Using Old Plants for New Tricks?
Researchers have found a way we can find the best parent candidates for crop breeding to improve yield. There are currently more than 1,700 gene banks in the world, housing the genetic materials of...
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Widespread Microplastic Pollution Observed in Soils
Extensive amount of microplastics have been detected in soils of both artificial and natural ecosystems in tropical areas, highlighting the emerging global plastic problem. From 1950 to 2015, the...
New Research Identifies ‘Triple Trouble’ for Mangrove Coasts
Research conducted by an international team of experts including Dr Barend van Maanen from the University of Exeter, identifies not only how these coastal forests get pushed against their shores, but...
Giving Industrial Waste Materials a New Lease of Life
Researchers from the Kanazawa University in Japan publish a fine-tuned method to repurpose waste matter from the paper industry as a lightweight automotive structural material. Given concerns over...
Trade-off Between Global Warming Targets and Seasonal Rainfall
Team of researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences discover that seasonal precipitation could be enhanced if global warming is limited to certain...
Study Reveals Understanding of China’s Carbon Emission Balance
International team of researchers has compiled and verified newly available data on the country's carbon dioxide reduction, and, for the first time, they have quantitatively estimated the effect of...
Genome of Corals Reveal Secrets to its Survival
Team of researchers sequenced and analysed the genomes of 15 different species of coral to better understand how its genetic make-up enables it to survive warmer oceans as a result of climate change....
Battling Climate Change with Artificial Intelligence
Despite its large carbon footprint and high amounts of waste generated every year, the tech industry might just be the solution to the world’s climate change problems. Enter artificial intelligence...
Linking Overconsumption and Growth Economy as Key Drivers of Environmental Crises
A group of researchers, led by a UNSW sustainability scientist, have reviewed existing academic discussions on the link between wealth, economy and associated impacts, reaching a clear conclusion:...
Unravelling the Impact of Marine Heatwave on Coral Reef Fishes
Marine biologist from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and an international team of scientists conducted a study to understand the molecular response of five fish species to the 2016 heatwave. The...
Turtletreelabs — Changing the Course of the Dairy Industry
Food tech start-up based in Singapore leverages on cell-based methods to address impact of dairy industry on the environment. Disrupting a Cow? The concept is not new, it has been brought up by many...
Creating a Circular Economy Using Greenhouse Gases
Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a catalyst that recycles greenhouse gases into fuel and hydrogen gas. In the study published on 14...