As temperatures rise, low marsh emits more carbon gas than high marsh
Salt marshes are a well-known carbon sink and can aid in carbon sequestration efforts. But they are also dynamic ecosystems that change with the seasons and tides.
Salt marshes are a well-known carbon sink and can aid in carbon sequestration efforts. But they are also dynamic ecosystems that change with the seasons and tides.
Environment
Dec 1, 2022
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Sharp falls in transport emissions during COVID-19 lockdowns partly explain why a key greenhouse gas hit record high levels in 2020, research suggests.
Environment
Nov 25, 2022
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology have successfully enhanced cultivation of a microorganism that can fix nitrogen (N2) while producing methane (CH4) and ammonia (NH3) and investigated exciting ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 22, 2022
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Race- and ethnicity-based discrepancies in exposure to air pollution, especially regarding proximity to roadways and industrial zones, are well-established. A new study reports the first nationwide patterns in atmospheric ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2022
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The haze pollution that frequently occurred in winter in cities of North China has aroused widespread concern. Since the implementation of Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan in 2013, the atmospheric concentration ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2022
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For years, scientists have seen enhanced photosynthesis as one of the only possible bright sides of increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2)—since plants use carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, it is anticipated ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 3, 2022
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The Haber-Bosch process, which is commonly used to synthesize ammonia (NH3)—the foundation for synthetic nitrogen fertilizers—by combining hydrogen (H2) and nitrogen (N2) over catalysts at high pressures and temperatures, ...
Materials Science
Oct 19, 2022
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In the course of the pandemic many European cities seized the opportunity to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable urban mobility. Moving with the times, planners in Berlin created a number of pop-up bike lanes. ...
Environment
Oct 11, 2022
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Scientists at UC Riverside are suggesting something is missing from the typical roster of chemicals that astrobiologists use to search for life on planets around other stars—laughing gas.
Astrobiology
Oct 4, 2022
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The Netherlands is preparing for La Vuelta Holanda which starts on Friday 19 August. How clean is the air in the places that the peloton is visiting? Researchers from Utrecht University have mapped the annual average air ...
Environment
Aug 18, 2022
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