How to Avoid being Shocked by Harsh Weather?
Helping communities predict extreme weather events that have never been recorded in modern history is the focus of a new study published in Nature Communications. A…
Environment
Innovative Green Grout for Environmentally Friendly Building Techniques – From Trash to Magic
Grouting is a widely used construction technique that involves injecting stabilizing materials into soil to ensure structural stability, which is especially beneficial in earthquake-prone regions.…
New Carbon-negative Substance may make Concrete and Cement Environmentally Friendly
Researchers injected CO2 gas into seawater while applying an electrical current. The process transformed dissolved ions, minerals in seawater into clusters of solid particles. The…
Weather Emergencies influence Older Persons’ Opinions on Climate and Health
Nearly 3 out of every 4 older Americans have experienced at least one extreme weather event in the last two years, a new University of…
New Study Challenges claims about the World’s Deepest Earthquake
The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock…
Satellite Image Analysis provides New Information about the Functional Variety of Tropical Forests
Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding…
Some Coral Reef Fish Adapt to Rising Temperatures
Researchers at the Mubadala Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences (Mubadala ACCESS) at NYU Abu Dhabi have found that reef fish from the Arabian…
Plants Battled for Millions of Years following the World’s Worst Climate Disaster
A team of scientists from University College Cork (UCC), the University of Connecticut, and the Natural History Museum of Vienna have uncovered how plants responded…
Brown Trout can Successfully Negotiate Beaver Dams
A groundbreaking study, led by the University of Southampton (UK), has revealed that brown trout can successfully navigate beaver dams – obstacles which were previously…
Insect Numbers are Falling, which is not Good News
Using two species of flies from different climates – one from the cool, high-altitude forests of Northern California, the other hailing from the hot, dry…
A Study suggests the Prospect of a Country without Butterflies
Butterflies are disappearing in the United States. All kinds of them. With a speed scientists call alarming, and they are sounding an alarm. A sweeping…
Chemists Uncover Greener Route to make essential Industrial Chemicals
Scientists have discovered a potentially greener way to produce a crucial industrial chemical used to make many everyday products from plastics and textiles to antifreeze…
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