Tag: Climate Change

January 21, 2021

Credit: Southern Seas Ecology Laborator Research from the University of Adelaide has found that some species of fish will have ...

Late rainy season reliably predicts drought in regions prone to food insecurity

January 21, 2021

New indicator could help mitigate food insecurity in Sub-Saharan AfricaCredit: Shukla et al, PLOS ONE 2021 (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The ...

Disease threatens to decimate western bats

White-nose syndrome predicted to drastically impact hibernating bat species in the WestCredit: Kim Raff BOZEMAN, Montana (January 19, 2021) - ...

Butterfly anti-aphrodisiac and floral scent

Animals and plants take different evolutionary routes to the same chemicalCredit: Kelsey JRP Byers, 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ A novel family of ...

Acidification impedes shell development of plankton off the US West Coast

Credit: Credit: NOAA Ocean Acidification Program Shelled pteropods, microscopic free-swimming sea snails, are widely regarded as indicators for ocean acidification ...

A new carbon budget framework provides a clearer view of our climate deadlines

Concordia's Damon Matthews outlines a more comprehensive method of calculating how much CO2 we can emit and still meet Paris ...

Canadian researchers create new form of cultivated meat

Layered sheets of cells stack up to slabs of lab-made meatCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Jan. 19, 2021 -- McMaster ...

Improving long-term climate calculations

A new method reduces uncertainties in computer model estimations of climate change over thousands of years.Credit: TiPES/HP Climate researchers have ...

UN disaster aid is driven by humanitarian need rather than by strategic donor interests

Credit: Photo: Bernhard Folz A new study published in PNAS finds that aid provided by the United Nations (UN) in ...

Using ancient fossils and gravitational-wave science to predict earth’s future

A group of international scientists, including an Australian astrophysicist, has used knowhow from gravitational wave astronomy (used to find black ...

A new archaeology for the Anthropocene era

January 18, 2021

Credit: Alison Crowther Indiana Jones and Lara Croft have a lot to answer for. Public perceptions of archaeology are often ...

Stuck in a rut: Ocean acidification locks algal communities in a simplified state

January 15, 2021

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that ocean acidification restricts algal communities to a state of low biodiversity and ...

Are partially protected areas the ‘red herrings’ of marine conservation?

January 15, 2021

Credit: Photo: John Turnbull/UNSW Sydney. Partially protected areas - marine reserves that allow some forms of fishing - are no ...

Understanding future species distribution: new data for biogeographers

Credit: Noce, S., Caporaso, L. & Santini, M. A new global dataset of bioclimatic indicators. Sci Data 7, 398 (2020). ...

Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environmental study says

Simple tips to go green with your internet use during a pandemicCredit: Purdue University/Kayla Wiles WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- It's ...

BioRescue two new northern white rhino embryos created at Christmas

Now there are fiveCredit: Rio the Photographer Happy end to a challenging year: Two new northern white rhino embryos created ...

Greenland melting likely increased by bacteria in sediment