For decades, oceanographers have been measuring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a large system of ocean currents that greatly influence Earth's climate. In recent years, the data show it is weakening. ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2022
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New technologies often mean elements start moving through the environment in new ways. Take lead plumbing: it helped provide access to fresh water for the masses, but left a toxic legacy that remains to this day.
Ecology
Nov 15, 2022
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The high antioxidants and polyphenols content in passion fruit peels show significant potential to preserve fresh fruits and fresh cuts in an edible food coating, shows research from the University of Johannesburg. Such a ...
Biochemistry
Nov 14, 2022
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In coastal inlets such as bays and fjords, mixing of salt water and fresh water regulates many aspects of the local environment, from nutrient concentrations to oxygen levels and the composition of phytoplankton communities. ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 8, 2022
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A new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present near the end of the Ediacaran ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2022
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The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show theft and burglary are among the most common offenses committed by young people.
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2022
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Sayed Abuel-Ezz has seen his crops wither from seawater before. As the Nile Delta farmer walks among his mango trees on his land not far from the Mediterranean Sea, he worries it will happen again despite spending the equivalent ...
Environment
Nov 2, 2022
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Seawater, which comprises more than 95% of the Earth's water, could become a key resource in the sustainable production of clean hydrogen fuel with use of water-splitting catalysts developed by a KAUST-led team.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 1, 2022
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Ahead of the global meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Montréal, Canada, which decides new targets for nature, the first-ever study of its kind outlines an urgent need for larger numbers and better-supported protected ...
Ecology
Oct 20, 2022
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Fresh water is a finite resource vulnerable to contamination.
General Physics
Oct 18, 2022
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