Tag: Earth Science

The analysis of sediment cores from the Mediterranean Sea combined with Earth system models tells the story of major environmental ...

Local emissions amplify regional haze and particle growth

Credit: Yele Sun New particle formation (NPF) is a major source of aerosol particles in the global atmosphere. In polluted ...

Forty years of coral spawning captured in one place for the first time

Credit: James R. Guest Efforts to understand when corals reproduce have been given a boost thanks to a new resource ...

Prosopis juliflora acutely reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods

Prosopis juliflora seriously diminishes water resources in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, consuming enough of this already scarce resource to ...

Ecologists conducted a novel study on vegetation transpiration from a global network of 251 sites

Credit: RUDN University An ecologist from RUDN University together with colleagues from 14 countries compared three methods for estimating ecosystem ...

Using science to explore a 60-year-old Russian mystery

Credit: Gaume/Puzrin In early October 2019, when an unknown caller rang EPFL professor Johan Gaume's cell phone, he could hardly ...

635 million-year-old fungi-like microfossil that bailed us out of an ice age discovered

It is the oldest terrestrial fossil ever found.Credit: Credit: Andrew Czaja of University of Cincinnati. When you think of fungi, ...

Reconstruction shows increased global warming trends since 1850s

Credit: Qingxiang Li Earth is warming rapidly, but there is too little observational data in some regions such as the ...

In Brazil, many smaller dams disrupt fish more than large hydropower projects

Credit: Victor Baptista The development of small hydropower dams is widespread throughout Brazil and elsewhere in the world, vastly overshadowing ...

Diving into devonian seas: Ancient marine faunas unlock secrets of warming oceans

Credit: Syracuse University Members of Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences are shining new light on an enduring mystery--one ...

Pioneering research unravels hidden origins of Eastern Asia’s ‘land of milk and honey’

Credit: Dr Shufeng Li A study has revealed for the first time the ancient origins of one of the world's ...

Forests with diverse tree sizes and small clearings hinder wildland fire growth

Novel 3D computational study links observable forest characteristics with fire behavior and reveals how forest structure propagates fireCredit: Courtesy of ...

Getting to net zero — and even net negative — is surprisingly feasible, and affordable

New analysis provides detailed blueprint for the US to become carbon neutral by 2050Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab) Reaching zero net ...

Important climate change mystery solved by scientists