Over the past 50 years, the water in lakes and watercourses has turned increasingly brown.
How Changes in Land Use Could Reduce the Browning of Lakes
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Beetle Scales Hold Secret to Creating Sustainable Paint from Recycled Plastic, Research Shows
The structure of ultra-white beetle scales could hold the key to making bright-white sustainable paint using recycled plastic waste, scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered.
Bacteria Feeding on Arctic Algae Blooms can Seed Clouds
New research finds Arctic Ocean currents and storms are moving bacteria from ocean algae blooms into the atmosphere where the particles help clouds form.
Researchers Developing Natural Pesticide Alternative to Target Pests Without Harming Honeybees
A natural, sustainable alternative to pesticides that targets specific pests, without harming beneficial pollinators such as honeybees, is being developed with the help of researchers from the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield.
The Rainforest Is the Heart of the Regional Climate System
Susan Trumbore of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry on the effect of the forest fires in the Amazon on the global climate.
Much Fridge Food ‘Goes There to Die’
Americans throw out a lot more food than they expect they will, food waste that is likely driven in part by ambiguous date labels on packages, a new study has found.
