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Methane flux in North Sea varies with tides, study shows

Methane, a strong greenhouse gas that naturally escapes from the bottom of the North Sea, is affected by the pressure of high or low tide. Methane emissions from the sea floor can be just easily three times as much or as little, depending on the tide.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgJul 12th, 2024

Proposed wastewater release into Cape Cod Bay likely to remain for at least one month, study finds

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) investigating the pathways of the proposed wastewater discharge from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS) find it has a high probability of remaining in Cape Cod Bay for at least one m.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

Study investigating climate change models suggests impact studies should include high-sensitivity climate models

High-sensitivity climate models should not be excluded when projecting future regional climate impacts because the level of warming measured globally is not always the only good indicator of regional changes, a new study suggests......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

Longitudinal study reveals ethnic studies boosts critical thinking, equity awareness in high school students

High school students enrolled in ethnic studies develop the ability to think analytically about the causes of social inequalities, a University of Michigan study suggests......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

How our view of science changes: Study tracks attitudes from adolescence to adulthood

Science fascinates us as children and challenges us as adults, a 33-year study by University of Michigan researchers reveals......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

"Exceptional" wildfires across Americas in 2024: EU monitor

Severe drought stoked rampant wildfires across North and South America this year and churned up record carbon pollution in Bolivia, Nicaragua and the Pantanal wetlands, according to new data from Europe's climate monitor......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

Peer-brokered sales central to illegal drug trade

The thought of illegal drug sales evokes images of deals done on shady street corners. But a new study from Case Western Reserve University exposes a critical but underreported element of the illegal drug market: so-called "peer-brokered" sales......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

MeerKAT confirms the gravitational wave background of the universe in record time

The universe is a turbulent place. Stars are exploding, neutron stars collide, and supermassive black holes are merging. All of these things and many more create gravitational waves. As a result, the cosmos is filled with a rippling sea of gravitatio.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

James Webb spots ancient Spiderweb cluster that’s 10 billion years old

An image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a group of galaxies called the Spiderweb protocluster, and it dates to when the universe was young......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

Screening study explores risks of chemical exposure from household products

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) collaborated with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to characterize the chemical makeup of 81 common household items. Researchers also evaluated the potential risk to users......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 5th, 2024

AI fact checks can increase belief in false headlines, study finds

Although many tech companies and start-ups have touted the potential of automated fact-checking services powered by artificial intelligence to stem the rising tide of online misinformation, a new study led by researchers at Indiana University has fou.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024

A path towards applying topology in quantum computing

Can insights from topology—the study of the properties of 3D objects that persist when an object is stretched or compressed—be applied in the field of quantum information processing? Juan Lin, Shou-Bang Yang, Fan Wu, and Zhen-Biao Yang, researche.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024

Unique microbial communities discovered beneath frozen surface of Antarctica"s Lake Enigma

An international team of polar researchers has found several types of microbiota living in the water below the frozen surface of Antarctica's Lake Enigma. In their study, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, group members vent.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024

Apple shows how the iPhone’s Action Mode helps people with Parkinson’s shoot videos

Apple puts a lot of effort into promoting accessibility with things like the hearing aid feature for AirPods Pro. This time, however, the company showed an example of how the iPhone’s Action Mode has been helping people with Parkinson’s in their.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024

Teaching evolution with conflict reduction practices increases acceptance, study finds

Students in biology classes accepted the theory of evolution more often when it was taught with conflict-reducing practices, including an emphasis on religious compatibility and autonomy, according to a study published December 4, 2024 in the open-ac.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024

Male African elephants develop distinct personality traits as they age

Male African elephants have distinct personality traits, but also adapt their behavior to suit the social context, according to a study published December 4, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell at Stanford Universit.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024

A third of people from Chicago carry concealed handguns in public before they reach middle age, 25-year study finds

Around a third (32%) of people who grew up in Chicago have carried a concealed firearm on the city streets at least once by the time they turn 40 years old, according to a major study of gun usage taking in a quarter of a century of data......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024

Archaeological remains in Alaska show humans and dogs bonded 12,000 years ago

"Dog is man's best friend" may be an ancient cliché, but when that friendship began is a longstanding question among scientists. A study led by a University of Arizona researcher is one step closer to an answer to how Indigenous people in the Americ.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024

Warming oceans are changing marine habitats. A new study explores the impact on thousands of species

Every year, human activities release billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These gases trap heat from the Sun, making the Earth warmer than it would be without them. Over 90% of the extra heat from greenhouse gases gets absorbed b.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024

Purple crabs clobber blue carbon: Study shows how they disrupt carbon cycling in salt marshes along US East Coast

Millions of purple marsh crabs are churning through salt marshes along the East Coast, significantly disrupting the storage of carbon within these ecosystems......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024

Study confirms two forms of longtooth groupers in Asia are separate species of fish

A team of marine biologists from the Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, also in Japan, and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, has found via genetic and physical study that tw.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 4th, 2024