Climate Change impacts the Microbial Food Web in Peatlands
The basic peat bog conjures our thoughts of a drab, wet expanse. However, it turns out to be a superpower in the fight against climate…
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Ice Cores give the Earliest Proof of Fast Antarctic Ice Loss in History
Researchers discovered the first concrete evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrank abruptly and dramatically toward the end of the Last Ice Age, some…
Flyback Diode
A flyback diode, also known as a freewheeling diode or snubber diode, is a diode used in electrical circuits to provide a channel for current…
Flyback Converter
A flyback converter is a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) circuit that effectively converts a DC input voltage to a different DC output value. It is…
Mercury Rising – Study gives new information on Environmental Consequences of Ancient Volcanoes
Massive volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history that emitted large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere are usually associated with periods of severe environmental change and…
Surprising Observations Concerning Debris Movements on Mars
The presence of liquid water on Mars’ surface may have been shorter than previously imagined. Channel landforms known as gullies, which were previously considered to…
Unintentional Implications of Fire Suppression
A new study indicates how fire suppression ensures that wildfires burn under extreme circumstances and with high severity, aggravating the effects of climate change and…
Oceanic Crust
Oceanic crust is the outermost layer of Earth’s lithosphere that sits underneath the ocean basins. It is the top layer of the oceanic part of…
Hydrogen Valve
A hydrogen valve is a type of valve that is used to store hydrogen at extremely low temperatures or high pressures, such as in hydrogen…
Climate and Rock Weathering – the Biggest Carbon Sinks are Low-lying Mountain Ranges
For hundreds of millions of years, the average temperature of Earth’s surface has fluctuated by little more than 20° Celsius, allowing life to thrive on…
Finding novel Physics in the Debris of Colliding Neutron Stars
Neutron star mergers are a goldmine for novel physics signals, with implications for understanding the true nature of dark matter, according to Washington University in…
Sulfur and Life’s Origin
A new study focuses on sulfur, a chemical element that, while known, has proven remarkably resistant to scientific efforts to investigate its role in the…
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