Tag: Climate Change

Walton Family Foundation grant will create the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, covering agriculture, water and environmental issues ...

Q-CTRL awarded $3.5 million grant from Australian government for space-based quantum sensors

Company to expand the development and manufacture of advanced sensors for climate data monitoring, mining, defense applications and moreCredit: Q-CTRL ...

Creating a lab mangrove helps to identify new bacteria

Ancient ostrich eggshell reveals new evidence of extreme climate change thousands of years ago

Credit: Philip Kiberd Evidence from an ancient eggshell has revealed important new information about the extreme climate change faced by ...

Climate changed the size of our bodies and, to some extent, our brains

Credit: Manuel Will The average body size of humans has fluctuated significantly over the last million years and is strongly ...

More EVs could reduce CO2 emissions in Hawaii by 93% in less than 30 years

Credit: Plug'n Drive (derivative work: Mariordo), CC-by-SA-2.0 By 2050, faster adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and faster generation of renewable ...

NASA space lasers map meltwater lakes in Antarctica with striking precision

Credit: Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Dr. Kelly Brunt From above, the Antarctic Ice Sheet might look like a calm, ...

Arctic seabirds are less heat tolerant, more vulnerable to climate change

Arctic species poorly adapted for coping with rising temperatures as the Arctic continues to warmCredit: Douglas Noblet The Arctic is ...

Wolbachia and the paradox of growth regulation

A genetic approach offers new clues to the regulation of Wolbachia proliferation and the effect of over-proliferation on the insect ...

Changes in Earth’s orbit enabled the emergence of complex life

Credit: University of Southampton Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that changes in Earth's orbit may have allowed ...

Secret to weathering climate change lies at our feet

New research on the microbiome of grass shows that the future lies with healthy bacteriaCredit: Richard Wellenberger/iStock/Getty Images Plus AMHERST, ...

From eyebrow beans to ‘lost’ rice: community seedbanks are protecting China’s crops

Despite being relatively new in China, community-led seedbanks are a valuable resource in conserving agricultural biodiversity. For the first time, ...

Predicting the future of cod

Hereon scientists develop new fisheries management planning tool -- fewer stocks expectedCredit: Photo: David Young via Fotolia The future of ...

Research enhances understanding of switchgrass, an important bioenergy crop