Missouri is home to an array of natural resources, with forests among the state’s most valuable ecosystems.
Excess Nutrients Lead to Dramatic Ecosystem Changes in Cape Cod’s Waquoit Bay
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020 with associated travel restrictions, Matthew Long thought his students could shift their overseas research projects to instead study the seagrass meadow ecosystem in Waquoit Bay.
Study Finds Sinking Tundra Surface Unlikely to Trigger Runaway Permafrost Thaw
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists set out to address one of the biggest uncertainties about how carbon-rich permafrost will respond to gradual sinking of the land surface as temperatures rise.
A New Chip for Decoding Data Transmissions Demonstrates Record-Breaking Energy Efficiency
Imagine using an online banking app to deposit money into your account.
New Knowledge About Ice Sheet Movement Can Shed Light on When Sea Levels Will Rise
The trawling of thousands of satellite measurements using artificial intelligence has shown researchers from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland and University of Copenhagen that meltwater in tunnels beneath Greenland’s ice sheet causes it to change speed, and in some places, accelerate greatly towards the ocean.
An Emerging Agricultural Practice Offers New Promise for a Climate-Smart Future
UConn Department of Natural Resources and the Environment researcher Wei Ren sees the interconnections between the systems in nature and how each component impacts the others.
Studying Ship Tracks to Inform Climate Intervention Decision-Makers
Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories are studying ship tracks — clouds that reflect sunlight and are formed by moving ships, similar to contrails from planes — to help inform decision-makers of the benefits and risks of one technology being considered to slow climate change.
A More Sustainable Way to Generate Phosphorus
Phosphorus is an essential ingredient in thousands of products, including herbicides, lithium-ion batteries, and even soft drinks.
A New Way for Quantum Computing Systems to Keep Their Cool
Heat causes errors in the qubits that are the building blocks of a quantum computer, so quantum systems are typically kept inside refrigerators that keep the temperature just above absolute zero (-459 degrees Fahrenheit).
New Technology Revolutionizes the Analysis of Old Ice
Ice cores are a unique climate archive. Thanks to a new method developed by researchers at the University of Bern and Empa, greenhouse gas concentrations in 1.5 million year old ice can be measured even more accurately.