Science

The research team at 5,050 metres altitude (University of Munster photo) The glacier on Mount Ararat, Turkey’s highest mountain, has been surveyed for the first time as scientists race to study its shrinking ice before more evidence is lost.Researchers believe the shrinking glacier could preserve valuable information about both climate change and human history. While…

Wood samples being collected for cellulose isotope analysis. Credit: CENA-USP By analyzing the atomic signatures of 800 trees collected from 63 locations across the Amazon, Brazilian researchers have developed an isotopic mapping model that can rule out 92% of the rainforest when tracing suspected illegal timber.The project, led by Professor Luiz Antonio Martinelli at the…

Representative Image of a futuristic robot symbolizing the practical uses of the electron (AI-generated image) Two scientists can make the exact same fundamental discovery and hope for completely different futures for it. One immediately starts calculating what it might be worth, what industries it could build, what fortune it might eventually produce. The other hopes…

A Texas company has pulled off a major geothermal milestone beneath Newberry Volcano in central Oregon. Mazama Energy says it connected two deep wells through rock that reached 629 degrees Fahrenheit, or 331 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest enhanced geothermal system ever built anywhere in the world, as reported by AutoNotion.What makes the story…

Study says Northern Hemisphere lakes may lose 40 days of winter ice by 2100 (National Geographic photo) Winter ice on lakes plays an important role in keeping lakes healthy by controlling water temperature, supporting aquatic life and helping maintain the natural balance of freshwater ecosystems. However, scientists say this seasonal ice cover is disappearing faster…

“Do what you can do tomorrow, today,” says Roy Kim, a 13-year-old Oregon student who has solved the water crisis for numerous farmers in the region. The teenager developed a device that turns moisture in the air into water, helping farmers access a sustainable and reliable source of water in drought-prone areas, as per a…

The Massachusetts project is an example of agrivoltaics, a nascent farming practice that combines agriculture with solar energy generation on the same land. Farmers have relied on sunshine to grow healthy crops for generations. But as they say, excess of anything is bad and with climate change causing hotter summers, longer droughts and erratic weather,…

Ghana is transforming its plastic problems into paving blocks for its roads, sold below the price of concrete blocks. Behind this operation is Nelson Boateng, who graduated in computer network engineering, and was already manufacturing plastic bags and began transforming the same material into flooring. The plastic Ghana cannot contain Accra, the capital of Ghana…

More than 120 fish species have migrated from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean Since the Suez Canal opened more than 150 years ago, more than 120 fish species have migrated from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have now created a statistical model that predicts which species are likely…

America is retiring coal plants slowly and steadily. The boilers are cut up for scrap, the smokestacks get dropped on camera and the land tends to sit in permitting limbo for a decade. But in Becker, Minnesota, the state’s biggest coal plant is being used, not for all this hardware but for a plug.On July…