A research team conducted an extensive field investigation across the Tianshan Mountains and found that climate-driven warming and increased soil moisture could substantially reshape nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions in arid ecosystems.

University of Phoenix announces the publication of “Harnessing AI, Virtual Landscapes, and Anthropomorphic Imaginaries to Enhance Environmental Science Education at Jökulsárlón Proglacial Lagoon, Iceland” in Glacies. The peer-reviewed study, which examines how character-driven narratives and human-centered AI can support adult learners in their understanding of complex scientific ideas, is authored by Jacquelyn Kelly, Ph.D., associate dean, College of General Studies; Dianna Gielstra, Ph.D., full‑time faculty, Environmental Science Program, College of General Studies; Tomáš J. Oberding, Ph.D., full‑time faculty, Environmental Science Program, College of General Studies; Jim Bruno, MBA, associate dean, College of Business and Information Technology; and Stephanie Cosentino, MAEd, senior instructional designer, University of Phoenix.

A research team has uncovered strikingly different effects of biochar on nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from acidic agricultural soils, showing that while biochar can significantly reduce emissions in upland fields, it may sharply increase them in flooded paddy soils.

A research team has established the first comprehensive atmospheric nitrogen budget for the Erhai Lake Basin in southwestern China, demonstrating that the region functions as a substantial net source of reactive nitrogen (Nr) to the atmosphere.

“Skyrmions,” in which electron spins inside a magnet are arranged like vortices, are a key structure in next-generation spintronics technology. KAIST researchers have shown that skyrmions can form using only the fundamental physical interactions within magnets, without requiring special physical conditions. This finding expands the possibility of realizing skyrmions in a wide range of magnetic materials and suggests new potential for developing next-generation ultra-low-power information devices with data storage densities tens to hundreds of times higher than current technologies.

Japan's National Institute of Informatics (NII) has released new features in its Research Data Cloud (NII RDC) to help universities achieve immediate open access. The tools integrate GakuNin RDM and JAIRO Cloud, supporting researchers in publishing papers and supporting data, librarians in managing OA workflows, and research administrators in monitoring institutional OA status — all in compliance with Japan's new OA mandate for publicly funded research.