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Will we be able to continue living by the sea? Ocean experts explore considerations for governments

A publication recently launched by leading European Ocean scientists, titled Navigating the Future VI (NFVI), calls attention to the fact that we do not yet sufficiently consider how climate-induced changes in the ocean will impact how we live alongs.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgNov 12th, 2024

Our Universe is not fine-tuned for life, but it’s still kind of OK

Inspired by the Drake equation, researchers optimize a model universe for life. Physicists including Robert H. Dickle and Fred Hoyle have argued that we are living in a universe t.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News18 hr. 17 min. ago

Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization

The Maya were landscape engineers on a grand scale, even when it came to fishing. On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a wh.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News18 hr. 17 min. ago

Researchers develop miRNA-tunable living interface for neurovascular remodeling

A research team led by Dr. Du Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has reported a living interface with unique functionalities of durable secretion of bioactive exosomes with tunable con.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News20 hr. 6 min. ago

Using light to create bioelectronics inside living organisms

Bioelectronics research and development of implants made of electrically conductive materials for disease treatment is advancing rapidly. However, bioelectronic treatment is not without complications. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have tak.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News21 hr. 9 min. ago

Companies won"t survive in a nature-depleted world—some business owners are taking action

After the conclusion of UN biodiversity conference Cop16, it was easy to feel disappointed. In Cali, Colombia, discussions fell short on how to monitor targets and progress remains slow. Despite agreements, Cop16 lacked urgency from governments and t.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News22 hr. 14 min. ago

Journals co-publish call to action for collaborative microbiological research to combat climate change

Researchers and 14 scientific journals worldwide are calling on governments and industry to take coordinated action to collaboratively counter climate change by harnessing microbiological research. They propose six areas of action that promise quick.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News22 hr. 45 min. ago

Emperor penguin released at sea 20 days after waddling onto Australian beach

The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach, officials said Friday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

Smarter city planning: Researchers use brain activity to predict visits to urban areas

Urbanization, the process by which cities and towns expand in size and population, is rapidly advancing globally, and the percentage of people living in urban environments has increased from 33% in 1960 to 57% in 2023......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Video: Our sun is the star in a new simulation

NASA supercomputers are shedding light on what causes some of the sun's most complex behaviors. Using data from the suite of active sun-watching spacecraft currently observing the star at the heart of our solar system, researchers can explore solar d.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Durable supramolecular plastic is fully ocean-degradable and doesn"t generate microplastics

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) have developed a new durable plastic that won't pollute our oceans. The new material is as strong as conventional plastics and biodegradable, but what makes it spec.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Neanderthal adhesive manufacturing site found in Gibraltar cave

Cut into a Gibraltar cliff face overlooking the Alboran Sea, a cave opening leads back in time to one of the earliest manufacturing sites on the planet—a Neanderthal-built tar distillation oven hidden for 65,000 years......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

A vision-driven approach: Researchers advocate use of imagination in tackling climate crisis

In a new npj Ocean Sustainability article, ten researchers advocate the use of imagination in tackling the climate crisis. They focus specifically on urbanizing river deltas, which are of great social and economic importance and highly vulnerable to.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Spatial interactomics tool maps protein interactions to fight lung cancer

As Ahmet F. Coskun and his team of researchers continue their mission to create a 3D atlas of the human body, mapping cells and tissues, they're making discoveries that could lead to better treatments for the most common type of lung cancer......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Support for carbon pricing higher than expected, finds study

Viewed by many experts as one of the most effective tools of climate policy, carbon pricing seeks to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Currently, however, only 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions are subject to this climate tax, as it is seen as un.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Nature-based solutions are cheap and effective, and governments have the tools to make them a reality

As the world gathers in Azerbaijan for this year's annual UN climate conference (COP29), the urgency to act on climate change has never been greater......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Greenland"s meltwater will slow Atlantic circulation, climate model suggests

A team of climate scientists in Germany and China has found evidence, using a climate model, that in the coming years, freshwater inputs to the Irminger Sea Basin will have the biggest impact on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Quack-like underwater sounds off the coast of New Zealand in the "80s may have been a conversation, researcher says

Mysterious, repeating sounds from the depths of the ocean can be terrifying to some, but in the 1980s, they presented a unique look at an underwater soundscape......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

COP29 viewpoint: "Climate finance" for the Pacific is mostly loans, saddling small island nations with more debt

As this year's UN climate summit reaches its final stage of negotiations, Pacific scholars are calling on world leaders to improve the dispersal system of climate finance to support people living in small island nations......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Plastic reduces krill"s ability to remove carbon in the deep ocean, marine ecologists find

New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic krill, a tiny shrimp-like crustacean, to help take CO2 from the atmosphere. The results are published this month in the journal.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Zitadel raises $9 million to accelerate product development

Zitadel announced its $9 million Series A funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners with participation from Floodgate. Both firms represent the world’s best experts in open source, developer tools, and identity infrastructure. Zitadel’.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024