The stone monuments of Italy’s Certosa di Bologna cemetery have stood for more than two centuries as symbols of peace and eternity. But even stone does not last forever. So Enrico Sassoni, a visiting postdoctoral research associate in Princeton’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is working to protect the marble monuments and even make them stronger. (more…)
Waves, tides, storms and hurricanes can all take a toll on the coastline, eroding the land and rewriting the shoreline. Those changes can put infrastructure and communities at risk. But researchers are rolling out new guidelines to help create more effective “living shorelines” that protect against erosion while improving environmental quality. (more…)
The tiny Tangier Island is just 12 miles from mainland Virginia in Chesapeake Bay. No cars, no trains; the only transportation to Tangier Island is by boat or by small airplane, says the island’s official website. (more…)
Plant life on Antarctica is growing rapidly due to climate change, scientists have found.
Few plants live on the continent, but scientists studying moss have found a sharp increase in biological activity in the last 50 years. (more…)
On 4 September 2010, a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand near Christchurch. The earthquake’s epicentre was 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Christchurch, near the town of Darfield. Its known as the Canterbury earthquake or Darfield earthquake. The massive earthquake distorted railroad tracks that crossed the fault line near Rolleston.
Bent rail tracks after a New Zealand earthquake. pic.twitter.com/kcDxZ9q1Js
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A simple rule can accurately predict when Earth’s climate warms out of an ice age, according to new research led by UCL.
In a new study published in Nature, researchers from UCL, University of Cambridge and University of Louvain have combined existing ideas to solve the problem of which solar energy peaks in the last 2.6 million years led to the melting of the ice sheets and the start of a warm period. (more…)
Whether you’re rebuilding or remodeling, your trash can is likely to be bursting at the seams throughout the process. But should it be? Here are some home materials that should definitely stay out of the trash. (more…)
Langzeitveränderungen in marinen Lebensgemeinschaften im Fokus der Forschung
Marine Todeszonen sind nicht ausschließlich ein Phänomen der letzten Jahre. Paläontologen der Universität Wien um Martin Zuschin haben aus 500 Jahre alten Sedimentkernen der nördlichen Adria auch frühere Sauerstoffkrisen des Mittelmeeres abgelesen – und zwar aus Schwankungen im Auftreten der “Körbchenmuschel”, einer tierischen Überlebenskünstlerin, die bei Sauerstoffmangel ihre Stoffwechseltätigkeit umstellt. Ihre Ergebnisse, die sie in der aktuellen Ausgabe der Fachzeitschrift “Geology” publizieren, belegen aber auch, dass die Eutrophierung, also vom Menschen verursachter Nährstoffüberschuss in den Meeren, die Situation der Adria klar verschärft.
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