Laboratory News Logo
!

Articles tagged with "Earth & Environmental"

Sort by

European wheat unprepared for climate change

January 10, 2019
News
Current breeding programmes and cultivar selection practices of European wheat crops are unprepared for increasingly variable weather conditions, according to new research.Based on thousands of observations of wheat cultivars in...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Read More...

Melting ice sheets pump out methane

January 9, 2019
News
The emission of tons of methane from the Greenland Ice Sheet is evidence of a widespread subglacial microbial system, according to an international research team.Using novel sensors, researchers led by...
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Read More...

UN biodiversity targets give false sense of achievement

December 19, 2018
News
UN biodiversity targets are structured to give a false sense of conservation achievement, according to a new research paper.The scientific team, led by the California Academy of Sciences, found that...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Read More...

Science weighs in on mystery surrounding catastrophic volcanic eruption

September 18, 2018
News
One of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, which is said to have contributed to the downfall of the ancient Minoan civilisation, may have happened later than previously thought,...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Volcanology
Read More...

First study on influence of microplastics on soil and microbes

September 13, 2018
News
German scientists have conducted the first investigation into the physical and biological effects of microplastic particles on the soil and its microbes.The research provided the first experimental evidence that microplastics...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Soil Science
Read More...

CO2 rise after last ice age due to ocean current changes

September 6, 2018
News
A new study has provided compelling evidence as to how the level of atmospheric CO2 rose significantly as the Earth came out of its last ice age.Long before humans started...
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Read More...

High energy lasers get to the core of a problem

July 31, 2018
News
Scientists have discovered fresh insights into the metallic core at the centre of our planet.The findings could aid understanding of how the Earth was formed from elements in space, some...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Geology
Read More...

Fishy study links seafood to prevention of Parkinson’s

May 14, 2018
News
A new study from Sweden suggests the link between consumption of fish and better long-term neurological health could involve the protein Parvalbumin. The protein, found in great quantities in several...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Food & Beverage, Neuroscience
Read More...

Cheap Mini-satellites revolutionise data collection

April 16, 2018
News
Earth scientists have suggested that high-resolution data collected by miniaturized satellites heralds a turning point in Earth and environmental sensing from space.The advent of small, specialized satellites called CubeSats are...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Read More...

Supercomputer models cloud microphysics

April 11, 2018
News
An international group of researchers have for the first time accurately calculated the effects of aerosols on clouds in a climate model.The team lead by researchers from the Advanced Institute...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Read More...

Pin It on Pinterest