The truth about bioplastics
Bioplastics are often touted as being eco-friendly, but do they live up to the hype?
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Russia finds 'new bacteria' in Antarctic lake
Russian scientists believe they have found a wholly new type of bacteria in the mysterious subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2013
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In a first, Iceland power plant turns carbon emissions to stone
Scientists and engineers working at a major power plant in Iceland have shown for the first time that carbon dioxide emissions can be pumped into the earth and changed chemically to a solid within months—radically faster ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2016
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Melting of polar ice shifting Earth itself, not just sea levels
The melting of polar ice is not only shifting the levels of our oceans, it is changing the planet Earth itself. Newly minted Ph.D. Sophie Coulson and her colleagues explained in a recent paper in Geophysical Research Letters ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2021
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Researchers find evidence of a cosmic impact that caused destruction of one of the world's earliest human settlements
Before the Taqba Dam impounded the Euphrates River in northern Syria in the 1970s, an archaeological site named Abu Hureyra bore witness to the moment ancient nomadic people first settled down and started cultivating crops. ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2020
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Scientists find 'water windfall' beneath California's Central Valley
California's drought-stricken Central Valley harbors three times more groundwater than previously estimated, Stanford scientists have found. Accessing this water in an economically feasible way and safeguarding it from possible ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2016
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Study confirms the rotation of Earth's inner core has slowed
University of Southern California scientists have proven that the Earth's inner core is backtracking—slowing down—in relation to the planet's surface, as shown in new research published in Nature.
Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2024
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California gas well blowout caused nation's largest methane release, study finds
The Aliso Canyon natural gas well blowout released more than 100,000 tons of the powerful greenhouse gas methane before the well was finally plugged Feb. 11, according to the first study of the event, to be published Feb. ...
Environment
Feb 25, 2016
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Scientists discover giant trench under Antarctic Ice
(Phys.org) —A massive ancient subglacial trough – deeper than the Grand Canyon - has been discovered by a team of UK experts.
Earth Sciences
Jan 14, 2014
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First Successful Demonstration of Carbon Dioxide Air Capture Technology Achieved
Global Research Technologies, LLC (GRT), a technology research and development company, and Klaus Lackner from Columbia University have achieved the successful demonstration of a bold new technology to capture carbon from ...
Environment
Apr 25, 2007
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