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23 hours ago · Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Researchers have provided the first direct estimates of how much carbon is stored beneath seaweed farms, a growing industry that now covers roughly 2000 square kilometres worldwide. The new Nature Climate Change results show that at the higher end, some ...

1 day ago · This work is part of a growing effort to reduce the climate impact of fertilizers. There has been an interest in extracting nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen from urine as well as solid waste. And many researchers are targeting ammonia, which is the base material for fertilizers.It is produced today using an energy-intensive process.

1 day ago · The Writing’s On The Wall. 1. You can’t deregulate your way to cheap gas. Declaring an “ energy emergency ” doesn’t mean that Big Oil will actually produce more, reported the New York Times last week. The price per barrel will need to stay high to persuade oil companies to drill new wells, but that could increase prices at the pump, as …

2 days ago · Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Climate change and shrinking biodiversity are two of the biggest environmental problems facing the world. There’s a danger that tackling one could make the other worse. Today, people are trying to suck greenhouse gases from the air by boosting the amount ...

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Jan 23, 2025 · Arid countries with lack of access to freshwater have for decades relied on getting freshwater by separating salt from seawater. But modern desalination technologies are unaffordable, and they consume large amounts of chemicals and energy.. Researchers have now found a way to make a dent in that chemical and energy use.

Jan 24, 2025 · According to a new research model, adding iron to fish farms could capture at least 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, in aquaculture-intensive countries. This could be enough to offset most of the carbon impact of aquaculture operations, which contribute between 5 and 7% of the global ...

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