ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Pee-Powered Renewable Energy Perfected; Scientists Show How Urine Can Help Purify Wastewater

ENERGY 10.28.2021 04:30 AM

Using a common organic molecule in fertilizer and a standard component of human urine, South Korean scientists were able to recently achieve perfect renewable energy.

Genetic Origins of China's Ancient Mummies Discovered in Tarim Basin

10.28.2021 02:50 AM

A new study confirms the potential ancestors of the mysterious Xiaohe people in Eurasia. Eurasia holds one of the largest desert lands has a number of mummies buried beneath it.

Brood Parasites Birds Exercise While Inside Their Eggs Before Hatching To Kill Nestmates

10.27.2021 23:55 PM

Newly hatched birds exercise while in their eggs before hatching to develop the strength they need to mutilate and eventually kill their nestmates.

What is Solar Paint and Can it Revolutionize Green Architecture?

10.27.2021 06:00 AM

In the advent of renewable energy, solar paint has been making a buzz across the globe as a possible tool in advancing green architecture and solar panels.

Human Debris: How Old Tires Endanger and Trap Hermit Crabs as it Pollutes the Waters

10.27.2021 05:14 AM

Researchers discover that other than polutting the world's oceans, discarded old car and truck tires trap crustaceans like hermit crabs in an inescapable prison of human debris.

Tusk Evolution: Researchers Trace First Mammal Relative

10.27.2021 04:30 AM

Researchers trace the first mammals to have evolved tusks as the dicynodonts. One of the most prevalent mammalian species before the age of the dinosaurs proving the true definition of tusks vs enlarged teeth.

Can Humans Finally Talk to Whales? Scientists Use AI to Try Decoding Whale Songs

10.27.2021 04:20 AM

Researchers are trying to train artificial intelligence to talk to whales in their own language by decoding their meaning. But should humans do that?

Paleo-Fires Common in Antarctica 75 Million Years Ago, Burned Parts of Forests Home to Angiosperms

10.27.2021 03:50 AM

Science reports present a raging wildfire ripped through Antarctica approximately 75 million years ago, when dinosaurs were still roaming this planet.

‘Tipping Points in the Climate System’ Better Understood, Predicted Through Data from Ancient Past

10.26.2021 21:10 PM

Current insight of tipping points in which the climate system has exceeded a threshold outside which massive and frequently irreversible changes take place is limited, a report on climate change said.

Continuous Plankton Recorder: This Device Helps Scientists Understand the Ocean Better, Has Great Global Impact

10.26.2021 02:55 AM

An unusual metal box called Continuous Plankton Recorder has recently been introduced as developed by scientists to help with solving climate change.

Massive Asteroids, Comets Once Bombarded Earth That Altered Oxygen Levels in the Atmosphere

10.26.2021 00:20 AM

Researchers led by Harvard University studied remnants of ancient asteroids and found that massive space rocks have bombarded Earth before, which delayed the accumulation of oxygen on the planet.

New Partnership To Protect Critically Endangered Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

10.25.2021 23:46 PM

Australian Wildlife Conservancy joins efforts to conserve the world’s largest burrowing marsupial.

Tiny Unicellular Protist Can Help Predict Climate Change and Buffer Global Warming, Study Says

10.25.2021 22:01 PM

Researchers combine protist experiments and mathematical models to understand how they respond to climate change and how they can play a big role in buffering global warming.

Aquatic Fungus Now a Threat to Terrestrial Frog Survival; Will they be the Next Amphibians to be Wiped Off the Map?

10.25.2021 21:18 PM

An aquatic fungus had recently threatened to wipe off terrestrial frogs as it has done to the extinction of some species of amphibians.

Giant Holes Formation in the Arctic Ice Sheet Shows Last Ice Area Is Less Resilient To Warming

10.25.2021 03:29 AM

A new study discovered that a giant hole, called a polynya, has formed in the Arctic ice sheet. The holes may appear again due to climate change and could mark the beginning of the Arctic's melting.

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