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7-May-2026
Climate-driven extreme fire danger cannot be prevented by carbon neutrality alone
Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)POSTECH Professor Seung-Ki Min’s Research Team Compares Future Extreme Fire Weather Under ‘Net-Zero’ vs. ‘Net-Negative’ Emission Scenarios.
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- Science Advances
2-May-2026
China forges world‑leading national park system to safeguard critical ecosystems and global biodiversity
South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesA new commentary outlines China’s ambitious national park strategy, which balances strict ecological protection, public welfare, and sustainable development to conserve key ecosystems and prioritize global biodiversity goals.
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- Biological Diversity
29-Apr-2026
‘Lab-on-a-drone’ tests remote farm waterways for nitrate levels
Iowa State University
Iowa State researchers have developed a "lab-on-a-drone" that can fly to remote, marshy areas of farm fields and collect real-time measurements of nitrates. The resulting maps of nutrient concentrations could provide "an evaluation critical for both economic and environmental sustainability," according to the researchers.
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- ACS Sensors
- Funder
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
29-Apr-2026
Toxic lead still persists in Metro Manila air amid fuel crisis and despite interventions
Ateneo de Manila UniversityCounterintuitively, despite the ongoing fuel crisis and the over two decades since the global phaseout of leaded gasoline, toxic lead still lingers in Metro Manila’s air.
- Journal
- Atmospheric Environment
28-Apr-2026
Traceable and revocable multi-authority ABE supporting decryption outsourcing and policy update for cloud data access control
Higher Education Press
Nowadays, vast and rapidly growing information acts as digital records of social activities and is widely collected and stored as economic assets. To reduce the difficulty and local data management’s cost significantly, cloud storage services provide a highly available, high-performance, and low-cost solution for user data hosting, enabling remote access, backup, and sharing of data stored by the cloud. However, this service model is not without security risks, including user privacy exposure, low trustworthiness of data, and unauthorized access. To address these concerns, attribute-based encryption
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- Frontiers of Computer Science
22-Apr-2026
A study highlights hidden environmental risks of biochar use
Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Biochar has been widely promoted as a sustainable solution for improving soil health, cleaning polluted water, and capturing carbon. However, a comprehensive review warns that its environmental safety may be more complex than previously thought.
- Journal
- Biochar
21-Apr-2026
New commentary debates land-use trade-offs: farmland-to-forest or forest-to-farmland in China
South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
A new commentary analyzes China’s shifting land-use policies, weighing ecological restoration via Grain for Green against food security pressures that have spurred forest-to-farmland conversion.
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- Biological Diversity
20-Apr-2026
New insights into “forever chemicals” reveal how biochar could help clean up persistent pollution
Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, widely known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” have become a growing global concern due to their persistence, toxicity, and widespread presence in water, soil, and even food. A new review study highlights how biochar, a carbon-rich material derived from biomass, could play a key role in addressing this environmental challenge.
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- Biochar