A bacterium found in the sea can degrade a plastic that otherwise resists microbial breakdown in marine environments.
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Ice Sheet Surface Melt Is Accelerating in Greenland and Slowing in Antarctica
Surface ice in Greenland has been melting at an increasing rate in recent decades, while the trend in Antarctica has moved in the opposite direction, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
MIT Design Would Harness 40 Percent of the Sun’s Heat to Produce Clean Hydrogen Fuel
MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven solely by the sun.
Self-Correcting Quantum Computers Within Reach?
Harvard team’s method of reducing errors tackles major barrier to scaling up technology.
Wildfires Threaten Environmental Gains in Climate-Crucial Amazon
Despite steps toward decreasing deforestation, uncontrolled wildfires are threatening environmental gains in Brazilian Amazonia, one of the world’s most critical carbon sinks and a region of high biological and cultural diversity.
New Threat to Antarctic Fur Seals
Antarctic fur seals that were hunted to near extinction have recovered but now face dangerous decline because of a lack of food, new research suggests.
