Juicy past of favorite Okinawan fruit revealed
Credit: Hidekazu Sumi Citrus fruits from the mandarin family have important commercial value but how their diversity arose has been ...
Tag: Geography
Extreme heat, dry summers main cause of tree death in Colorado’s subalpine forests
Credit: Robert Andrus Even in the absence of bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire, trees in Colorado subalpine forests are dying ...
New study reports strong indications of freshened groundwater offshore the Maltese Islands
Study is a product of the MARCAN project, led by the University of MaltaCredit: Prof. Aaron Micallef An international team ...
Arrival of land plants changed Earth’s climate control system
The arrival of plants on land about 400 million years ago may have changed the way the Earth naturally regulates ...
Rise in Southeast Asia forest clearance increasing greenhouse gases
Credit: Dominick Spracklen Forest clearance in Southeast Asia is accelerating, leading to unprecedented increases in carbon emissions, according to new ...
Mapping biodiversity in South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region
The region includes two Global Biodiversity Hotspots; the project will document the distribution and function of species and ecosystemsCredit: Credit: ...
Coastal wetlands are nature’s flood defences
They offer more protection than we thought, estuaries study showsCredit: Swansea University Coastal wetlands - such as salt marshes - ...
Continental pirouettes
Supervolcano fed from Earth's mantle caused crustal plates to rotateCredit: Alisha Steinberger The plates of the Earth's crust perform complicated ...
Bringing chemical production and manufacturing together
Development of a small, flexible and cost-effective acrylonitrile modular reactor could give carbon fiber producers better access to affordable feedstockCredit: ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Gulf Coast ready to develop carbon storage hub
Credit: Carol M. Highsmith/ Library of Congress. The stage is set for a new carbon storage economy to emerge along ...
Sustainable mining of raw materials from thermal springs in Chile
Brinemine project at KIT: Responsible extraction of energy, raw materials, and drinking water from geothermal wellsCredit: Valentin Goldberg, KIT Mineral ...