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May 1, 2025
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May 1, 2025 — Animal research on biomusicality, which looks at whether different species are capable of behaving in ways that show they recognize aspects of music, including rhythm and beat, remains a tantalizing ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — A new study traces a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption' to its source, offering new insights into Earth's complex geological ...
Apr. 29, 2025 — Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to make plastic household items could be linked to more than 356,000 global deaths from heart disease in 2018 alone, a new analysis of population surveys shows. While the chemicals, called phthalates, are in ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — A technique to cool the planet, in which particles are added to the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, would not require developing special aircraft but could be achieved using existing large planes, according to a new modelling ...
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May 1, 2025 — A team has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity, using a natural process that pushes electrons into their surroundings instead of breathing on oxygen. The findings could ...
Apr. 29, 2025 — The global energy system may be faced with an inescapable trade-off between urgently addressing climate change versus avoiding an energy shortfall, ...
Apr. 29, 2025 — Those who climb indoors are doing something for their health. But climbing shoes contain chemicals of concern that can enter the lungs of climbers ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Scientists have developed a highly sensitive method to detect illegal opioids and a veterinary sedative in Australia's wastewater system, providing a vital early warning tool to public health ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Scientists suggest social spiders are more about going with the flow than sticking to a role, after new research challenges the idea of fixed ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — New research asks how local and regional factors determine the makeup of plant species in grasslands. Researchers from a restoration ecology lab are attempting to solve a longstanding question in ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Researchers have found that drug effectiveness, alcohol tolerance, and carbohydrate metabolism change with the seasons. Their findings are based on a comprehensive seasonal gene expression map, which ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — A new study comparing wild and zoo-housed Sumatran orangutans reveals that life in a zoo significantly alters how orangutans interact with their environment. Researchers analyzed over 12,000 ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Conflicting findings in environmental epidemiology have long stalled consensus on the health effects of toxic chemicals. A new study suggests that ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Flash floods resulting from extreme rainfall pose a major risk to people and infrastructure, especially in urban areas. Higher temperatures due to ...
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Apr. 30, 2025 — In what could represent a milestone in ecological restoration, researchers have implemented a method capable of restoring peatlands at tens of thousands of oil and gas exploration sites in Western ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — An international team of scientists has moved beyond just 'scratching the surface,' to understand how microplastics move through and impact the global ocean. For the first time, scientists ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange ...
Apr. 29, 2025 — Scientists believe they have found a way to improve warning systems for vulnerable communities threatened by humid heatwaves, which are on the rise due to climate change and can be damaging and even ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Even under today's climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live in Europe. This is the conclusion of a recent study. For this finding, the research group ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — With more than 181.5 billion tons of wood produced globally each year, a new method could revolutionize how we build sustainably. By infusing red oak with ferrihydrite using a simple, low-cost ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires in many regions of the world. This is due partly to specific weather conditions -- known as fire weather -- that facilitate the spread of wildfires. ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new catalyst design capable of pushing the projected fuel cell catalyst lifespans to 200,000 hours. The research marks a significant step toward the widespread adoption ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — New research demonstrates how mathematical modeling can predict outbreaks of toxic fungi in Texas corn crops -- offering a potential lifeline to farmers facing billions in harvest ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — New blackberry varieties could provide a boon for farmers looking to rebound after the decline of Florida citrus and who see an opportunity to meet the growing demand for blackberries, which have ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Scientists have collaborated to analyze the inner workings of Bolivia's 'zombie' volcano, Uturuncu. By combining seismology, physics models and analysis of rock composition, ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — New research has revealed that a massive meteorite struck northwestern Scotland about 200 million years later than previously thought, in a discovery that not only rewrites Scotland's geological ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — On Jan. 1, 2024, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in Japan, resulting in extensive damage in the region caused by uplift, when the land rises due to shifting tectonic plates. The ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function. Such as not plowing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as cover crops. Surprisingly, it applies to both ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — Researchers found a strategy to create catalysts that make the production of hydrogen for clean fuel more efficient and ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — A new study has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks. The findings suggest that the capacity of polar oceans to ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — In examining how different countries have rolled out climate change mitigation strategies, research has found reasons to be optimistic about preserving our environment while promoting prosperity and ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — A new study finds that presenting the same continuous climate data, such as incremental changes in temperature, in binary form -- such as whether a lake did or did not freeze in the winter -- ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — A study describes a new method of recycling silicone waste (caulk, sealants, gels, adhesives, cosmetics, etc.). It has the potential to significantly reduce the sector's environmental impacts. ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — Like farmland in Australia, native forests struggle with drought and flooding, so future management decisions need more sophisticated systems to monitor and manage their water needs. A new study aims ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Restoring Oil Wells Back to Nature With Moss
- 'Scratching' More Than the Ocean's Surface to Map Global Microplastic Movement
- When Sea Stars Fall, Sea Otters Rise: Sea Otters Benefit from Prey Boom Triggered by Loss of Ochre Sea Stars
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Elephant Instead of Wild Boar? What Could Have Been in Europe
- 'Wood You Believe It?' Engineers Fortify Wood With Eco-Friendly Nano-Iron
- Climate Change Increases the Risk of Simultaneous Wildfires
- Breakthrough Extends Fuel Cell Lifespan Beyond 200,000 Hours, Paving the Way for Clean Long-Haul Trucking
- How Math Helps to Protect Crops from Invasive Disease
- Blackberries With No Thorns? Scientist Assembles Genome of a Blackberry in Major Step to Breed Better Fruit
- Anatomy of a 'zombie' Volcano: Investigating the Cause of Unrest Inside Uturuncu
- Billion-Year-Old Impact in Scotland Sparks Questions About Life on Land
- Noto Quake 3D Model Adds Dimension to Understand Earthquake Dynamics
Friday, April 25, 2025
- Less Intensive Farming Works Best for Agricultural Soil
- Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Production Using Surface Reconstruction Strategy
- 'Cryosphere Meltdown' Will Impact Arctic Marine Carbon Cycles and Ecosystems, New Study Warns
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Finding 'win-Win-Wins' For Climate, Economics and Justice
- How to Break Through Climate Apathy
- A New Recycling Process for Silicones Could Greatly Reduce the Sector's Environmental Impacts
- Keeping Tabs on Native Woodlands in Times of Flood and Drought
- Controlling Starch Levels in Algae Could Have Biotechnology and Sustainability Benefits
- Trawling-Induced Sediment Resuspension Reduces CO2 Uptake
- Could Seismic Signals from Earthquakes Mask the Signals of an Underground Explosion?
- Scientists Repurpose Gene Editing Tool to Help Uncover Hidden Microbial Diversity
- New Approach Makes AI Adaptable for Computer Vision in Crop Breeding
- Female Bonobos Keep Males in Check -- Not With Strength, but With Solidarity
- Invasive Weed Threatens Southern California's Deserts
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Paying Fishers to Release Endangered Catches Can Aid Conservation, but Only If Done Right
- Hotter Temps Trigger Wetlands to Emit More Methane as Microbes Struggle to Keep Up
- Nature Accounting in Colombia Makes Sound Economic Case for Protecting Native Ecosystems
- Newborns Living Near Trees Tend to Be Healthier: New Data Suggests It's Not Because Healthier People Reside Near Parks
- London's Low Emission Zones Save Lives and Money
- World on Course to Trigger Multiple Climate 'tipping Points' Unless Action Accelerates
- Why Are Patagonian Glaciers Rapidly Losing Mass?
- New Porous Crystal Catalyst Offers Durable, Efficient Solution for Clean Hydrogen Production
- Toxic Blooms in Motion: Researchers Map Algae Patterns in Lake Okeechobee, Florida
- Scientific Path to Recouping the Costs of Climate Change
- Melting Glaciers at the End of the Ice Age May Have Sped Up Continental Drift, Fueled Volcanic Eruptions
- Micro-Nano-Plastics Found in Artery-Clogging Plaque in the Neck
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- E-I-E-I-Omics: New Discoveries in Corn Genetics Could Help Grow More Productive, Resilient Crops
- Big Brains and Big Ranges Might Not Save Birds from Climate Change
- Range Expansion in Lesser Goldfinches
- New Species of Electricity-Conducting Organism, Name It After Tribe
- Oil Cleanup Agents Do Not Impede Natural Biodegradation
- Telemedicine Had an Impact on Carbon Emissions Equivalent to Reducing Up to 130,000 Car Trips Each Month in 2023
- In US, Saving Money Is Top Reason to Embrace Solar Power
- Better Feed, Fewer Burps: Scientists Target Dairy Gas Emissions
- Trash Talk: As Plastic Use Soars, Researchers Examine Biodegradable Solutions
- Major Dust-Up for Water in the Colorado River
Monday, April 21, 2025
- How Activity in Earth's Mantle Led the Ancient Ancestors of Elephants, Giraffes, and Humans Into Asia and Africa
- What If Mother Earth Could Sue for Mistreatment?
- Simulations Predict How Pesticides May Affect Honeybee Colonies
- Harmful Microplastics Infiltrating Drinking Water
- From Research to Real-World, Startup Tackles Soaring Demand for Lithium and Other Critical Minerals
- Coastal Management Model Plays the Long Game Against the Rising Tides
- Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Even Sublethal Insecticide Dose May Disrupt Pollinator Mating Process
- Microplastics: What's Trapping the Emerging Threat in Our Streams?
- Introduced Trees Are Becoming More Common in the Eastern United States, While Native Diversity Declines
- How Safe Is the Air to Breathe? 50 Million People in the US Do Not Know
- Should Farm Fields Be Used for Crops or Solar? Or Both
Friday, April 18, 2025
- Lake Deposits Reveal Directional Shaking During Devastating 1976 Guatemala Earthquake
- Seismology: How Wide Are Faults?
- Early-Life Exposure to Air and Light Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Pediatric Thyroid Cancer
- Disrupting 'communication' With Plants Could Limit Soybean Cyst Nematode Infections
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Land-Use Drives Energy Dynamics of Boreal Lake Food Webs
- Early Detection of Wood Coating Deterioration to Better Maintain Wooden Structures
- Extreme Drought Contributed to Barbarian Invasion of Late Roman Britain, Tree-Ring Study Reveals
- Curious Isolation: New Butterfly Species Discovered
- Personality Test for Bees
- A New Record for California's Highest Tree
- Nutrients Strengthen Link Between Precipitation and Plant Growth, Study Finds
- Researchers Warn of a Threat to Water Safety from Wildfires
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Microbes in Brooklyn Superfund Site Teach Lessons on Fighting Industrial Pollution
- Sunscreen, Clothes and Caves May Have Helped Homo Sapiens Survive 41,000 Years Ago
- Farm Robot Autonomously Navigates, Harvests Among Raised Beds
- Climate-Related Trauma Can Have Lasting Effects on Decision-Making
- Holiday Flights Could Carry Fewer Passengers as World Warms
- Forward Genetics Approach Reveals the Factor Responsible for Carbon Trade-Off in Leaves
- A Step Toward Harnessing Clean Energy from Falling Rainwater
- Nature-Based Activity Is Effective Therapy for Anxiety and Depression, Study Shows
- Experiment in Floodplain Forest: Using Tree Mortality to Support Oak Regeneration
- Living Fungus-Based Building Material Repairs Itself for Over a Month
- Study Finds Dramatic Boost in Air Quality from Electrifying Railways
- Inside Yellowstone's Fiery Heart: Researchers Map Volatile-Rich Cap, Offering Clues to Future Volcanic Activity
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- First Confirmed Footage of a Colossal Squid -- And It's a Baby!
- Scientists Find Evidence That Overturns Theories of the Origin of Water on Earth
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Little Birds' Personalities Shine Through Their Song -- And May Help Find a Mate
- New Pollen-Replacing Food for Honey Bees Brings New Hope for Survival
- Growing Wildflowers on Disused Urban Land Can Damage Bee Health
- Foraging on the Wing: How Can Ecologically Similar Birds Live Together?
- Inactive Components in Agricultural Runoff May Be Hidden Contributors to Drinking Water Hazards
- Colombia's Peatlands Could Be a Crucial Tool to Fight Climate Change: But First We Have to Find Them
- Seismologists Share Early Analyses of Myanmar Earthquake
- Corn Leads to Improved Performance in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
- Studying How Seals Adapt to Extreme Environments Could Lead to Benefits in Human Reproductive Health
- Making Desalination More Eco-Friendly: New Membranes Could Help Eliminate Brine Waste
- Southern Shrews Shrink in Winter