syys 8, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The organizers of a new initiative that retrieves e-waste from across rural Alaska report they collected and recycled over 145,000 pounds of lead-acid batteries from 45 communities last year. Backhaul Alaska is an idea from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and now receives...
syys 7, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Mold and diseases caused by fungi can greatly impact the shelf life of fruit and vegetables. However, some fungi benefit their hosts by aiding plant survival. Colletotrichum tofieldiae (Ct) is a root mold that typically supports continued plant development even when...
syys 7, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
In the race to draw down greenhouse gas emissions around the world, scientists at MIT are looking to carbon-capture technologies to decarbonize the most stubborn industrial emitters. Steel, cement, and chemical manufacturing are especially difficult industries to...
syys 4, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Dozens of European cities could reach net zero carbon emissions over the next 10 years by incorporating nature into their infrastructure, according to a new study. Published recently in the journal, Nature Climate Change, the analysis shows the ways cities can...
syys 4, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
As global ice dams begin to weaken due to warming temperatures, a new study suggests that prior attempts to evaluate the mass of the huge floating ice shelves that line the Antarctic ice sheet may have overestimated their thickness. The research, recently published in...