Much to glean when times are rough
Credit: Ruby Grantham / ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. Scientists say stable seafood consumption amongst the world's ...
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Are plastics and microplastics in the Ocean on the increase?
The answer might not be so straightforwardCredit: Prof. Alan Deidun That is the question that Prof. Alan Deidun, resident academic ...
Wellbeing benefits of wetlands
Study measures high value of natural coastal assetsCredit: Professor Sabine Dittmann, Flinders University Australians love their beaches, and now a ...
Culture shapes willingness to share personal data to reduce COVID-19 spread
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Culture, civic-mindedness and privacy concerns influence how willing people are to share ...
Pace of prehistoric human innovation could be revealed by ‘linguistic thermometer’
Physics expert joins forces with linguists to better model the pastCredit: Image from Martin Sanchez on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/ Multi-disciplinary researchers ...
Dawn Wright Selected as fellow of The Oceanography Society
For outstanding and sustained contributions to the field of oceanographyCredit: Eric Laycock The Oceanography Society (TOS) congratulates Dr. Dawn Wright ...
Counting elephants from space
Satellite images processed with the help of computer algorithms are a promising new tool for surveying endangered wildlife.Credit: Satellite image ...
Understanding future species distribution: new data for biogeographers
Credit: Noce, S., Caporaso, L. & Santini, M. A new global dataset of bioclimatic indicators. Sci Data 7, 398 (2020). ...
Israel can expect a major earthquake of 6.5 on the Richter scale in the coming years
For the first time in Israel: Drilling under the bed of the Dead Sea; Documents 220,000 years of earthquakesCredit: Tel ...
New bacterial culture methods could result in the discovery of new species
The culture-dependent study allowed to isolate a surprisingly large number of diverse and previously unreported bacterial strains from the Tabernas ...
Subscriptions to satellite alerts linked to decreased deforestation in Africa
Credit: Fanny Moffette / University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African ...
Surveys identify relationship between waves, coastal cliff erosion
Study shows waves, rainfall important parts of erosion process, providing new opportunity to improve forecastsCredit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Scripps ...
Human-made landscape promotes coexistence of two normally separated Andean warblers
Two Andean warbler species that typically occur at different elevations and hunt by tricking insects to escape can co-occur at ...
Melody of an Alpine summit falling apart
Seismometers listen to the resonance vibration of the Hochvogel, AllgäuCredit: TU München The entire summit of the 2592 metres high ...
New model reveals previously unrecognized complexity of oceanic earthquake zones
University of Tsukuba researchers have developed a state-of-the-art model, which has revealed major complexity in rupture processes even in simple ...
Fire-resistant tropical forest on brink of disappearance –
Research on Indonesia shows effect of human modificationCredit: T. Smith A new study led by researchers in the Geography Department ...
Greenland ‘knickpoints’ could stall spread of glacial thinning
Credit: Tim Bartholomaus The jagged terrain of Greenland's mountains is protecting some of the island's outlet glaciers from warm coastal ...
Plant diversity in Germany on the decline
Most comprehensive evaluation of the occurrence of vascular plants in Germany to dateCredit: Sebastian Lakner In an area covering the ...
Study: Oregon’s Western Cascades watershed to experience larger, more frequent fires
Credit: U.S. Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Region The Clackamas Basin rarely experiences the intense fire activity that burned in ...
“Birthday” of the roof of the world recalibrated
Third Pole rose to modern height much later than previously thoughtCredit: TPE As the roof of the world, the Third ...