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Greenland Glaciers Melt 5 Times Faster than 20 Yrs Ago
Reuters file photoValleys cut by glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet are seen along the mountains of Greenland on Aug. 3. Reuters 14:46 JST, November 22, 2023 COPENHAGEN (Reuters) — Global warming has increased the speed at which glaciers in Greenland are melting by fivefold over the last 20 years, scientists from the University of Copenhagen…
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Scientists Identify Molten Layer Deep within Interior of Mars
NASA / JPL-Caltech / ReutersA view of the last selfie taken by NASA’s InSight Mars lander on April 24, 2022. Reuters 12:26 JST, November 22, 2023 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Seismic waves generated by a meteorite impact on the other side of Mars from where NASA’s InSight lander sits have provided new clues about the Red Planet’s…
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Developing a plan to protect and enhance our City’s biodiversity
Published on 22 November 2023 Biodiversity loss poses a threat to public health, social wellness, culture, science, the environment and every sector of the economy. Prior to settlement, Maribyrnong was predominantly an open grassland, home to a diversity of vegetation, which created habitat for native wildlife such as the fat-tailed dunnart and were once ecologically…
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10 years after Haiyan, are mangroves protecting Philippine coastal areas?
Tacloban, The Philippines – Twice a month for the last 10 years, pig farmer Alejandro Sumayang has planted mangrove plants along the shoreline a few metres from his home. Pushing a stick into the muddy ground, he creates a hole for the seedling, tying it to a piece of bamboo to prevent the tide from…
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Manufacturing of stretchable substrate with biaxial strain control for highly-efficient stretchable solar cells and displays
Abstract There has been significant research focused on the development of stretchable materials that can provide a large area with minimal material usage for use in solar cells and displays. However, most materials exhibit perpendicular shrinkage when stretched, which is particularly problematic for polymer-based substrates commonly used in stretchable devices. To address this issue, biaxial…
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JWST ends game of hide and seek with methane
NEWS AND VIEWS 22 November 2023 The space telescope has helped to determine the atmospheric composition of an exoplanet using the light spectrum of its host star. Spectral changes as the planet orbits the star reveal the long-sought presence of exoplanetary methane.
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Emissions scenarios and targets aligned to meet climate goals
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Design of high bulk moduli high entropy alloys using machine learning
Abstract In this work, the authors have demonstrated the use of machine learning (ML) models in the prediction of bulk modulus for High Entropy Alloys (HEA). For the first time, ML has been used for optimizing the composition of HEA to achieve enhanced bulk modulus values. A total of 12 ML algorithms were trained to…
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Unraveling Paddy Soil Secrets: Surprising Contribution of Nonmicrobial Mechanisms to CO2 Emissions
Newswise — In a seminal study published recently in the journal Eco-Environment & Health, have shown that natural processes, especially reactions involving certain reactive oxygen species, play a big role in how paddy soils release CO2. This adds to our understanding of the world’s carbon balance. Researchers embarked on a journey to decode several aspects…
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Biostimulants and herbicides a tool to reduce non-commercial yield tubers and improve potato yield structure
Abstract The basis for the study was a field experiment conducted in 2012–2014 in the production fields of multi-branch Soleks company in Wojnów, the district of Siedlce in eastern Poland. The experiment was established in a split-plot arrangement as a two-factor experiment in three replications. The first factor were: three cultivars of edible potato—Bartek, Gawin,…