Science Daily: Climate and Environmental Science. 28 November 2018
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Comment: Here are today’s top science news stories from “Science Daily.” Views expressed in this science news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.
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Nov. 27, 2018 — Researchers are on a mission to describe, classify and trace the history of a meteorite that landed in and around the small town of Benenitra in southwestern Madagascar shortly before the lunar … read more
Coordinated Development Could Help Wind Farms Be Better Neighbors
Nov. 26, 2018 — New research highlights a previously underexplored consequence: A wake effect from upwind wind farms that can reduce the energy production of their downwind … read more
Combined Local and Global Actions Could Lessen Impacts of Change in Marine Environment
Nov. 26, 2018 — Increased oil and gas activities could combine with ocean warming and acidification to have a significant negative impact on marine organisms, a new study … read more
Six Feet Under, a New Approach to Global Warming
Nov. 26, 2018 — A researcher has found that one-fourth of the carbon held by soil is bound to minerals as far as six feet below the surface. The discovery opens a new possibility for dealing with the element as it … read more
New Biocontainment Strategy Controls Spread of Escaped GMOs
Nov. 26, 2018 — Researchers successfully developed a biocontainment strategy for GMOs. Their new method prevents genetically modified microalgae from surviving outside of their test environment, enabling ways to … read more
Mere Sunlight Can Be Used to Eradicate Pollutants in Water
Nov. 26, 2018 — Advances in environmental technology: You don’t need complex filters and laser systems to destroy persistent pollutants in water. Chemists have developed a new process that works using mere … read more
New Insight Into Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction and Subsequent Cloud Formation
Nov. 26, 2018 — Organic compounds undergo drastic variations in their chemical composition as they transfer from the ocean’s surface to atmospheric aerosols which act as nuclei to form … read more
Corals and Their Microbiomes Evolved Together, New Research Shows
Nov. 23, 2018 — Corals and the microbes they host evolved together, new research shows, adding fresh insight to the fight to save the Earth’s embattled coral … read more
Could an Anti-Global Warming Atmospheric Spraying Program Really Work?
Nov. 23, 2018 — A program to reduce Earth’s heat capture by injecting aerosols into the atmosphere from high-altitude aircraft is possible, but unreasonably costly with current technology, and would be unlikely … read more
Hairy Nanotechnology Provides Green Anti-Scaling Solution
Nov. 26, 2018 — A new type of cellulose nanoparticle is at the heart of a more effective and less environmentally damaging solution to one of the biggest challenges facing water-based industries: preventing the … read more
Environmental Exposures Early in Life Modify Immune Responses
Nov. 21, 2018 — The prevalence of allergic diseases has increased significantly over the last decades, creating substantial financial and societal burdens. Due to this, researchers are trying to discover new … read more
Study Uncovers Link Between Air Pollution and Intellectual Disabilities in Children
Nov. 21, 2018 — British children with intellectual disabilities are more likely than their peers to live in areas with high outdoor air pollution, according to a new … read more
How Chile Accomplished Its Renewable Energy Boom
Nov. 21, 2018 — Chile is currently undergoing a renewable energy boom. Today, it’s the second largest market for renewable energies in Latin America, and in 2016 Chile was the top-scoring renewable energy … read more
Nov. 21, 2018 — Water which has been contaminated with mercury and other toxic heavy metals is a major cause of environmental damage and health problems worldwide. Now, researchers present a totally new way to clean … read more
Fish Can Detox Too — But Not So Well, When It Comes to Mercury
Nov. 20, 2018 — By examining the tissues at a subcellular level, researchers discovered yelloweye rockfish were able to immobilize several potentially toxic elements within their liver tissues (cadmium, lead, and … read more
Fish and Veggies: Water Flow for More Efficient Aquaponic Systems
Nov. 20, 2018 — In aquaponics, the hydroponic crops use the nutrients from fish waste as fertilizer while the fish benefit from the plants’ nutrient uptake capability to improve water quality. The treated water … read more
Tropical Fish Adapt to Cold Temperatures in Coordination With Their Microbiome
Nov. 20, 2018 — Scientists have discovered that tropical fish can control their gut microbes to better survive extremes of … read more
Nov. 20, 2018 — Researchers described initial steps toward achieving chemistries that encode information in a variety of conditions that might mimic the environment of prehistoric … read more
Nov. 20, 2018 — Antarctica is high and dry and mostly bitterly cold, and it’s easy to think of its ice and snow as locked away in a freezer, protected from melt except around its low-lying coasts and floating … read more
Explaining the Plummeting Cost of Solar Power
Nov. 20, 2018 — The dramatic drop in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, which has fallen by 99 percent over the last four decades, is often touted as a major success story for renewable energy technology. … read more
