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Giant volcanic eruption drove historic global warming event

December 8, 2017
News
New research by a group of international scientists suggests that an extreme global warming event 56 million years ago was caused by a huge volcanic eruption
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Geophysics, Volcanology
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Volcanic eruption linked to El Niño

December 5, 2017
News
Researchers at Rutgers University have discovered that large volcanic eruptions can prompt El Niño events.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Volcanology
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Renewable energy branches out

December 4, 2017
News
A team from the US have found a way to convert one of the World’s most abundant polymer – lignin –into a renewable biomass source.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environmental Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
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Standing on SUCCESS

October 11, 2017
Insight
How to mitigate rising CO2 levels? The answer says Ehsan Jorat is right under our feet. Here he tells us about the EPSRC-funded project called SUCCESS and why soil could...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Interviews
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Plate tectonics evolution unlocked

September 21, 2017
News
Researchers from Germany and Switzerland have shown, with the aid of computer simulations, how plate tectonics occurred on Earth. Scientists know that the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago, but...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tectonics
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Critical component of Earth’s magnetic field revealed

September 12, 2017
News
Iron’s presence in the Earth’s core cannot alone explain its magnetic field, according to researchers in Switzerland.
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geophysics
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Taming Tempests

September 8, 2017
Feature
Dr Qin Jim Chen explains how hurricane modelling enables the prediction of natural phenomena that could endanger lives
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, In Depth
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Don’t let energy efficiency tie you in knots

August 15, 2017
Feature
Laboratories are some of the most sophisticated man made environments on the planet – however, as the complexity of these facilities grows, so does their energy usage. Here, John Rush...
Earth & Environmental
Environment, In Depth
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Global food project launched

July 11, 2017
News
A large scale research project into global food system resilience has been launched at the University of York.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Chemistry, Food & Beverage
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Zinc oxide crystals

July 10, 2017
Insight
This image displays the intergrowth of Zinc oxide crystals.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Analytical Chemistry, Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Focal Point, Geology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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