The team leveraged the Blue Waters supercomputer, housed at the U of I National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), in their research. Their paper was published in Earth System Science Data in February 2021.
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IMAGE: CABBI s Kaiyu Guan (left) and Chongya Jiang hope to leverage their cutting-edge SLOPE GPP product not only toward the advancement of agricultural science, but for the well-being of humankind. By. view more
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As most of us learned in school, plants use sunlight to synthesize carbon dioxide (CO
2) and water into carbohydrates in a process called photosynthesis. But nature s factories don t just provide us with food they also generate insights into how ecosystems will react to a changing climate and carbon-filled atmosphere.
Because of their ability to make valuable products from organic compounds like CO
A new study by scientists at Utrecht University and the United Nations University concludes that about half of global wastewater is treated, rather than the previous estimate of 20%. Despite this promising finding, the authors warn that treatment rates in developing countries are still very low. The study and its dataset were published Open Access in the journal
About half of global wastewater is treated, instead of previous estimate of 20%, but treatment in developing areas still lags behind, a study released Monday said.
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