Category: Environment

Nano-clay cut wind-driven soil loss by up to 95.9% in controlled tunnel tests

Wind-tunnel experiments found that a 3.75 g/m² nano-clay treatment reduced soil loss by 80.8% to...

Biochar and polymer combination more than doubled maize yield in two-year rainfed experiment

A two-year experiment found that combining rice-husk biochar with a small polymer dose improved soil...

Warming could raise terrestrial invertebrate metabolism by up to 43.9%, global analysis finds

A global meta-analysis projects metabolic-rate increases of up to 43.9% in terrestrial invertebrates under modest...

Extreme atmospheric drying has different weather triggers across the world

A 40-year global analysis found that rising temperature is pushing atmospheric drying higher, but the...

Climate overshoot leaves lasting ocean and permafrost changes even after temperatures fall

A modelling study comparing 42 pairs of climate scenarios found that temporary warming overshoots can...

Organic fertilizer substitution cut ammonia emissions by 40.6% across global croplands

A global analysis of 2,235 paired observations found organic fertilizer substitution reduced nitrous oxide emissions...

Cyclic heat during pupation cut bumblebee emergence by up to 30% and doubled adult mortality risk

Cyclic heat during bumblebee pupation reduced adult emergence by up to 30% and doubled later...

Waste human hair removed up to 98.75% of lubricating oil from seawater in laboratory tests

Laboratory experiments found that waste human hair could rapidly sorb lubricating oil and diesel from...

Dried Aspergillus fungus removed nearly 93% of selenium nanoparticles in laboratory tests

Laboratory tests found that dried Aspergillus brasiliensis biomass removed up to 92.93% of selenium nanoparticles...

Ancient charcoal shows wildfire intensified during warming and flared again as climate recovered

Fossil charcoal from an Early Palaeocene lake record showed wildfire intensifying during warming and drying,...

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