Science writer with a Ph.D. in molecular biology, specialism in molecular pathways that fish use to respond to changing environments. Interested in all things aquatic and mitigating climate change.
In 10 seconds? Conserving marine areas can help in the fight against climate change by protecting biodiversity which helps the ocean to sequester more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and foster adaptation to changing environmen...
In 10 seconds? A team of scientists is exploring ways to make the stratosphere reflect more sunlight which could help keep the Earth cooler and reduce the impacts of climate change. What? How exactly do they plan to apply this cl...
In 10 seconds? Researchers have managed to increase yields by up to 20% in soybeans after they successfully genetically altered them to make photosynthesis more efficient. On top of that, they did not see any loss of quality in th...
In 10 seconds? Recent findings suggest that the efficiency of wind turbines could be ramped up by a quarter which could combat the decline in global wind resources that we are expected to see in the 21st century because of climate...
In 10 seconds? Researchers predict that the amount of carbon stored by plankton in the ocean will increase over the coming century. However, this could stall and subsequently reverse by 2100 due to climate change, resulting in the...
In 10 seconds? Climate change could force wild animals to relocate from their current habitats, into areas with high human populations. This could dramatically increase the risk of a virus jumping from its animal host to humans wh...
In 10 seconds? An advancement in thermal capture technology is promising to enable us to harness the sun’s energy at night. A new device developed and tested by researchers in Sydney uses technology that is similar to that found i...
In 10 seconds? Summer is on in the Northern Hemisphere (at the time of writing), and a recent study has found that the “wet-bulb temperature” limit at which we can cope with heat stress is much lower than thought - even for younge...
In 10 seconds? Researchers predict that over 89.5% of corn-growing counties across 15 US states will be affected by aflatoxin contamination between 2031 and 2040. The findings from their study could have worrying implications for...