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Earth
Ditches and canals are the large amount of greenhouse gas emissions, yet overlooked sources.
Satellite images of ditches and canals in Australia, Finland, Mexico and the Netherlands. Credit: Ingi/Google (2024) It’s a cold winter morning in the dark and naked fields of Fens in East Anglia. At the edge of the field, the scientist dips a long pole into the groove. So, what are climate researchers doing here? We measure greenhouse gas emissions from…
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Environment
In Lake Erie, eliminating problematic algae starts with reducing the amount of food you feed.
Written by Joshua A. Bickel and Patrick Attula-Orsagos A liquid fertilizer tank is installed inside a concrete basin designed to limit the possibility of leaks at a farm in Forest, Ohio, Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel On a warm late summer night, a small speedboat cruised along the pea greens of Lake Erie, past beaches where…
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Environment
Research: Even if warming is kept below 1.5°C, wildfires will significantly reduce the amount of carbon absorbed by land.
The percentage of burned area at 1.5°C and 2.0°C for each GFED region will change from the current time. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01554-7 One of the objectives of the Paris Agreement was to “continue our efforts” to keep global warming below 1.5°C, but even this ambitious goal will continue to grow as wildfires become more intense and frequent.…
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