The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Gulf of Kutch—also known as the Gulf of Kachchh—an inlet of the Arabian Sea, along the west coast of India.
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2020
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The movement of groundwater in aquifers deep beneath the surface often carries with it a variety of contaminants that can be traced to leaking septic systems, damaged underground infrastructure, excessive fertilizer use and ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2020
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A stretchable, wearable gas sensor for environmental sensing has been developed and tested by researchers at Penn State, Northeastern University and five universities in China.
Nanomaterials
Aug 28, 2020
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Sophora alopecuroides is an important traditional Chinese medicine. Salt stress, as one of the most hampering abiotic factors, can severely affect plant growth and crop yield. It is of great significance to improve the salt ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 24, 2020
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The conditions created by COVID-19—unexpected time at home, unemployment and financial insecurity, anxiety and stress—are the same conditions known to aggravate domestic violence.
Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2020
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More than 50% of the world's oceans could already be affected by climate change, with this figure rising as high as 80% over the coming decades, a new study has shown.
Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2020
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Millimeter by millimeter, your hair is building a record of your diet. As hair strands are built from amino acids that come from your food, they preserve the chemical traces of the protein in that food. It's a strong enough ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 3, 2020
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An intrinsically porous polymer with a very high internal surface area could be an ideal material for soaking up spilled oil. Researchers from KAUST have identified a polymer that can be formed into robust, reusable mats ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 27, 2020
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Coastal ecosystems are in rapid decline around the world. Restoring them is very expensive and is often unsuccessful. But an international team of researchers discovered a way of increasing restoration success of salt marshes ...
Environment
Jul 22, 2020
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Aerosols are important components of the atmosphere and have an adverse impact on atmospheric visibility and human health, which also affect the climate via direct radiative forcing and the interaction with clouds and precipitation. ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2020
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