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Professor Erik Reichle, pictured above with research partner Dr Lili Yu, says multitasking affects our ability to focus. Credit: Macquarie University Research suggests that reading on screens is a less effective way to absorb and retain information than reading the old-fashioned way, but why? And when so many of us are noticing shortening attention spans, how do we learn to concentrate on books again?…

A multi-institutional team of researchers characterized how solar radiation from the sun interacts with individual tar balls dispersed over a mountainous region in northern Italy. Credit: Environmental Science & Technology (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03498 Days after a wildfire, a type of smoke can linger in the atmosphere that contains tiny, brown, light-absorbing particles known as tar balls. These particles are…

Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, and a slew of other companies plan to spend more than $57 million cumulatively to fight climate change by spreading crushed rock over farmland. The aim is to use rocks’ natural ability to absorb carbon dioxide, which might sound low-tech, but speeding up the process and finding a way to reliably measure how much CO2 is sequestered has proven pretty hard. It’s a tactic for trapping planet-heating carbon dioxide called “enhanced weathering” that researchers have studied for decades, but it has…

Recent research indicates that plants could absorb more atmospheric CO2 than previously believed, providing a hopeful perspective on climate change mitigation. However, scientists emphasize the continued importance of reducing emissions, noting that this discovery doesn’t offer a complete solution.A new study reveals that plants might absorb more CO2 than expected, offering hope in combating climate change. However, reducing emissions remains crucial, as planting trees alone isn’t a sufficient solution.New research…

Main components of the global carbon cycle, showing the rate of increase in atmospheric CO₂ and the extent of the land sink and ocean sink. Credit: Global Carbon Project 2022, CC BY The world's vegetation has a remarkable ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and store it as biomass. In doing so, plants slow down climate change since the CO2 they take up does not contribute to global warming.…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research published in Science Advances paints an uncharacteristically upbeat picture for the planet. This is because more realistic ecological modeling suggests the world's plants may be able to take up more atmospheric CO2 from human activities than previously predicted. Despite this headline finding,…

A scanning electron micoscrope image of Michaelsarsia elegans, a type of coccolithophore sampled from 95m deep in the Sargasso Sea. This type of coccolithophore, the researchers believe, is an example of a mixotroph that has evolved specific adaptations to acquire carbon in different ways. Credit: Colin Fischer, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesIn recent research from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, it’s revealed that coccolithophores, a type of phytoplankton crucial to the ocean-atmosphere carbon cycle, can…

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest. Credit: lubasi/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA New research published today in Communications Earth & Environment suggests that the Amazon rainforest and its Indigenous territories can absorb as much as 26,000 metric tons of dangerous pollutants released by fires every year, thus preventing thousands of cases of deadly respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and significantly reducing…

As It Happens5:59New research into the beetle's butt could have positive implications for pest controlYou're probably familiar with the old saying about how cockroaches could survive an apocalypse. Well it turns out, they may have some company when everything else is gone: beetles."Beetles survive in places where few other organisms can survive, including the deserts," biologist Kenneth Veland Halberg told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. "And to my knowledge, cockroaches still need to drink water."Scientists have long…

Satellite PIC and location map. August satellite-derived Particular Inorganic Carbon (PIC; mg CaCO3 m-3) climatology (2002-2017) and location of C-DisK-IV stations (black crosses) and long-term sediment trap studies (orange/pink crosses). Large black crosses show the location of Niskin bottle rosette, plankton tow, and floating sediment trap sampling sites at C-DisK-IV stations. Small black crosses show sites with additional plankton tow sampling only…