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July 15, 2023

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Potent Greenhouse Gas Produced by Industry Could Be Readily Abated With Existing Technologies

Researchers have found that one method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions is available, affordable, and capable of being implemented right now. Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance, could be readily abated with ...

How Mercury Emissions from Industry Can Be Greatly Reduced

Sulphuric acid is the world's most used chemical. It is an important reagent used in many industries and it is used in the manufacture of everything from paper, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to batteries, detergents and fertilizers. It is therefore a worldwide challenge that sulphuric acid often ...

Mountains Vulnerable to Extreme Rain from Climate Change

A new study finds that as rising global temperatures shift snow to rain, mountains across the Northern Hemisphere will be hotspots for extreme rainfall events that could trigger floods and landslides -- potentially impacting a quarter of the world's ...

雨水花园可以节省从有毒Ti鲑鱼re Chemicals

特别设计的花园可以减少of a toxic chemical associated with tires entering our waterways by more than 90 per cent, new research ...
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Air Quality Improvements Lead to More Sulfur Fertilizer Use

As the atmospheric deposition of sulfur has decreased, the use of sulfur fertilizer in Midwestern U.S. agriculture has increased between 1985 and ...

New Study Sheds Light on Boric Acid Transport and Excretion in Marine Fish

Seawater is known to contain a significant concentration of boric acid, which can be toxic and deadly to living systems. As such, fish living in marine habitats need to be able to excrete boric acid ...

Researchers Discover Root Exudates Have Surprising and Counterintuitive Impact on Soil Carbon Storage

Researchers examined root exudates and their impact on soil carbon storage revealing surprising and counterintuitive ...

Elevated CO2 Levels Cause Mineral Deficiency in Plants Resulting in Less Nutritious Crops

For years, scientists have seen enhanced photosynthesis as one of the only possible bright sides of increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) -- since plants use carbon dioxide for ...

Storing Hydrogen Fuel in Salts -- A Step Toward 'Cleaner' Energy Production

Hydrogen gas could someday replace fossil fuels as a 'clean' energy source, producing only water and energy. However, handling large quantities of gaseous hydrogen is cumbersome, and ...

Soil Along Streams Is a Bigger Source of Stream Nitrate Than Rainwater

Researchers have reported that nitrate accumulated in soil bordering streams plays an important role in the increase of nitrate levels in stream water when it rains. Their findings may help reduce ...

Environmental Scientists Develop a Method to Turn Hazardous Acidic Industrial Wastewater Into Valuable Resources

Environmental scientists have developed a circular process for eliminating the risk posed by phosphoric acid plant wastewater. The process turns the environmentally toxic wastewater into clean water ...

Bigger Plants Don't Always Equal More Nutritious Ones

While increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere encourage plant growth, they also reduce the nutritional value of plants, which can have a larger impact on nutrition and food safety ...

Sulfur Shortage: A Potential Resource Crisis Looming as the World Decarbonizes

A new study highlights that global demand for sulfuric acid is set to rise significantly from '246 to 400 million tons' by 2040 -- a result of more intensive agriculture and the world ...

How Calcium Ions Get Into the Cellular Power Stations of Plants

Calcium is a very special nutrient. In the cells of most living beings calcium ions function as so-called second messengers to transmit important signals. The same applies equally to animal, plant ...

Designing Roots to Penetrate Hard Soils Could Help Climate Proof Crops

Scientists have discovered how to design cereal roots able to continue growing in hard soils by altering their ability to penetrate, enabling roots to access sources of water deeper in soil, and ...

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How Stressed-out Plants Produce Their Own Aspirin

Plants protect themselves from environmental hazards like insects, drought and heat by producing salicylic acid, also known as aspirin. A new understanding of this process may help plants survive ...

The Best Offense Is a Great Defense for Some Carnivorous Plants

Insect-eating plants have fascinated biologists for more than a century, but how plants evolved the ability to capture and consume live prey has largely remained a mystery. Now,scientists have ...

How Much Spring Nitrogen to Apply? Pre-Planting Weather May Provide a Clue

With the rising cost of nitrogen fertilizer and its impacts on air and water quality, researchers want to help farmers make more informed fertilizer rate decisions. Their latest modeling effort aims ...

Less Air Pollution Leads to Higher Crop Yields

New analysis shows crop yields could increase by about 25% in China and up to 10% in other parts of the world if emissions of a common air pollutant decreased by about ...

Researchers Develop New Biobattery for Hydrogen Storage

A team of microbiologists has succeeded in using bacteria for the controlled storage and release of hydrogen. This is an important step in the search for carbon-neutral energy sources in the interest ...

How Ice Clouds Develop: Asian Monsoon Influences Large Parts of the Northern Hemisphere

大气研究人员发现》m that allows nuclei for ice clouds to form and rapidly grow in the upper troposphere. Although the conditions for nucleus formation are only ...

In Poplars, Two Plant Hormones Boost Each Other in Defense Against Pathogenic Fungi

In contrast to previous assumptions, the defense hormones salicylic acid and jasmonic acid do not always suppress each other in regulating plant chemical defenses against pests and pathogens. In ...

With Dwindling Water Supplies, the Timing of Rainfall Matters

A new study shows it's not how much extra water you give your plants, but when you give it that counts. Researchers observed that in summer, plants grow more when given extra water, in addition ...

A 4 V-Class Metal-Free Organic Lithium-Ion Battery Gets Closer to Reality

有机、金属自由、高能电池是一个pathway to a greener future. Yet scientists have struggled to find ways to boost the voltage in organic lithium-ion batteries. Now, a study has ...

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