Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
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Lowering the cost of reforestation for climate mitigation
By applying natural regeneration and plantations where each is more cost-effective, reforestation could achieve up to ten times more low-cost mitigation than previously estimated by the IPCC.
Crop redistribution can reduce the environmental footprint within groundwater depletion regions by more than one-third and contribute to the recovery of groundwater table
How to provide co-benefits of food security, resource use efficiency, and friendly environment for spatially targeted, remains unanswered especially in groundwater depletion (GWD) regions. we developed a framework for crop redistribution to achieve synergistic effects across multi-dimensions.
Accelerated Warming in the North Pacific Since 2013
In a new study published in Nature Climate Change, a team of researchers has uncovered an accelerated warming in the North Pacific since 2013 and its causes (Hu et al. 2024)
Contributions of core, mantle and climatological processes to Earth’s polar motion
In a new study published in Nature Geoscience, a team of researchers have uncovered the causes of Earth's spin axis motion.
Identification of an effective and rapidly degradable disinfectant from disinfection byproducts
We report an effective and rapidly degradable alternative to the widely used disinfectant, chloroxylenol. The newly identified disinfectant has the potential to address the dilemma that disinfectants face in balancing human biosecurity and environmental sustainability.
Change of El Niño onset location around 1970
A marked interdecadal shift of El Niño onset location occurred around 1970, that is, El Niño started its warming in eastern Pacific before 1970 but in western Pacific after 1970. The current study reveals the role of the interdecadal mean state change in causing the El Niño onset location shift.
Sex Differences in Fitted Face Mask Performance
“Have you ever noticed your mask leaking air around your nose or fogging up your glasses?”
To briefly describe a central study motivation, we asked participants this simple question before they undertook mask fit testing at the EPA Human Studies Facility located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
