UMaine-led study: Imaging spectroscopy can predict water stress in wild blueberry fields
(University of Maine) Imaging spectroscopy can help predict water stress in wild blueberry barrens, according to a University of Maine-led study. Researchers deployed a drone with a spectrometer to photograph wild blueberry fields, then process the images to measure reflected light spectra from plants for properties that would help them estimate water potential. Incorporating data from the images into models allowed them predict water stress in the fields. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 1, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Rethinking plastics
(University of Delaware) In a new issue of Science, devoted to the plastics problem, University of Delaware researchers LaShanda Korley and Thomas Epps, III, join collaborators in calling for new approaches to plastics design, production and use, with the goal of keeping plastics out of landfills and waterways, reusing the valuable resources they represent indefinitely in a " circular " plastics economy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 1, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Leading scientists praise UNESCO's draft decision on the Great Barrier Reef
(ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies) Scientists praise UNESCO for its leadership in recommending the Great Barrier Reef be inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 1, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Why are some fish warm-blooded? Predatory sharks gain speed advantage
(Trinity College Dublin) New research from marine biologists offers answers to a fundamental puzzle that had until now remained unsolved: why are some fish warm-blooded when most are not? It turns out that while (warm-blooded) fish able to regulate their own body temperatures can swim faster, they do not live in waters spanning a broader range of temperatures. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 1, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
NIST laser 'comb' systems now measure all primary greenhouse gases in the air
(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded their laser frequency-comb instrument to simultaneously measure three airborne greenhouse gases -- nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and water vapor -- plus the major air pollutants ozone and carbon monoxide. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 30, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
