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Planetary Sciences Aug 19, 2024

NASA-designed greenhouse-gas-detection instrument launches

Tanager-1, the Carbon Mapper Coalition's first satellite, which carries a state-of-the-art, NASA-designed greenhouse-gas-tracking instrument, is in Earth orbit after lifting off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space ...

Environment Aug 12, 2024

Small but mighty: Why microbes could be part of climate solutions

Strategies aimed at reducing methane emissions might be missing the mark because of tiny but crucial pieces of the puzzle that are often overlooked—microbes.

Earth Sciences Aug 22, 2024

From clouds to fjords, the Arctic bears witness to climate change

Climate change is particularly intense in the Arctic. To assess its consequences and determine what role this region plays in global warming, two teams of scientists from EPFL have visited the area. One to gain a better understanding ...

Planetary Sciences Aug 6, 2024

Fast-tracking the search for habitable worlds

Modern astronomy would struggle without AI and machine learning (ML), which have become indispensable tools. They alone have the capability to manage and work with the vast amounts of data that modern telescopes generate. ...

Environment Aug 6, 2024

New computer vision-based system monitors seasonal dynamics of tropical water

Understanding how water moves and changes around the world is more important than ever due to climate change, but monitoring inland water in the tropics is not easy. Most satellites are optical and simply take photos of surfaces. ...

Earth Sciences Aug 19, 2024

Study explores dynamic role of iron oxides in organic carbon preservation in ocean floor

The preservation of organic carbon in marine sediments has long been a key question remaining unclear in understanding the long-term carbon cycling on Earth.

General Physics Aug 15, 2024

Scientists characterize shale cap rocks at tiny scales

A team of researchers is working on a multidisciplinary approach to advancing the exploration of shale rock as a suitable geological seal for resource recovery and underground storage. Given that the pore space in shale rock ...

Materials Science Aug 14, 2024

Researchers advance carbon neutrality by producing carbon nanotubes from waste plastic

A research team in the Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has unveiled an innovative technology for converting waste plastics into carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a high-value material that plays a critical role ...

Agriculture Aug 13, 2024

Dairy nutrition is leading the sustainability charge

Research into reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock has increased exponentially as the dairy and agriculture sectors work together toward shared sustainability and efficiency goals. While this progress has been ...

Ecology Aug 12, 2024

Bacteria in lakes fight climate change: The role of methanotrophs as biological methane filter

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas frequently produced in the sea and in fresh water. Lakes in particular release large quantities of this climate-killer. Fortunately, however, there are microorganisms that counteract this. ...

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