Aside from storing carbon dioxide in themselves, mangroves can sequester more carbon dioxide than the average tree thanks to their unique roots. First, their roots have microbial mats that constantly take in CO2 from the air to make oxygen. Second, their roots produce acids that break down limestone and turn the released CO2 into carbonate (a type of salt) that prevents it from being released into the atmosphere. Thanks to these properties, Vietnam has offset five years of carbon emissions after replanting their mangrove forests. Read full article here
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‘Ghostly’ neutrinos provide new path to study protons
In groundbreaking research, an international collaboration of scientists from the University of Rochester have used a beam of neutrinos to measure the size and shape of the protons that make up the nuclei of atoms. This feat, once thought impossible, provides scientists with a new way of looking at the small components of an atom’s nucleus and opens up a wealth of new information about the structure of an atom’s nucleus and the dynamics of the forces that affect neutrino interactions. The researchers solved the challenge of harnessing neutrinos in large numbers by using a neutrino detector containing a target of both hydrogen and carbon atoms, and over nine years of data collection at Fermilab’s accelerator. Read full article here
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March 25, 2023
