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Scientists have identified a microbe that can ingest polyurethrane – one of the most widely used oil-based plastics that is particularly hard to recycle or destroy safely. Scientists in Germany have identified and characterized...
A previously unknown significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists marveling at a once overlooked contributor to local coastal ecosystems. There are concerns about what it may mean in an...
Swiss researchers are analysing the problem of increasing heat in cities. The Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology has developed initial model calculations for areas such as the Münsterhof square in Zurich. A...
A world-first system can help better predict the future warming of the world’s lakes due to climate change. It highlights the potential threat to cold-water fish species such as salmon and trout. Pioneering research...
Robots could be used to sniff out oil spills and algal blooms in the ice-covered Arctic. One of these so-called long-range autonomous underwater vehicles has now traveled under the ice. In a recent field...
The human ‘footprint’ on Antarctica has been measured for the first time, with alarming findings: over 80 per cent of buildings on the continent are located in the minuscule 0.44 per cent of the...
Researchers have found that seawater can replace freshwater to make the sustainable fuel bioethanol, reducing the extremely high water footprint associated with production. Bioethanol is one of the best fuel alternatives because it is...
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the US on Saturday to protest against Trump’s anti-science policies. In Boston alone around 55,000 people warned against ignoring findings on subjects like climate...
NASA’s Earth science division may soon find itself on the chopping block. A senior advisor to Donald Trump has criticised the agency for its ‘politicised science’. Donald Trump is reportedly considering stripping NASA’s Earth...
