A new study slated for publication on 1 March 2019 in Science of the Total Environment has found that bacterial infections typically found in humans, including Salmonella serovar and Campylobacter
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As part of the UN climate summit, COP24, in Katowice, Poland from 2–14 December, the world’s top investors came together on 10 December calling for urgent reductions in carbon emissions and
A report published in Science on 6 December has revealed the extent to which private research funders are stowing away cash in offshore havens. The exposé entitled “Private research funders
On 5 December, NASA launched the first-of-its-kind Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) instrument designed to create a 3D map of the world’s forests. The so-called Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI)
A new paper published on 5 December in Nature presents the first global map of the distribution of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) based on satellite data (1). The new data has
Increasing soil carbon could mitigate climate change and promote global food security
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In a commentary published on 3 December in Nature News & Comment, leading climate experts and scientists have laid out eight steps for recovering soil carbon stocks, which they believe
A new study published on 29 November in the journal Science has presented a newly developed iron (Fe) molecule that can function as both a photocatalyst to produce fuel and
A new paper published on 3 December in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims that a large number of currently unassessed plant species are likely at risk (1).
World must triple efforts to prevent catastrophic climate change, according to latest UN report
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World governments will need to triple their efforts to meet the commitments laid out in the 2015 Paris Climate Pact, according to the latest United Nations (UN) report, released on
Modern aeroplanes achieve flight using propellers and turbines powered by the combustion of greenhouse-gas emitting fossil fuels. A new paper published on 21 November in Nature has reported the first