Environment

Feb 07, 2019 10:07 AM EST

CABI helps map ferocious speed and likely cause of woody weed spread across Ethiopia

CABI scientists have helped map the ferocious speed and probable cause of a devastating spread of the invasive alien tree Prosopis juliflora (Swartz DC) across an area equivalent to half of neighbouring Djibouti in the Afar Region of north eastern Ethiopia.

Feb 06, 2019 08:16 AM EST

Underwater forests threatened by future climate change

Researchers at the University of Sydney and the Sydney Institute of Marine Science have found that climate change could lead to declines of underwater kelp forests through impacts on their microbiome.

Feb 06, 2019 08:12 AM EST

NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite catches development of Tropical Cyclone 12S

Tropical Cyclone 12S has developed east of the African island nation of Madagascar. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and captured a visible image of the newly formed storm that has triggered a warning for Rodrigues, an outer island of the Republic of Mauritius.

Feb 06, 2019 08:08 AM EST

Gypsum as an agricultural product

Gypsum is a mineral that is naturally found concentrated in various places and can be mined out of the ground. But Dick's research focuses on gypsum recovered from coal-fired electricity generating power plants.

The Landscape Neumann and Team Studied in Alaska (IMAGE)

Feb 05, 2019 08:19 AM EST

Early spring rain boosts methane from thawing permafrost by 30 percent

Arctic permafrost is thawing as the Earth warms due to climate change. In some cases, scientists predict that this thawing soil will release increasing amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, that is known to trap more heat in our planet's atmosphere.

Feb 04, 2019 08:11 AM EST

Lettuce show you how to restore oil-soaked soil

Rice University engineers have figured out how soil contaminated by heavy oil can not only be cleaned but made fertile again.

New Analysis of Deforestation in Indonesia

Feb 04, 2019 08:08 AM EST

Palm oil not the only driver of forest loss in Indonesia

Large-scale agriculture, primarily for growing oil palms, remains a major cause of deforestation in Indonesia, but its impact has diminished proportionately in recent years as other natural and human causes emerge, a new Duke University study finds.

Feb 04, 2019 08:03 AM EST

Variations in seafloor create freak ocean waves

Florida State University researchers have found that abrupt variations in the seafloor can cause dangerous ocean waves known as rogue or freak waves -- waves so catastrophic that they were once thought to be the figments of seafarers' imaginations.

Examples of Organisms that May Be Particularly at Risk of Losing Fertility Due to High Temperatures (IMAGE)

Feb 01, 2019 09:10 AM EST

Climate change and infertility -- a ticking time bomb?

Rising temperatures could make some species sterile and see them succumb to the effects of climate change earlier than currently thought, scientists at the University of Liverpool warn.

Feb 01, 2019 09:08 AM EST

Climate change could make corals go it alone

Climate change is bad news for coral reefs around the world, with high ocean temperatures causing widespread bleaching events that weaken and kill corals. However, new research from The University of Texas at Austin has found that corals with a solitary streak - preferring to live alone instead of in reef communities - could fare better than their group-dwelling relatives.

Feb 01, 2019 09:00 AM EST

Antarctic meltwater streams shed light on longstanding hydrological mystery

In one of the coldest, driest places on Earth, CU Boulder scientists have developed a possible answer to a longstanding mystery about the chemistry of streamflow, which may have broad implications for watersheds and water quality around the world.

Miscanthus Varieties Vary in Cold Tolerance

Jan 31, 2019 08:28 AM EST

Miscanthus with improved winter-hardiness could benefit northern growers

For farmers, Miscanthus represents a big up-front investment. The large perennial grass must be established from vegetative pieces at great cost to farmers, but it promises a decade or more of massive biomass yields, starting in year two or three. If a cold winter happens to strike in the first year, however, all bets are off.