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John Scott, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

Jan 25, 2019 03:55 PM EST

Microplastic contamination found in common source of groundwater, researchers report

Microplastics contaminate the world's surface waters, yet scientists have only just begun to explore their presence in groundwater systems. A new study is the first to report microplastics in fractured limestone aquifers - a groundwater source that accounts for 25 percent of the global drinking water supply.

Las Cruces Mine, Spain.

Jan 25, 2019 03:49 PM EST

Do microbes control the formation of giant copper deposits?

This contribution to Geology by Fernando Tornos and colleagues tries to solve the long-standing debate on the control of microbes on secondary sulfide formation. They predict that future multidisciplinary studies will prove that microbes have a key control on the precipitation of metals in these shallow environments.

Octopus-vulgaris

Jan 25, 2019 08:18 AM EST

Envisioned 'octopus farms' would have far-reaching and detrimental environmental impact

Commercial octopus farming, currently in developmental stages on multiple continents, would have a negative ripple effect on sustainability and animal welfare, concludes a team of researchers in a newly published analysis.

Scientists Study a Natural Carbon Dioxide Store in Arizona, US (IMAGE)

Jan 25, 2019 08:14 AM EST

Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below ground

Carbon dioxide emissions can be captured and securely stored in underground rocks, even if geological faults are present, research has confirmed.

ICAP Survey Workers in Rural Lesotho

Jan 24, 2019 05:49 PM EST

Drought in Lesotho heightened HIV risk in girls

Adolescent girls and young women in rural areas of drought were also more likely to engage in high-risk behaviors, including sex work, and were more likely to drop out of school. The findings are published in the journal PLOS Medicine.

American Bullfrog

Jan 24, 2019 05:47 PM EST

Biosecurity strategy needed for China's Belt and Road Initiative, researchers say

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched five years ago, includes more than 120 countries, linked by six proposed land-based Economic Corridors between core cities and key ports along traditional international transport routes.

Melt ponds on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Jan 24, 2019 05:45 PM EST

Greenland's southwest ice sheet particularly sensitive to warming

The ice fields of southwest Greenland are becoming particularly sensitive to a climate cycle called the North Atlantic Oscillation as global warming proceeds, reports an international team that includes a University of Arizona geoscientist.

Five Birds

Jan 23, 2019 10:09 AM EST

Without habitat management, small land parcels do not protect birds

Designating relatively small parcels of land as protected areas for wildlife with no habitat management -- which has frequently been done in urban-suburban locales around the world.

Jessica Bellworthy monitoring coral health on the reef.

Jan 23, 2019 10:05 AM EST

Gulf of Aqaba corals survivor of climate change

While coral reefs worldwide are suffering severe damage due to global warming and ocean acidification, there is one place in the world where they are surviving these harsh conditions - the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea.

Binghamton University Associate Professor of Physics Louis Piper

Jan 23, 2019 09:57 AM EST

New water splitting catalyst could make it easier to generate solar fuel

Water splitting, the process of harvesting solar energy to generate energy-dense fuels, could be simplified thanks to new research including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Map Predicting Rise in Reactive Nitrogen Oxide Pollution from Climate Change (IMAGE)

Jan 22, 2019 03:52 PM EST

Study predicts how air pollutants from US forest soils will increase with climate change

A study from Indiana University has found that trees influence whether soil can remove or emit gases that cause smog, acid rain and respiratory problems.

Manure injection practices and warming winter temperatures interact to increase greenhouse gas emissions, says new research.

Jan 22, 2019 03:23 PM EST

Farm manure boosts greenhouse gas emissions -- even in winter

Decisions farmers make over the spring and summer can dramatically increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions later in the winter.

North Sea rocks could act as large-scale renewable energy stores (IMG)

Jan 22, 2019 08:20 AM EST

North Sea rocks could act as large-scale renewable energy stores

Rocks in the seabed off the UK coast could provide long-term storage locations for renewable energy production, new research suggests.

Soybeans Under Heaters

Jan 22, 2019 08:07 AM EST

Rising temperatures may safeguard crop nutrition as climate changes

Hotter temperatures may offset the negative effects of higher carbon dioxide levels on seed quality, according to a two-year soybean field study.

Greenland Ice

Jan 21, 2019 03:50 PM EST

Greenland ice melting four times faster than in 2003, study finds

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought--and will likely lead to faster sea level rise--thanks to the continued, accelerating warming of the Earth's atmosphere, a new study has found.

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