Rooftop solar panels impact day and night temperatures in cities, simulation study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Widespread coverage of building roofs with conventional photovoltaic solar panels can raise temperatures on hot days ...
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As temperatures rise, researchers identify mechanisms behind plants’ response to warming
With implications for agriculture and food production, biologists have mapped two pathways that plants follow under high heat conditions. Credit: ...
Rising temperatures in Africa could increase perinatal mortality
Hypotheses on the physiological, environmental, and health pathways of the effect of extreme heat on perinatal outcomes. Credit: Natural medicine ...
Biomass-based polymers can capture and release CO₂ without high pressure or extreme temperatures
Hoyong Chung, an associate professor in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, and postdoctoral researcher Arijit Ghorai have developed a new ...
Carbon emissions from forest soils likely to increase with rising temperatures
Credit: University of Michigan Northern forest soils are critical reservoirs that keep the carbon dioxide that trees inhale and use ...
New varactor improves measurements of quantum dot devices at millikelvin temperatures
a, The resonant frequency and impedance matching can be adjusted independently using appropriate combinations of Vf and Vm as shown. ...
Animals with higher body temperatures more likely to become herbivores, study finds
A male chuckwalla (a type of desert iguana) spotted near Phoenix, Arizona. Credit: John Wiens A University of Arizona study ...
‘Mercury bomb’ threatens millions as Arctic temperatures rise, study warns
A 2022 drone image of the Yukon River and its floodplain downstream from Beaver, Alaska, shows sediment accumulations that harbor ...
Global power grids fail as temperatures rise | Economy
As the planet warms, power grids around the world are increasingly failing to cope with the demands and challenges posed ...
High temperatures cause huge losses and decline in productivity Economy
US President Joe Biden said earlier that extreme heat costs the United States $100 billion annually, in an attempt to ...
