To achieve more effective saltwater desalination, mechanical engineers focused on fluid movement rather than new materials in a new study.
Mechanical Engineers Lend Fresh Insight Into Battery-Based Desalination Technology
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Alps: Lightning Activity Doubled in a Few Decades
In the high altitudes of the European Eastern Alps, the number of detected lightning strikes has doubled in the course of the last 40 years.
AI Reveals Hidden Traits About Our Planet's Flora to Help Save Species
In a world-first, scientists from UNSW and Botanic Gardens of Sydney have trained AI to unlock data from millions of plant specimens kept in herbaria around the world, to study and combat the impacts of climate change on flora.
Earth Saw Its 3rd-Warmest May in 174 Years
It was another warm month for the globe, with May 2023 ranking as the world’s third-warmest May on record.
Completing Genome of Rusty Patched Bumble Bee May Offer New Approach to Saving Endangered Bee
A detailed, high-resolution map of the rusty patched bumble bee's genome has been released by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) scientists, offering approaches for bringing the native pollinator back from the danger of extinction.
The Fastest-Warming Continent, Europe Has Already Heated by More Than 2 Degrees C
Europe is warming faster than any other inhabited continent, with rising temperatures fueling increasingly severe heat waves, floods, and wildfires, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization and the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
