U.S. Energy Emissions Set to Rise for Second Straight Year
Increasing demand for natural gas and oil has offset emissions reductions associated with coal and pushed U.S. energy emissions higher for a second consecutive yearThe Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) Playa del Rey underground natural gas storage facility in the Playa del Rey neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Friday, April 22, 2022. U.S.
Arctic Lakes Are Disappearing Fast, and Scientists Are Just Figuring Out Why
Credit: Jay BendtResearch sometimes proves, with data, what we more or less already know. Exercise is good for you, and polluted air isn’t. Still, sometimes our intuitions are incorrect, and scientific findings surprise researchers, along with the rest of us. A recent example is the phenomenon of disappearing lakes in the Arctic tundra. You might
These Male Wasps Use Genital Spines to Scare Off Attackers
In one species of mason wasp, “pseudo stings” on males’ genitals let them mimic females and scare predators“Pseudo stings” and reproductive organ of a male wasp of the species Anterhynchium gibbifrons. Credit: “Male Wasp Genitalia as an Anti-Predator Defense,” by Shinji Sugiura and Misaki Tsuji, in Current Biology. Published online December 19, 2022 (CC BY 4.0)Males of
Regulatory review: The Top 10 most-read APAC F&B regulation and policy stories in 2022
Palm oil attacks? Why EU’s latest sustainability plans risk alienating Indonesia amid free trade talksPalm oil industry experts warned earlier this year that the European Union’s (EU) proposed regulations on deforestation carried major risk of upsetting Indonesia amidst free-trade negotiations.The EU's anti-deforestation regulations in the name of sustainability which basically call for the ban of
Top Trends: The top 10 APAC food and beverage industry trends stories from 2022
Alcohol and COVID-19: Good news for red wine drinkers, but blow for beer boozers?Trend: Health and wellnessPeople who consumed red wine between one to more than five glasses a week were revealed to have a 10 to 17% lower risk in contracting COVID-19, but beer drinkers had a heightened risk.This were the findings of a
