Plastics surround us, whether it's the grocery bags we use at the supermarket or household items such as shampoo and detergent bottles. Plastics don't exist only as large objects, but also as microscopic particles that are ...
Environment
Apr 20, 2022
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Non-biting midges are the tiny flies that swarm together as thick masses around lakes and streams, annoying passers-by in warm weather. But early in a midge's life, it lives in the water. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' ...
Ecology
Apr 20, 2022
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While most people think first of atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuels when considering climate change, the planet's soil actually stores more carbon and could become a major source of carbon release or a mitigation ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2022
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Earthworms are a welcome sight for gardeners and farmers because the wriggling invertebrates recycle nutrients from soil, making them more accessible to plants. As worms burrow, they consume almost everything in their path, ...
Environment
Apr 6, 2022
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The amount of methane—a greenhouse gas 30 times more potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide over 100 years—leaking from a huge U.S. oil and gas producing region is several times greater than the federal government ...
Environment
Mar 24, 2022
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A team of researchers led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) of Barcelona and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has revealed the distribution and mercury degradation capacities of heterotrophic bacteria ...
Environment
Mar 21, 2022
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered key clues behind the workings of "single-atom" catalysts based on iron-pyridine sites in a carbon matrix. They firstly developed a new, simple synthesis method ...
Materials Science
Mar 7, 2022
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In more than 40 million American kitchens, cooking takes place through instantaneous fire—the glowing blue flame of a gas stove. Although it has served as a mainstay appliance for more than a century, the gas stove is now ...
Environment
Feb 23, 2022
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The humble pine tree is more than just a common sight in North Carolina—it's also a handy tool for monitoring the proliferation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in our state over time.
Ecology
Feb 21, 2022
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Harmful algal blooms formed by fast-growing, ephemeral macroalgae have expanded worldwide. Green tides formed by Ulva prolifera in the Yellow Sea of China have become a notable marine ecological problem.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2022
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