Polyethylene has a number of advantageous properties, but biodegradability is not one of them. A team of researchers has now developed a plastic which has similar thermoplastic properties to polyethylene but is also biodegradable. ...
Materials Science
Jan 5, 2023
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Where does your water supply come from?
Environment
Jan 3, 2023
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The North Pole is not what it once was. The Arctic is the area on the globe where temperatures are rising the fastest. On Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, this entails extended periods of mild weather. ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2022
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The discovery of hydrous ringwoodite inclusion in diamonds with 1.5 wt.% H2O provided an irrefutable indication that water is present in the Earth's deep mantle. Whether this water was delivered by one of the numerous subducted ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2022
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Our understanding of habitability relies entirely on the availability of liquid water. All life on Earth needs it, and there's every indication that life elsewhere needs it, too.
Astrobiology
Dec 15, 2022
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In a dark auditorium in Reykjavik, bubbling orange lava flows down a slide to within inches of awe-struck visitors.
Environment
Dec 9, 2022
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All regions of the world saw water extremes last year—both floods and droughts—and billions of people had insufficient freshwater, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Environment
Nov 29, 2022
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A chemical analysis of sediment cores from the North Pacific Ocean show a consistent pairing of volcanic ash and hypoxia, a low ocean oxygen condition spanning thousands of years, during times of rapid climate warming at ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 2, 2022
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Global warming is changing the Arctic by causing permafrost thaw, glacier melt, droughts, fires and changes in vegetation. These developments are strongly linked to the energy exchange between land and the atmosphere. Researchers ...
Environment
Oct 31, 2022
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A new study led by Prof. Chen Yi from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS) provides an answer to the question of how young volcanism occurred on the moon.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 21, 2022
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