Sugar brings a lot of carbon dioxide into the deeper sea
Laminarin plays central role in marine carbon cycle; in the sunlit surface layer of the ocean, photosynthetic microalgae convert much ...
Tag: Climate Change
6000-8000 km round trip flight of migratory wading birds tracked
Credit: Satoe Kasahara Ph.D., Suwa Hydrobiological Station, Faculty of Science, and Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University The next time ...
‘Fatal attraction’: Small carnivores drawn to kill sites, then ambushed by larger kin
Credit: Kaija Klauder/University of Washington In many parts of the world, there is an imbalance in the food chain. Without ...
Tropical Cyclone Herold’s eye opens further on NASA satellite imagery
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview As Tropical Cyclone Herold intensified, its eye appeared more defined in imagery taken by NASA's Terra ...
Natural solutions to the climate crisis? One-quarter is all down to Earth…
Credit: KIB Joint research conducted by The Nature Conservancy and the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences calculated ...
How horses can save the permafrost
New mitigation strategy bears great potentialCredit: Pleistocene Park Permafrost soils in the Arctic are thawing. As they do, large additional ...
Predicting the impacts of white-nose syndrome in bats
Credit: Virginia Tech Since 2005, millions of bats have perished from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus ...
Limited nuclear war could have big impact on world food supplies
India vs. Pakistan conflict could lead to worst food losses in modern historyCredit: Julie Doll, MSU/NSF KBS LTER Site A ...
Coronavirus-infected patients needing emergency surgery: Anesthesia standards
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc,, publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--Physicians describe the standardized procedure of surgical anesthesia for ...
Bargain-hunting for biodiversity
New tool pinpoints conservation targetsCredit: Nathan Bendik, City of Austin KNOXVILLE --The best bargains for conserving some of the world's ...
Shining a light on international energy inequality
Credit: Unequal Scenes, @johnny_miller_photography CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN A new study examines energy inequality for income classes across 86 countries, ...
NASA finds Gretel becoming extra-tropical
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and captured an image of Tropical Storm ...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Herold’s eye
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and captured an image of a well-developed ...
For migratory alewife, urbanization of coastal areas means smaller size, poorer health
Credit: Rita Monteiro Pierce WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- It's not spring in New England until the herring are running. From ...
UM professor helps Malaysia develop conservation areas, protect species
Credit: Jedediah Brodie MISSOULA - Jedediah Brodie has spent a career tromping around tropical rainforests, conducting on-the-ground research in some ...
NASA’s Terra Satellite observes development of Tropical Storm 22S
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean ...
First-time direct proof of chemical reactions in particulates
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Mahir Dzambegovic Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new method to analyse particulate ...
How plants sound the alarm about danger
Team led by Salk scientists provides a detailed picture of how plant hormones communicate through gene regulationCredit: Salk Institute LA ...
SUTD develops missing link to circular economy while tackling global waste
Urban waste and bio-inspired engineering provide key ingredients to 3D printed bioplastic, allowing for global adoption of sustainable manufacturing processes.Credit: ...
UVM author reveals Thoreau’s relevance for today’s environmental and democratic crises
Bob Pepperman Taylor new book published by Notre Dame PressCredit: UVM Photo BURLINGTON - Bob Pepperman Taylor, the Elliott A. ...
