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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Dec-2025 04:16 ET (16-Dec-2025 09:16 GMT/UTC)

1-Jul-2025

Climate change alters distribution of sea life

Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST, President Hyi Seung Lee) established, through genetic connectivity analysis, that a northward shift in the habitat of Turbo sazae, from the southern coast to the eastern coast of Korea, is closely related to rising sea temperatures caused by climate change. The research findings were published in an international academic journal.

Journal: Animals

30-Jun-2025

Harnessing clean energy from the sun and deep space: A breakthrough in thermoelectric generators

FAR Publishing Limited

A new review highlights advancements in thermoelectric generators (TEGs) that use solar energy and radiative cooling to produce clean electricity. This breakthrough technology shows promise for off-grid power solutions and sustainable energy applications.

Journal: Energy Engineering
Funder: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme sponsored by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong and the National Natural Science Foundation of China

30-Jun-2025

Southern Ocean saltier, hotter and losing ice fast as decades-long trend unexpectedly reverses

University of Southampton
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ice in steep decline.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

30-Jun-2025

Montana State geologist’s Antarctic research focuses on accumulations of rare earth elements

Montana State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Zachary Burton’s recent paper describes how critical minerals mobilize and accumulate in cold, arid environments.

Journal: Cold Regions Science and Technology

30-Jun-2025

Where there’s fire, there’s smoke

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new online platform, SMRT-Flames, can identify areas in need of land management in order to reduce future smoke exposures from uncontrolled fires. While most wildfire tools predict fire risk, SMRT-Flames explicitly considers smoke exposure across populations

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology

30-Jun-2025

Urban gardening mitigates climate change

SWPS University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Urban gardens are perfect spaces for communing with nature and building social bonds. Such places can also be important for climate change mitigation. Does urban gardening in Warsaw have potential and how to develop related initiatives? Researchers from the SWPS University, Warsaw University of Technology and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences investigated this issue.

Journal: Miscellanea Geographica
Funder: National Science Centre

27-Jun-2025

Tiny ocean migrants play a massive role in Southern Ocean carbon storage

University of Plymouth
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study has revealed for the first time that zooplankton migration contributes significantly to carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean—a process overlooked in climate models.

Journal: Limnology and Oceanography
Funder: Natural Environment Research Council