop in efficiency. The lessons learned at the atomic level could lead to improvements in the way manufacturers strengthen their products against what is known as light-induced degradation. |
| Bacteria, fungi interact far more often than previously thought Posted: 19 Oct 2021 07:31 PM PDT In a novel, broad assessment of bacterial-fungal interactions, researchers using unique bioinformatics found that fungi host a remarkable diversity of bacteria, making bacterial-fungal interactions far more common and diverse than previously known. |
| How a bacterium may help solve the plastic pollution crisis Posted: 19 Oct 2021 08:05 AM PDT Researchers have found that the bacterium Ideonella sakaiensis can fermentatively convert environmentally problematic poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) plastics into highly biodegradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) plastics. Their findings have promising environmental implications because they provide a new approach not only for PET recycling but also for the sustainable production of biodegradable plastics. |
| Anglers need tailored messaging to inspire action on invasive species Posted: 18 Oct 2021 07:59 AM PDT Lakeside education campaigns discourage anglers from transporting aquatic hitchhikers between lakes, but new research hows those campaigns are less effective than they could be. According to the study, the key could be tailoring messaging in accordance with anglers' value systems and risk perceptions. |
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