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30-Jun-2026

Hanyang University researchers explore perovskite solar cells for space, underwater, and other extreme environments

Hanyang University Research Strategy Planning Team
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Reliable power generation remains a major challenge in extreme environments where access to conventional energy infrastructure is limited. In a recent review, researchers from Hanyang University examine how perovskite solar cells could provide lightweight, efficient, and durable power solutions for applications in space, underwater settings, deserts, polar regions, and high-altitude locations. The review highlights advances in materials and device engineering that could support future remote and off-grid energy systems.

Journal: Nano-Micro Letters

30-Jun-2026

New study deciphers monsoon drivers at seasonal level

MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
Peer-Reviewed Publication

High-resolution sediment analyses from the Arabian Sea reveal, for the first time, that summer and winter monsoons respond differently to global climate change. Researchers from the University of Bremen contributed to the study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Journal: Nature Geoscience

29-Jun-2026

Biochar helps paddy soils lock away carbon by reshaping microbial life underground

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Paddy soils are a major opportunity for climate change mitigation, but not all organic amendments help soil store carbon in the same way. A new study published in Biochar shows that rice straw and straw-derived biochar take very different routes once they enter the soil, largely because they favor different microbial “life strategies.”

Journal: Biochar

29-Jun-2026

Destination Earth moves into its third phase

ECMWF
Business Announcement

Destination Earth (DestinE), the European Commission’s flagship initiative to build highly accurate digital twins of the Earth system, has officially moved into its third phase.

29-Jun-2026

Scientists find ozone depletion began decades before discovery of ozone hole

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ozone depletion began decades before discovery of ozone hole, MIT scientists have found. Using modern tools, they also determined that carbon tetrachloride, a common dry-cleaning and degreasing agent, was at the root of early ozone loss.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, European Commission

29-Jun-2026

Detection of Earth’s free oscillations utilizing TianQin

Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As humanity's exploration of the Earth's internal structure deepens, Earth's free oscillations, serving as crucial "fingerprints" for revealing the large-scale structure and dynamic processes within the Earth, have always been a core subject in geophysics. Ground-based station observations are currently the mainstream method for measuring Earth's free oscillations. With the advancement of space technology, high-precision inter-satellite distance measurement holds the potential to become a novel method for detecting these oscillations.

29-Jun-2026

Methane munchers in the deep sea rapidly respond to a seabed methane leak

Science China Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Human activity and climate change are estimated to increase the amount of seabed methane leakage. Much of the methane could be consumed by microbes, yet it is unclear how quickly such communities establish. Through six-year seabed monitoring, researchers found that an animal-microbe “biofilter” removing up to100% of the dissolved methane can develop in just 2–3 years, not the decades once thought. Fast-growing methane-oxidizing microbes feed burrowing animals, which churn the seafloor like tiny gardeners to help the microbes feast on the greenhouse gas. This discovery improves our understanding of seafloor methane removal capacity, which is critical to assess the effects of global warming and anthropogenic disturbance in the deep sea.

Journal: National Science Review