Neanderthals of Western Mediterranean did not become extinct because of changes in climate
Credit: Photo: O. Lacarbonara Homo Neanderthaliensis did not become extinct because of changes in climate. At least, this did not ...
Tag: Climate Change
Cacti and other iconic desert plants threatened by solar development
Native desert plants important to indigenous cultures especially vulnerableCredit: Steve Grodsky, UC Davis With their tough skins, pointy armor and ...
Native bushland’s fertility secret
Soil microbes could promote better farm outputsCredit: CSIRO In hotter, dryer conditions with climate change, a secret agent for more ...
Geoengineering is just a partial solution to fight climate change
The technology's regional impacts depend on how much greenhouse gas emissions are reducedCredit: AGU/Brian West Could we create massive sulfuric ...
NOAA names University of Miami to lead cooperative institute
Awarded up to $310 million over the course of five years, potential for renewal for another five years based on ...
Clear strategies needed to reduce bushmeat hunting
Disease prevention and protection of species require differentiated strategiesCredit: Wild Chimpanzee Foundation Covid-19 and the associated global economic, health and ...
River plants counter both flooding and drought to protect biodiversity
Credit: Loreta Cornacchia 'Water plants are a nuisance in streams, blocking the flow. You should remove them'. This notion has ...
Climate-friendly Cooling Could Cut Years of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Save US$ Trillions: UN
As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are critical to reaching Paris Agreement goals; ...
Predicting the biodiversity of rivers
Credit: Florian Altermatt, University of Zurich Biodiversity is severely threatened both in Switzerland and worldwide, and numerous organisms are facing ...
Heat stress: The climate is putting European forests under sustained pressure
Credit: University of Basel No year since weather records began was as hot and dry as 2018. A first comprehensive ...
NYU Tandon’s Urban Future Lab and leading organizations launch carbontech initiative
Leading climatetech innovation organizations launch multi-year initiative to accelerate the trillion-dollar carbon-to-value marketCredit: NYU Tandon New York City, N.Y., and ...
NASA finds limited water vapor as depression 06E becomes a trough
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, it gathered water vapor data on Tropical ...
Geoengineering’s benefits limited for apple crops in India
Abruptly ending climate intervention might backfire rapidlyCredit: Jyoti Singh Geoengineering - spraying sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to combat global ...
Invasive alien species may soon cause dramatic global biodiversity loss
Experts identify future tipping point due to rapid spread of non-native plants and animalsCredit: Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS (CC BY 2.0) ...
NASA infrared view finds small areas of strength in new depression 6E
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite used infrared light to identify the strongest storms and coldest cloud top temperatures in Tropical ...
Space to grow, or grow in space — how vertical farms could be ready to take-off
Credit: LettUs Grow Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi. But there is a growing environmental ...
Molecularly thin interface between polymers — for efficient CO2 capture membrane
Researchers in I2CNER, Kyushu University discovered the highly selective separation of CO2 over nitrogen in composite membranes with ultrathin layers ...
Burrowing crabs reshaping salt marshes, with climate change to blame
Credit: Christine Angelini PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new study reveals how climate change has enabled a voracious crab species to ...
Merging solar cell and liquid battery produces long-lasting solar storage
Research opens path for new home solar technologyCredit: Wenjie Li/UW-Madison Solar cell researchers at the University of Sydney and University ...
Insights into climate change during origin of dinosaurs
An international team reveals discoveries about an unusual time called the 'Carnian Pluvial Episode'Credit: Jorge Gonzalez/NHMU The Triassic Period, about ...
