Environmental
Currently, rubber trees that grow on plantations in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia take years to grow
The ‘green’ grass of home
Technique controls toxicity of ionic liquids, could lower cost by recycling key ingredient
An unprecedented, UA-led study, combining projections of future climate with more than 2 million tree-ring records spanning all of North America, has resulted in detailed forecast maps for the continent that reveal how forest growth will be impacted by climate change
Very little is known about how marine microbes interact and carry out fundamental processes in the ocean, particularly in deep, low-oxygen waters where the impacts of climate change are becoming significant
Evidence growing of health problems linked to active unconventional natural gas wells
Getting clean water to communities in parched areas of the planet remains an ongoing challenge. Recent developments that harvest water from air have been proposed as a solution
“This will give us a better understanding of how life evolved”
Rice University technique could aid agriculture, wastewater, greenhouse gas studies
Method relies on dominance of Pacific Ocean as a global climate force
Team is always on the lookout for abundant and sustainable materials that can be converted into value-added products
