A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass — and carbon storage — in some tropical rainforests, a …read more Source:: Science
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Lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash
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•Scientists are using high-energy pulses of electricity to turn any source of carbon into turbostratic graphene in an instant. The process promises environmental benefits by turning waste into valuable graphene …read more Source:: Science
Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
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•By measuring the chemistry of fossilized seashells collected in Antarctica, researchers discovered that Earth was already experiencing carbon cycle instability before the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. …read more Source:: Science
Bacteria may contribute more to climate change as planet heats up
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•As bacteria adapt to hotter temperatures, they speed up their respiration rate and release more carbon, potentially accelerating climate change. …read more Source:: Science
Hard as a diamond? Scientists predict new forms of superhard carbon
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•Superhard materials can slice, drill and polish other objects. Now, science is opening the door to the development of new materials with these seductive qualities. Researchers have used computational techniques …read more Source:: Science
As sea level rises, wetlands crank up their carbon storage
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•Some wetlands perform better under pressure. A new study revealed that when faced with sea-level rise, coastal wetlands respond by burying even more carbon in their soils. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists develop first fabric to automatically cool or insulate depending on conditions
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•Researchers have engineered a new fabric from synthetic yarn with a carbon nanotube coating that is activated by temperature and humidity, releasing heat in warm humid conditions and trapping heat …read more Source:: Science
Planetary collision that formed the moon made life possible on Earth
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•Most of Earth’s life-essential elements probably arrived with the planetary collision that produced the moon. Petrologists now conclude Earth most likely received the bulk of its carbon, nitrogen and other …read more Source:: Science
How trees and turnips grow fatter
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•Botanists have identified key regulatory networks controlling how plants grow ‘outwards,’ which could help us to grow trees to be more efficient carbon sinks and increase vegetable crop yields. …read more Source:: Science
Carbon reserves in Central American soils still affected by ancient Mayan deforestation
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•Deforestation is suspected to have contributed to the mysterious collapse of Mayan civilization more than 1,000 years ago. A new study shows that the forest-clearing also decimated carbon reservoirs in …read more Source:: Science