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One in five assessed soil species at risk of extinction, data needed for thousands more - study
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (271+ words) Soil is central to human survival. Ninety'five percent of the food humans consume depends on it, and healthy soil could store up to 27% of the carbon needed to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius. Yet despite its importance, many…...
New model-based battery fault diagnosis framework could support certifiable e VTOL systems
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (81+ words) Reference Author: Chenxu Wang a, Yanbo Jia a, Cong Hou b, Hailong Li c, Rui Xiong a Title of original paper: Model-based structural isolation of concurrent electro-thermal faults for e VTOL battery systems a National Engineering Research Center of Electric…...
The evolution and periodic variations of the simulated Gr IS volume based on the reconstructed mean p CO" curve from Martinez-Boti et al (2015.
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (69+ words) Eurek Alert! The evolution and periodic variations of the simulated Gr IS volume based on the reconstructed mean p CO" curve from Martinez-Boti et al (2015. More on this News Release Simulations suggest Greenland ice sheet variability shifted from precession to…...
Simulations suggest Greenland ice sheet variability shifted from precession to obliquity dominance in the Pliocene Pleistocene transition
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (331+ words) In a paper published in SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, researchers simulated Greenland ice sheet evolution during the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition (about 3. 0 to 2. 5 million years ago) using an Earth system model and a 3 D ice sheet model. They found that as the…...
More eddying of subtropical western boundary currents boosts stratification and cools shelf seas
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (37+ words) Eurek Alert! Lisa Beal, (left) and collegues, records instrument information. More on this News Release Ocean eddies are amplifying climate extremes in coastal seas, study finds...
The giants of the reef: New citizen science project races to document centennial corals
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (312+ words) image: Pavona cf. clavus from Vietnam, 195 metres in perimeter. view more Map the Giants" was born from a sobering yet stimulating realization by the research team: despite their centennial age and their remarkable sizes - defined by the project as colonies…...
Source discrimination of sedimentary PAHs in the Orkhon River Basin, Central Asia: a geochemical record of anthropogenic contributions
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (58+ words) Eurek Alert! Source discrimination of sedimentary PAHs in the Orkhon River Basin, Central Asia: a geochemical record of anthropogenic contributions Carbon Research Editorial Office More on this News Release Reading the mud: Central Asia's rivers hold a hidden timeline of…...
A new way to detect life beyond Earth without knowing what life looks like
3+ day, 26+ min ago (442+ words) Researchers propose a population-scale biosignature based on how life may spread between planets Credit: Harrison B. Smith To overcome these limitations, the researchers considered a fundamentally different idea: instead of searching for life on individual planets, what if life could be…...
Greenhouse gas removal in agricultural peatland via raised water levels and soil amendment
1+ week, 1+ day ago (65+ words) Eurek Alert! Greenhouse gas removal in agricultural peatland via raised water levels and soil amendment Peduruhewa H. Jeewani, Robert W. Brown, Jennifer M. Rhymes, Niall P. Mc Namara, David R. Chadwick, Davey L. Jones & Chris D. Evans More on this News Release Rewetting peatlands plus biochar could…...
Rice cultivation [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (36+ words) Rice cultivation (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Credit must be given to the creator. Adaptations must be shared under the same terms. More on this News Release After 9, 000 years of cultivation, rice has reached its thermal limit...