Apr. 25, 2025 — A new study has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks. The findings suggest that the ...

Trove of potato genomes reveals genetic bottlenecks and past flirtations with wild varieties. Plus, scientists have used lasers to create the perception of a brand-new colour and physicists ...

The microbiome comprises all of the genetic material within a microbiota (the entire collection of microorganisms in a specific niche, such as the human gut). This can also be referred to as the ...

Research teams from USTC have realized a high-performance single-photon source with an efficiency beyond the scalable linear optical quantum computing loss tolerance threshold for the first time ...

Climate change, man-made changes to nature as well as crimes that disrupt biodiversity, such as deforestation, land-use change, intensified agriculture and livestock production or the growing ...

Patchouli distillation also has the potential to increase deforestation, as firewood is used from the surrounding forests to heat water for the steam distillation process. In several areas where ...

In a joint statement signed last week, the ICCO said the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which will come into force on December 30, 2024, was “unrealistic in view of the regulation's ...

Arguments for and against disposable chopsticks began to rage in the 1990s and 2000s with critics contending they generated a massive amount of waste and led to deforestation. Others, however ...

Jonathan Weil rejoined The Wall Street Journal in October 2022 as a reporter, covering finance. He previously was an analyst at the investment firms CPMG Inc. and Kynikos Associates, a columnist ...

An environmental footprint compares the resources people consume with the land and water area needed to replace them. Carbon footprints deal with resource usage, but focus strictly on the ...