To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
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Scientists just declared the dawn of a new, human-influenced epoch
Thanks to all our plastic pollution and nuclear testing, humans have cut short a 11,700-year-old geological epoch known as the Holocene, and have initiated a new, human-influenced epoch called the Anthropocene,
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Invasive Species May Beat Climate Change to Extinction of Endangered Plants
It may be too late to save many species of plants from extinction at the hands (or vines) of invasive plant species. Researchers from South Africa and Australia teamed up to study how invasive plants
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Rising snowfall in Antarctic may help offset global sea-level surge
More temperature could mean increased snowfall in Antarctica which could in turn help reduce the global sea-level rise by 51 to 79 millimetres by 2100, according to a new study. When Antarctica's air
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Surface water shifting around the Earth
Areas in green show where water has turned into land and those in blue show where land has become water Scientists have used satellite images to study how the water on the Earth's surface has changed
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Man-made warming dates back almost 200 years: study
Man-made greenhouse gases began to nudge up the Earth's temperatures almost 200 years ago as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace, far earlier than previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Green light: USU biochemists describe light-driven conversion of greenhouse gas to fuel
By way of a light-driven bacterium, Utah State University biochemists are a step closer to cleanly converting harmful carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion into usable fuels. Using the phototropic
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Edible Food Wrapper Made from Milk the Answer to Plastic Pollution?
Ever imagine eating your food wrapper? Now, it's possible, as a team of scientists discovered a revolutionary biodegradable film made of milk protein, which can replace plastic wraps. According to researchers
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Reducing tire waste by using completely degradable, synthetic rubber
Scrap tires have been on environmentalists' blacklist for decades. They pile up in landfills, have fed enormous toxic fires, harbor pests and get burned for fuel. Scientists trying to rid us of this scourge
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Exxon scientists develop energy efficient plastic manufacturing system
Scientists from ExxonMobil and Georgia Institute of Technology claim 'revolutionary' system could save industry $2bn a year Scientists from oil giant ExxonMobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology
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Australian scientists break world record for solar thermal efficiency
Researchers at the Australian National University deliver thermal efficiency of 97 per cent Scientists at the Australian National University have created the world's most efficient solar thermal installation,