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Wärmepumpen statt Klimaanlage: kühlen sie die Wohnung ebenso gut?

Europa verbraucht für Kühlung enorme Strommengen und stößt massenhaft CO₂ aus. Können Wärmepumpen uns bei der nächsten Hitzewelle retten? Quelle: EUROnews | Earth-News

Reduction of tropical cyclone-induced ocean carbon outgassing since 1993

Carbon dioxide outgassing from the ocean associated with the passage of tropical cyclones has declined in recent decades and may switch to being a...

3D insights into the multiorigins of nanophase Fe0 in the Moon surface

Nanophase metallic iron (npFe0) in lunar impact glass provides key information about the space weathering process. However, lack of three-dimensional structures and morphologies has...

Five million children die every year — what do they die from?

To reduce child mortality, we need to understand what children are dying from. People often ask me for my favorite statistic. My answer changes,...

Viral mediation of anaerobic methane oxidation to carbon sequestration in paddy soil

Soil viruses greatly influence the carbon sequestration processes associated with anaerobic methane oxidation, according to analyses of carbon flows in paddy soil... Source: Nature Geoscience...

Population tool: How will populations across the world change in the 21st century?

We created an interactive tool that lets you test how changes in fertility rates, life expectancy, and migration rates will change future populations. How will...

South Korea’s population is set to shrink: what would it take to stop the decline?

How much would fertility rates, life expectancy, or migration rates need to change to stop the population from shrinking? South Korea’s population is expected...

Isotopic evidence for dietary variability among eastern Africa’s first pastoralists

Isotopic studies of human remains can track changes in dietary variation across transitions from wild food procurement to food production. In Kenya and Tanzania,...

Entwicklung des Klimas – Ein erdgeschichtlicher Überblick

Viereinhalb Milliarden Jahre Erdgeschichte ist untrennbar mit der Entstehung und Entwicklung von Organismen seit etwa 3,8 Milliarden Jahren verbunden. Die dynamischen Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Geo-...

Earth Observation | Copernicus

Earth Observation provides us the tools we need to better understand and monitor our planet. This information can be used to make better decisions...