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Northern permafrost region emits more greenhouse gases than it captures, study finds

Permafrost underlies about 14 million square kilometers of land in and around the Arctic. The top 3 meters contain an estimated 1 trillion metric tons of carbon and 55 billion metric tons of nitrogen. Historically, the northern permafrost region has.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgApr 15th, 2024

A new global carbon trading market could be held hostage by speculators

Our planet's future hangs in the balance due to the unabated greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. Treating these emissions as something that can be owned and exchanged in a market has been touted as a solution since the early 1990s, wh.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 8th, 2024

New study reveals link between owner demographics and canine nutrition

Dog owners have quite a bit of control over their pets' diets, and many have strong opinions on what kinds of diets are best for their canine friends......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 8th, 2024

Many hybrids rank as most reliable of all vehicles, Consumer Reports finds

Many hybrid vehicles stand out as the most reliable vehicles offered on the market, according to Consumer Reports' year-end survey......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 8th, 2024

Lizards and snakes are 35 million years older than we thought

Reanalysis of a fossil finds that reptiles' traits go back earlier than we thought. Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after d.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Plankton study investigates how marine food webs respond to increasing alkalinity

The ocean naturally absorbs a quarter to a third of man-made CO2 emissions, but this process also leads to the acidification of seawater. By increasing the alkalinity of seawater through the addition of certain minerals (e.g., carbonates and silicate.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Robots give scientists unprecedented access to study coral reef biodiversity

Mesophotic coral ecosystems have some of the highest diversity of stony corals (Scleractinia) in the world, making them particularly important for researchers. These ecosystems are also unique because they host more native species compared to shallow.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Pioneering survey methodology sets new standards for gauging global scientific consensus

An international study led by Professor Peter Vickers of Durham University introduces a novel methodology for rapidly assessing scientific consensus on a global scale......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

High heat is preferentially killing the young, not the old, research finds

Many recent studies assume that elderly people are at particular risk of dying from extreme heat as the planet warms. A new study of mortality in Mexico turns this assumption on its head: it shows that 75% of heat-related deaths are occurring among p.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Experiment verifies a connection between quantum theory and information theory

Researchers from Linköping University together with colleagues from Poland and Chile have confirmed a theory that proposes a connection between the complementarity principle and entropic uncertainty. Their study is published in the journal Science A.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Interdisciplinary research reveals impressive adaptation mechanisms of microscopic algae

Researchers from the University of Jena and the Leibniz Institutes in Jena have published new findings on the adaptability of the microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The interdisciplinary study, largely carried out by scientists from the Cluster of.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Study reveals presence of fentanyl in Gulf of Mexico dolphins

A team of faculty and student researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Precision Toxicological Consultancy, have detected traces of human pharmaceuticals.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Quake prompts brief tsunami warning on the West Coast. Here"s what to know about tsunamis

The powerful earthquake that struck in Northern California on Thursday prompted a brief tsunami warning affecting about 5 million people along a stretch of the West Coast—from Northern California to Oregon—before being canceled. Here are some thi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits, study reveals

Similar social personalities strongly influence friendships in humans, yet we know relatively little about how animals choose their friends. But a new study by researchers at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) investigating a unique free-ranging.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

Spatial transcriptomic analysis toolkit can extract biological relationships to better investigate cellular processes

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, a team of researchers at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology reports a new, robust computational toolset to extract biological relationships from large transcriptomics datasets. These.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

Developing a cyclic molecule that captures phosphate in harmony with water molecules

Researchers at University of Tsukuba, Osaka University, and Kitasato University developed a novel amide cyclodextrin (cyclic oligosaccharide) that can selectively capture phosphate ions in water. In addition, the researchers revealed the mechanism by.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

Providing performance information of peers is effective management tool if done in correct setting, study finds

More and more companies are gathering performance data on their employees and sharing that data among their staff. Their hope: that those employees who receive feedback that their own performance is lower than their colleagues' will be more motivated.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

Navigating crises: The financial adaptations of NGOs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Demand for NGO services usually increases in times of crisis. However, a new study led by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania has found that the COVID-19 pandemic had a mixed impact on NGOs working in Lithuania, Croatia, Poland and the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

What can bees tell us about nearby pollution? The answer lies in their honey, a new study finds

Inside every jar of honey is a taste of the local environment, its sticky sweet flavor enhanced by whichever nearby flowers bees have decided to sample. But a new study from Tulane University has found that honey can also offer a glimpse of nearby po.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

Mangroves save $855 billion in flood protection globally, report finds

Mangroves have been shown to provide $855 billion in flood protection services worldwide, according to a new study from the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience at UC Santa Cruz. The research, conducted by project co-lead, Pelayo Menendez and center.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

Global study points to a clear solution for the massive decline in sharks and rays

A new global study blames overfishing for a more than 50% decline in sharks and rays since 1970, but also shows a clear path to preventing their numbers dwindling further. James Cook University's Professor Colin Simpfendorfer was co-author of the ana.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024