Increased risk of tularemia as the climate changes
Credit: Jolanta Dabrowska/Mostphotos Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a method for statistically predicting impacts of climate change on outbreaks ...
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NASA’s Terra satellite catches a glimpse of a fleeting Ema
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Storm Ema had a very short life, but NASA's Terra satellite caught a glimpse of ...
Targeting deeply held values crucial for inspiring pro-environmental behavior
Credit: Carena van Riper, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Given the alarming pace of climate change, it is increasingly ...
NASA provides a farewell infrared view of extra-tropical storm Melissa
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over North Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 14 and provided forecasters with an ...
Genetics to feed the world
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Wheat provides 20% of the total calories and protein content for the world's population and is ...
Researchers describe a survival strategy in living corals which was only seen in fossil records
Heatwaves in the MediterraneanCredit: Diego Kersting Some corals can recover after massive mortality episodes caused by the water temperature rise. ...
Achieving a safe and just future for the ocean economy
Credit: © 2019 The People Seas Initiative The economic potential of the oceans is expected to double from US$1.5 trillion ...
Making conservation ‘contagious’
Credit: The University of Queensland New research reveals conservation initiatives often spread like disease, a fact which can help scientists ...
Lakes worldwide are experiencing more severe algal blooms
Climate change is likely hampering recovery effortsCredit: NASA Earth Observatory image made by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the ...
Deep Purple — future biological darkening of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Purple algae are making the western Greenland Ice Sheet melt faster, as the algae darken the ice surface and make ...
Aerial photographs shed light on Mont Blanc ice loss
100 years of climate change visible in the AlpsCredit: Walter Mittelholzer, ETH-Bibliothek Zürich & Dr Kieran Baxter, University of Dundee ...
Has global warming stopped? The tap of incoming energy cannot be turned off
Credit: Jing Xu As a result of industrialization, the carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere has increased continuously over the ...
Study offers solution to Ice Age ocean chemistry puzzle
Credit: IMAS New research into the chemistry of the oceans during ice ages is helping to solve a puzzle that ...
A unique study sheds light on the ecology of the glacial relict amphipod Gammaracanthus lacustris
The species is adapted to cold water and would not survive in rising water temperatures due to climate changeCredit: The ...
Predicting the impact of climate change on bridge safety
Lehigh University researchers' novel approach combining climatology, hydrology, structural engineering, and risk assessment could help communities fortify bridges against scour ...
New large-sized insect species discovered in tropical forest
Credit: Photo: Tapani Hopkins Scientists at the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku in Finland have studied the diversity ...
Believing in climate change doesn’t mean you are preparing for climate change, study finds
Credit: University of Notre Dame Believing in climate change has no effect on whether or not coastal homeowners are protecting ...
When laying their eggs, tobacco hawkmoths avoid plants that smell of caterpillar feces
An olfactory co-receptor allows moths to avoid intraspecific competitionCredit: Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Ovipositing insects use ...
Dual approach needed to save sinking cities and bleaching corals
Credit: The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey / Richard Vevers DURHAM, N.C. - Local conservation can boost the ...
The benefits of updating agricultural drainage infrastructure
Credit: Michael Castellano AMES, Iowa - Massive networks of drains, pipes and tiles that enable food production on much of ...
