Cold temperatures, prevalent during glacial periods, had a significant impact on past and modern unglaciated landscapes across much of North America, according to a recent study by University of Arkansas geologist Jill A. Marshall.
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Graphene Oxide Membranes Could Reduce Paper Industry Energy Costs
The U.S. pulp and paper industry uses large quantities of water to produce cellulose pulp from trees.
CABBI Challenges CRP Status Quo, Mitigates Fossil Fuels
Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) found that transitioning land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to bioenergy agriculture can be advantageous for American landowners, the government, and the environment.
Noise Pollution Impacting Marine Animals Worse Than Previously Thought
Anthropogenic noise pollution is plaguing our oceans and stressing marine fauna far more than previously understood, researchers concluded in a new analysis of more than 10,000 academic papers published in the journal Science.
OU Research Delineates the Impacts of Climate Warming on Microbial Network Interactions
Climate change impacts are broad and far-reaching. A new study by University of Oklahoma researchers from the Institute for Environmental Genomics explores the impacts of climate warming on microbial network complexity and stability, providing critical insights to ecosystem management and for projecting ecological consequences of future climate warming.
Salmon Scales Reveal Substantial Decline in Wild Salmon Population and Diversity
The diversity and numbers of wild salmon in Northern B.C. have declined approximately 70 per cent over the past century, according to a new SFU study.