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June 15, 2024
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June 13, 2024 — Thirty-by-thirty: protect 30% of the planet by 2030. While conservation is popular in principle, the costs of actually enacting it often stall even the most earnest efforts. Researchers have now proposed a market-based approach to achieving the ...
June 13, 2024 — When it comes to the ocean's response to global warming, we're not in entirely uncharted waters. A new study shows that episodes of extreme heat in Earth's past caused the exchange of waters from the surface to the deep ocean to ...
June 13, 2024 — A new machine-learning system can automatically produce detailed maps from satellite data to show locations of likely beetle-killed spruce trees in Alaska, even in forests of low and moderate infestation where identification is otherwise difficult. ...
June 12, 2024 — Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have undergone a significant decline in body length since around the year 2000, a new study ...
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May 22, 2024 — Southern California's iconic sandy coastlines are vanishing at an alarming rate, and it's a warning sign for coastal communities worldwide, new ...
June 12, 2024 — Deposits of deep-pink sand washing up on South Australian shores shed new light on when the Australian tectonic plate began to subduct beneath the Pacific plate, as well as the presence of previously ...
June 12, 2024 — In addition to its human consequences, cocaine trafficking harms the environment and threatens habitats important to dozens of species of migratory birds, according to a new ...
June 12, 2024 — Studies working to map conservation historically have left humans out of the equation. This study proposes ways to build in the outsized footprint created by people in wild ...
June 11, 2024 — Emissions of nitrous-oxide (N2O) -- a potent greenhouse gas -- have continued to rise unabated over the past four decades, according to an ...
June 12, 2024 — Researchers found that mental representations known as cognitive maps, located in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, are activated when the brain performs mental simulations of a navigational ...
June 10, 2024 — The researchers say 3D visualization of hurricanes and storm surges allows them to understand how flooding will impact coastal communities by allowing them to vividly see how each building and road ...
June 10, 2024 — New research highlights inequities between downstream and upstream countries that share the same watershed. The study outlines how international agreements can better address shared resource problems ...
June 10, 2024 — A study has revealed that fine particulate matter from 1980 to 2020 was associated with approximately 135 million premature deaths ...
June 7, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that the turbulence found in the thermosphere -- known as the gateway to space -- and turbulence in the troposphere, here closer to sea level, follow the same physical ...
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June 7, 2024 — A new study has produced the first comprehensive survey of the many complex structures beneath the seafloor in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, off British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California. ...
June 6, 2024 — Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing systems allow researchers to inspect and characterize pavements, retaining walls, and embankments from space and can help determine if there are flaws ...
June 6, 2024 — Limited understanding of basic ocean processes is hindering progress in marine carbon dioxide removal, with the on-going commercialization of some approaches 'premature and misguided'. ...
June 5, 2024 — Scientists are getting closer to detecting bushfires in record time, thanks to cube satellites with onboard AI now able to detect fires from space 500 times faster than traditional on-ground ...
June 5, 2024 — A new genetic study found that heavy fishing in the early part of the fishing season may result in younger and smaller Atlantic salmon. This information can help to conserve large fish essential for ...
June 5, 2024 — Researchers have developed an innovative positioning system that enhances the versatility and accuracy of drone-viewpoint mixed reality (MR) applications by aligning real and virtual world ...
June 4, 2024 — An international team of conservation researchers and practitioners has developed an inclusive inventory approach for tracking global conservation areas, with an emphasis on local data and expertise. ...
June 4, 2024 — Giant viruses found on the Greenland ice sheet probably regulate the growth of snow algae on the ice by infecting them. Knowing how to control these viruses could help us reduce the rate of ...
June 4, 2024 — A new study offers first-time insights into three emerging climate innovations to safeguard or increase the carbon naturally captured by ocean and coastal ecosystems: rapid interventions to save the ...
June 4, 2024 — A 15-year period ending in 2020 that included a marine heat wave and a sea star wasting disease epidemic saw major changes in the groups of organisms that live along the rocky shores of the Pacific ...
June 4, 2024 — Lucinid clams, inconspicuous inhabitants of the seafloor and one of the most diverse group of animals in the ocean, rely on symbiotic bacteria for their survival. Researchers now reveal the ...
June 4, 2024 — Floating solar photovoltaic panels could supply all the electricity needs of some countries, new research has shown. The researchers calculated the daily electrical output for floating photovoltaics ...
June 3, 2024 — Marine conservation scientists advocate for a cultural shift in academia that fosters deeper connections with places of study and encourages collaboration with local communities to make science more ...
June 3, 2024 — A glacier's flow depends on how microscopic defects move through the ice, according to new research that also yielded a new model for predicting how glaciers will flow, ultimately contributing ...
June 3, 2024 — A new scientific model is giving researchers an unprecedented, global look at the activities of clams, worms, and other invertebrate animals that burrow at the bottom of the ...
June 3, 2024 — The movement of carbon between the atmosphere, oceans and continents -- or carbon cycle -- regulates Earth's climate, with the ocean playing a major role in carbon sequestration. A new study ...
June 3, 2024 — Snaring -- a non-selective method of poaching using wire traps -- is widespread in tropical forests in Southeast Asia. Snaring decimates wildlife populations and has pushed many larger mammals to ...
June 3, 2024 — Urgent action now is needed to tackle the major and growing global issue of invasive alien species, says a team of 88 experts from 47 countries. The paper follows the (IPBES) thematic assessment ...
June 3, 2024 — A team of scientists has combined paleoclimatic data from the last 2,000 years with powerful computer modeling and in-the-field research on lake sediments and tree rings to show that an understudied ...
June 3, 2024 — Permafrost soils store large quantities of organic carbon and are often portrayed as a critical tipping element in the Earth system, which, once global warming has reached a certain level, suddenly ...
Friday, June 7, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
- Diagnosing Damaged Infrastructure from Space
- Scientists Question Effectiveness of Nature-Based CO2 Removal Using the Ocean
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
- Fighting Fires from Space in Record Time: How AI Could Prevent Devastating Wildfires
- Early Summer Fishing Can Have an Evolutionary Impact, Resulting in Smaller Salmon
- Best of Both Worlds: Innovative Positioning System Enhances Versatility and Accuracy of Drone-Viewpoint Mixed Reality Applications
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- A Novel Approach to Tracking Conservation Reveals More Areas May Be Conserved Than Currently Accounted for
- Giant Viruses Found on Greenland Ice Sheet
- Exploring Three Frontiers in Marine Biomass and Blue Carbon Capture
- Rocky Shores of Pacific Northwest Show Low Resilience to Changes in Climate
- Small, but Smart: How Symbiotic Bacteria Adapt to Big Environmental Changes
- Some Countries Could Meet Their Total Electricity Needs from Floating Solar Panels
Monday, June 3, 2024
- Centering Relationships Between People and Place: A Critical Step Towards Improving Science's Contributions to Society
- Microscopic Defects in Ice Shape How Massive Glaciers Flow, Study Shows
- Mapping the Seafloor Sediment Superhighway
- Shape and Depth of Ocean Floor Profoundly Influence How Carbon Is Stored There
- Wire Snare Removal in Protected Areas Is Labor-Intensive but Effective -- And Essential to Solving the Southeast Asian Snaring Crisis
- Urgent Need for Action Now for Increasing Threat from Invasive Alien Species
- Arctic Melting Heavily Influenced by Little-Studied Meteorological Phenomena
- Thawing Permafrost: Not a Climate Tipping Element, but Nevertheless Far-Reaching Impacts
- Fungus Breaks Down Ocean Plastic
- Greenhouses Cover More and More of Earth's Surface
Friday, May 31, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- People Are Altering Decomposition Rates in Waterways
- Historic Iceberg Surges Offer Insights on Modern Climate Change
- Local Bright Spot Among Melting Glaciers: 2000 Km of Antarctic Ice-Covered Coastline Has Been Stable for 85 Years
- Indian Ocean Surface Temperature Could Help Anticipate Dengue Outbreaks
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- A Drying Salton Sea Pollutes Neighboring Communities
- Abandoned Farmlands Could Play a Role in Fighting Climate Change: A New Study Shows Exactly Where They Are
- Fatal Attraction: When Endangered Species Try to Mate With Domestic Relatives, Both Wildlife and People Lose
- Health Risk from Global Warming Predictor of City Climate Action During COVID-19, Study Finds
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Improved Refrigeration Could Save Nearly Half of the 1.3 Billion Tons of Food Wasted Each Year Globally
- Simple Food Swaps Could Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Household Groceries by a Quarter
- Global Activity of Seafloor Biodiversity Mapped
Monday, May 27, 2024
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- The Global Clean Water Crisis Looms Large
- Effectiveness of GBGI Infrastructure in Mitigating Urban Heat, Proposing Nine-Stage Framework for Development of a Sustainable City
- Sexual Parasitism Helped Anglerfish Invade the Deep Sea During a Time of Global Warming
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Future Climate Impacts Put Whale Diet at Risk
- Australian Study Proves 'humans Are Planet's Most Frightening Predator'
- Extreme Temperatures May Increase Risk of Stroke Mortality, Especially in Low-Income Countries
- New Insights Into the Degradation Dynamics of Organic Material in the Seafloor
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- Conservation of Nature's Strongholds Needed to Halt Biodiversity Loss
- Alaska's Rusting Waters: Pristine Rivers and Streams Turning Orange
- Green Infrastructure Plans Need to Consider Historical Racial Inequalities
- Warming Climate Intensifies Flash Droughts Worldwide
- A Rise in Sea Urchins and Related Damage to Kelp Forests Impacts Oregon's Gray Whales and Their Food
- New Research Reveals That Prehistoric Seafloor Pockmarks Off the California Coast Are Maintained by Powerful Sediment Flows
Monday, May 20, 2024
- 'Vigorous Melting' At Antarctica's Thwaites 'Doomsday' Glacier
- The Impacts of Climate Change on Food Production
- Decarbonization Dynamics: New Analysis Unveils Shifting Trends in the Voluntary Carbon Offset Market
- U.S. Drought-Monitoring System Outpaced by Climate Changes
- Subduction Zone Splay Faults Compound Hazards of Great Earthquakes
- Record Low Antarctic Sea Ice 'extremely Unlikely' Without Climate Change
- Evolutionary History of Extinct Duck Revealed
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Scale Matters in Determining Vulnerability of Freshwater Fish to Climate Changes
- Zombie Cells in the Sea: Viruses Keep the Most Common Marine Bacteria in Check
Thursday, May 16, 2024
- Airborne Technology Brings New Hope to Map Shallow Aquifers in Earth's Most Arid Deserts
- Otters, Especially Females, Use Tools to Survive a Changing World
- 'Forever Chemicals' Found to Rain Down on All Five Great Lakes
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Jet-Propelled Sea Creatures Could Improve Ocean Robotics
- Copper Can't Be Mined Fast Enough to Electrify the US
- Bees and Butterflies on the Decline in Western and Southern North America
- Summers Warm Up Faster Than Winters, Fossil Shells from Antwerp Show
- Final Dust Settles Slowly in the Deep Sea
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Meet the New Insect Killing Utah's Fir Trees
- Study Tallies Heatwave Deaths Over Recent Decades
- 90% of Floridians Believe Climate Change Is Happening
- GPS Stations Measure Daily Ice Loss in Greenland
- 2023 Was the Hottest Summer in Two Thousand Years
Monday, May 13, 2024
- Today's World: Fastest Rate of Carbon Dioxide Rise Over the Last 50,000 Years
- The Price Tag of Phasing-out Coal
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Transformation of Ocean Management Is Underway
- How Climate Change Will Affect Malaria Transmission
- Ocean Biodiversity Work Needs Improvement
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- It Flickers, Then It Tips -- Study Identifies Early Warning Signals for the End of the African Humid Period
- Efficacy of Solar Panels Boosted
- Researchers Show That Slow-Moving Earthquakes Are Controlled by Rock Permeability
- Millions in Costs Due to Discharge of Scrubber Water Into the Baltic Sea
Monday, May 6, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- For Microscopic Organisms, Ocean Currents Act as 'expressway' To Deeper Depths
- Wildfires in Wet African Forests Have Doubled in Recent Decades
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- Do Earthquake Hazard Maps Predict Higher Shaking Than Actually Occurred?
- Mystery Behind Huge Opening in Antarctic Sea Ice Solved
- Rock Solid Evidence: Angola Geology Reveals Prehistoric Split Between South America and Africa
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Scientists Show Ancient Village Adapted to Drought, Rising Seas
- Researchers Develop an AI Model to Reduce Uncertainty in Evapotranspiration Prediction
- Big Data Reveals True Climate Impact of Worldwide Air Travel
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Researchers Introduce New Way to Study, Help Prevent Landslides
- How Geography Acts as a Structural Determinant of Health
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- New Offshore Wind Turbines Can Take Away Energy from Existing Ones
- The Longer Spilled Oil Lingers in Freshwater, the More Persistent Compounds It Produces
- Warming Arctic Reduces Dust Levels in Parts of the Planet
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Managing Meandering Waterways in a Changing World
- Securing Competitiveness of Energy-Intensive Industries Through Relocation: The Pulling Power of Renewables
- Modeling Broader Effects of Wildfires in Siberia