India Eco-School: Is This the Greenest Campus on Earth?
Secmol is a school pioneering practical green education in one of the world’s harshest environments.
From The BBC
Simultaneous Heatwaves Caused by Anthropogenic Climate Change
Without the climate change caused by human activity, simultaneous heatwaves would not have hit such a large area as they did last summer.
Source ZTH
From: Science Daily
Driving a Wedge into Historic Gaps of Climate Science
Evidence of historic marine life present in Alaskan permafrost is helping scientists reconstruct ancient changes in the ice cover over the Arctic Ocean.
Source: Hokkaido University
From Environmental News Network
Global analysis of billions of Wikipedia searches reveals biodiversity secrets
Researchers have found that the way in which people use the internet is closely tied to patterns and rhythms in the natural world. This finding suggests new ways to monitor changes in the world’s biodiversity.
Source: PLOS
From ScienceDaily
Nitrogen-fixing trees ‘eat’ rocks, play pivotal role in forest health
By tapping nutrients from bedrock, red alder trees play a key role in healthy forest ecosystems.
Source: Oregon State University
From Science Daily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190225170247.htm
Can We Address Climate Change Without Sacrificing Water Quality?
Strategies for limiting climate change must take into account their potential impact on water quality through nutrient overload, according to a new study from Carnegie’s Eva Sinha and Anna Michalak published by Nature Communications.
Source: Carnegie Institution for Science
From Environmental News Network
https://www.enn.com/articles/56880-can-we-address-climate-change-without-sacrificing-water-quality
New clues to predict tipping points for marsh survival
Sea-level rise, sediment starvation and other environmental woes pose increasing threats to coastal wetlands worldwide. But a new study could help stem the losses by giving scientists a broader understanding of which wetlands are most at risk and why. The study assessed wetland distribution and resilience in hundreds of US estuaries at five different spatial scales. Its findings will help guide future efforts to preserve or restore threatened wetlands.
Source: Duke University
From Science Daily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190213124417.htm
Five explosive things the 2018 eruption taught us about Kilauea
The eruption has ended, but scientists are just beginning to analyze the data
From Science News
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/five-explosive-things-2018-eruption-taught-us-about-kilauea
Millions of tons of plastic waste could be turned into clean fuels, other products
A new chemical conversion process could transform the world’s polyolefin waste, a form of plastic, into useful products, such as clean fuels and other items. The conversion process incorporates selective extraction and hydrothermal liquefaction. Once the plastic is converted into naphtha, it can be used as a feedstock for other chemicals or further separated into specialty solvents or other products.
Source: Purdue University
From Science Daily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190206131956.htm
Climate change might not slow ocean circulation as much as thought
New findings from an international ocean observing network are calling into question the long-standing idea that global warming might slow down a big chunk of the ocean’s “conveyor belt.”
From Science News
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-might-not-slow-ocean-circulation-much-thought