The vegas’ soil from the highest altitude showed the highest soil organic carbon (SOC) content (A). Warming increased soil respiration rates and this effect was higher in soil from the highest altitude (B). Also, warming affected microbial biomass resulting in a decrease respect to lower temperature treatment (C); however, the biomass-specific soil respiration rates were … Read more
Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Central Science (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c01010 Water polluted with heavy metals can pose a threat when consumed by humans and aquatic life. Sugar-derived polymers from plants remove these metals but often require other substances to adjust their stability or solubility in water. Now, researchers report a sugar-like polymer that traps heavy metals … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’d be reasonable to think Washington’s space economy has a lot riding on Boeing’s Starliner, the spacecraft that left two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station and headed back to Earth with an empty cabin Friday. The astronauts were scheduled to return on Starliner in June after a week on … Read more
Wildfires around Los Angeles have wreathed the city in choking smoke. Out-of-control wildfires surrounding Los Angeles continued to grow Tuesday, forcing families to evacuate and blanketing the sky with choking smoke. Three separate blazes have erupted around the United States’ second-biggest city, fueled by a punishing heat wave and fanned by gusting winds. Thousands of … Read more
A bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) swims in a tank at right, with its mirror image at left. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University An Osaka Metropolitan University-led team has demonstrated that bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) check their body size in a mirror before choosing whether to attack fish that are slightly larger or smaller than … Read more
A model of NASA’s Voyager spacecraft. The twin Voyagers have been flying since 1977 and are exploring the outer regions of our solar system. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Engineers working on NASA’s Voyager 1 probe have successfully mitigated an issue with the spacecraft’s thrusters, which keep the distant explorer pointed at Earth so that it can receive … Read more
In a new atlas, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor Jim Best used the latest research and visually intensive storytelling to highlight the history, culture, change and restoration efforts of the world’s river systems. Credit: Michelle Hassel The word “atlas,” may conjure images of giant books chock full of maps and a dizzying array of facts … Read more
Credit: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (2024). DOI: 10.15302/J-FASE-2024558 As global climate warming becomes increasingly severe, scientists are delving deeper into greenhouse gas emissions across various industries. Recently, a study from Duke Kunshan University and Yangzhou University on the changes in China’s agricultural carbon emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic has garnered widespread attention. A … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Land was once set aside as Native American reservations because it was undesirable and low in resources, but now interested Native Americans may have economic leverage in the growing industry of clean energy. A team of researchers led by UW–Madison professors Dominic Parker and Sarah Johnston quantified the economic potential of … Read more
A northern resident orca initiates a dive while wearing a Dtag temporarily stuck to its back by neoprene suction cups. The waterproof tag contains two underwater microphones, pressure and temperature sensors, triaxial accelerometers and magnetometers to help researchers understand how orcas move through the water and interact with their environment. Image taken under NOAA permit. … Read more
