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Researchers discovered that phosphorus containing minerals may be driving the rapid growth of algae or algal blooms on the Greenland ice sheet. The sheet's western margin has developed massive areas of algal blooms known as the Dark Zone. As algal blooms grow they darken the ice surface, decreasing the ability to reflect sunlight, causing more melting and faster rising sea levels...

http://researchstoryteller.com/espressoknowledge/windphosphorousice

Researchers estimate that internet usage increased by up to 40% globally when countries issued stay-at-home orders from January to March 2020 as COVID19 spread. The increase triggered a massive demand for electricity to support data transmission and running hardware, water to cool these systems, and land to house them...

http://researchstoryteller.com/espressoknowledge/covid19digitalcost

Since March 2020, Newfoundland's Bonne Bay Cottage Hospital Heritage Corporation has run a meals-on-wheels program for seniors and residents who are self-isolating. The program helps Norris Point, where residents often drive over 100 kilometres for groceries, and the elderly are vulnerable to food insecurity...

http://researchstoryteller.com/espressoknowledge/ruralcanadaCOVID19

Researchers found that fact-checks work better after people read false headlines, compared to when fact-checks precede the headline or accompany it...

http://researchstoryteller.com/espressoknowledge/debunkfakenewsafterreadingit

The Maia Chess engine uses open-source artificial intelligence software to accurately predict how humans of different skill levels play chess and points out mistakes a player should work on to improve their game. The researchers who developed Maia hope that their work is a step towards creating better human-AI interactions in an increasingly digital and AI-heavy world...

http://researchstoryteller.com/espressoknowledge/chessaihumans

Bones of Cambridge city's medieval residents tell stories of rough lives and social inequality. Researchers studied hundreds of skeletons from different burial sites - a graveyard for working people, a hospital for the infirm and destitute, and a friary with wealthy donors and clergy....

http://researchstoryteller.com/espressoknowledge/cambridgeskeletons

Foraging human populations, birds, and mammals, all living in the same area, behave similarly. Researchers analyzed data from over 300 locations globally, observing behaviours of foraging humans together with other mammal and birds living in the same place...

http://researchstoryteller.com/espressoknowledge/humansbirdsmammals

Researchers studying academics in Australia and Japan found that Australian universities offer limited support for researchers doing public engagement. Universities prefer scholars share research within the scholarly community, academic journals, and conferences rather than the public as the former counts towards their performance evaluation and the latter is not considered part of their workload...

http://researchstoryteller.com/espressoknowledge/academicspublicengagement

Researchers examined a compensation scheme in Uganda that pays cattle and goat farmers to stop them from killing spotted hyenas and leopards. The predators are important and very profitable for tourism, but cause significant financial damage to farmers...

http://researchstoryteller.com/espressoknowledge/humansandwildlife

COVID19 has forced many into isolation and confinement.

According to one researcher, astronauts might have a few suggestions to cope - after all, isolation and confinement are their normal...

http://researchstoryteller.com/espressoknowledge/astronautslessonsinisolation