Researchers are championing an idea they think can help—and it’s not a new one. In fact, it’s extremely old, dating all the way back to the Ancient Maya civilizations of 600 to 800 C.E.
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Rare earth metals are an important power source, but retrieving them from raw ores is a costly and environmentally damaging process.
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The new system successfully turns seawater into drinking water thanks to a passive, extremely low-cost device that is inspired by the ocean and powered by the sun.
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A new study reveals a previously unknown class of bacterial proteins that contribute to the formation and stability of methane clathrates.
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A better understanding of how microbial communities change and grow after a fire could help researchers predict how bacteria and fungi will respond to major environmental changes.
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Two new studies this week—one from England, the other from California—have come to the same conclusion about how to protect plants from extreme climate change: just “talk” to them.
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The device relies on the chemical reaction between H2S and a green fluorescein mercuric acetate molecule.
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In a new study, climate researchers reported that co-occurring precipitation and heat extremes will become more frequent, severe, and widespread under climate change.
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A new study has shown how certain shoreline spiders can move mercury contamination from riverbeds up the food chain to land animals such as birds, bats, and amphibians.
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Researchers discovered that parks and playgrounds built on the sites of former waste incinerators can still have greatly elevated levels of lead in their surface soils—even more than 80 years after the incinerators stopped operating.
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In a new survey of over 10,000 U.S. adults, participants cited “exposure to mold” as the initiating event behind the development of their chemical intolerance.
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The new method uses a metal wire close-mesh lattice coated with polymers and titanium dioxide.
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In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers in Colorado have shown that recreation can alter the chemical and microbial fingerprint of streams.
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Researchers have now investigated whether it would be possible to prevent the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet by artificially "dimming the sun."
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A new tool evaluates toxicity at high resolution and suggests that targeting a small number of pesticides in a few watersheds could significantly reduce aquatic toxicity in California’s agricultural centers.
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