In a significant policy shift, South Korea announced on December 18, 2024, that it would end renewable energy subsidies for new biomass projects and for state-owned coal and biomass power plants starting January 2025. The statement also included South Korea’s commitment to gradually phase out subsidies that currently support existing power plants using imported forest…
Alfred Russel Wallace, the renowned British naturalist, once sent a package of land snails collected from Bacan Island to his colleague Hugh Cuming in England. Wallace stayed on Bacan Island from October 1858 to April 1859, and his collection later appeared in an 1861 publication that documented 47 new land snail species. Over 160 years…
Green ammonia (NH₃) is a cornerstone of modern agriculture, primarily used in fertilizers to enhance crop yields. Traditionally, ammonia is synthesized via the Haber-Bosch process, which combines nitrogen gas (N₂) from the atmosphere with hydrogen (H₂) under high temperatures and pressures. While effective, this method is energy-intensive and contributes significantly to global carbon emissions, accounting…
