Like a well-tended greenhouse garden, a specialized type of hydrogen fuel cell - which shows promise as a clean, renewable next-generation power source for vehicles and other uses - requires precise temperature and moisture ...
Materials Science
Nov 13, 2017
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Despite the many disastrous impacts of climate change, there are some regions of the globe that might benefit from hotter temperatures.
Environment
Oct 12, 2016
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A team of University of Cincinnati researchers had to go deep to uncover brand new knowledge that they say will "shake up" the archaeological field in the southwestern United States.
Archaeology
Oct 3, 2016
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59
Researchers have uncovered previously hidden sources of ocean pollution along more than 20 percent of America's coastlines.
Environment
Aug 4, 2016
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61
Monitoring the quality of freshwater supplies is a global concern, especially in thirsty California, where the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary and its watershed serve as a major freshwater source. Now scientists at NASA's ...
Environment
Feb 26, 2016
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Improved agricultural water management could halve the global food gap by 2050 and buffer some of the harmful climate change effects on crop yields. For the first time, scientists investigated systematically the worldwide ...
Environment
Feb 15, 2016
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Gradual melting of winter snow helps feed water to farms, cities and ecosystems across much of the world, but this resource may soon be critically imperiled. In a new study, scientists have identified snow-dependent drainage ...
Environment
Nov 12, 2015
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568
An important agricultural region in China is drying out, and increased farming may be more to blame than rising temperatures and less rain, according to a study spanning 30 years of data.
Environment
Jul 10, 2015
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Thirsty cities, fields and livestock drink deeply from aquifers, natural sources of groundwater. But a study of three of the most-tapped aquifers in the United States shows that overdrawing from these resources could lead ...
Environment
Jun 30, 2015
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119
A comprehensive study of a major California estuary has documented the links between nutrient runoff from coastal land use, the health of the estuary as a nursery for young fish, and the abundance of fish in an offshore commercial ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2015
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