Earth & Climate News
October 15, 2024
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Oct. 9, 2024 — Fungi don't have eyes or a brain, but their intelligent behaviors may surprise you. New research suggests that fungi may be able to recognize ...
Oct. 7, 2024 — Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four decades, new research ...
Oct. 4, 2024 — A study determines when and how pterosaurs went from tiny tree-climbers to towering terrestrial titans Flying reptiles first came down from the trees in the mid-Jurassic Period, paving the way for giants with 10-meter wingspans. Fingers and toes ...
Oct. 3, 2024 — The extinction of hundreds of bird species caused by humans over the last 130,000 years has led to substantial reductions in avian functional diversity -- a measure of the range of different roles ...
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Oct. 11, 2024 — A collection-based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, USA and Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station in Nunavut, Canada was conducted as part of the Mars-160 ...
Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in the rainforests of Madagascar. Their strange, ...
Oct. 15, 2024 — A study in the Cascade Range in Oregon of a tiny, elusive skunk found the animal can cover more ground than deer and is sensitive to climate change, ...
Oct. 15, 2024 — An analysis of leaf litter breakdown in climatically diverse habitats shows that decomposition by larger invertebrates dominates in hot, dry regions and warmer seasons. Researchers have shown that ...
Oct. 14, 2024 — A joint research group has demonstrated that the majority of immigration to the Japanese Archipelago in the Yayoi and Kofun periods (between 3000 BCE ...
Oct. 14, 2024 — From brighter TV screens to better medical diagnostics and more efficient solar panels, new research has discovered how to make more molecules stick to the surface of tiny nanocrystals, in a ...
Oct. 14, 2024 — A new study has shown that selective breeding can lead to a modest rise in coral heat tolerance. The study documents the world s first effort to selectively breed adult corals for enhanced heat ...
Oct. 14, 2024 — Some people believe that talking to your plants makes them thrive. While there's limited scientific support for sound improving plant health, there's a growing amount of evidence about the benefits ...
Oct. 11, 2024 — New study documents a severe coral bleaching event occurring in a deep coral reef that resulted in high rates of coral mortality. Unlike many ...
Oct. 11, 2024 — Snails on a tiny rocky islet evolved before scientists' eyes. The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom wiped them out from the skerry. While the researchers intentionally brought ...
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Oct. 11, 2024 — Female crested gibbons display jerky, almost geometric patterns of movement. Researchers have studied these conspicuous movements, which are comparable to human dances. They describe the structure of ...
Oct. 11, 2024 — Researchers have shown that weathering of rocks in the Canadian Arctic will accelerate with rising temperatures, triggering a positive feedback loop that will release more and more carbon dioxide to ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a low-cost method to significantly reduce this pollution from hydrogen internal combustion engines by improving the efficiency of their catalytic converters. The ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — Per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, known commonly as PFAS, could take over 40 years to flush out of contaminated ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — Biologists have curated the red milkweed beetle's genome and its arsenal of genes related to plant-feeding and other biological traits. They sequenced and assembled the entire genome of the ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — When lightning cracks on Earth, especially high-energy electrons may fall out of Earth's inner radiation belt, according to a new study -- an electron 'rain' that could threaten ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — Rapid warming has impacted the northern ecosystem so significantly that scientists are concerned the region's vegetation is losing the ability to recover from climate shocks, suggests a new ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — The world's freshwater lakes are freezing over for shorter periods of time due to climate change. This shift has major implications for human safety, as well as water quality, biodiversity, and ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — Microscopic organisms in the ocean play a key role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A new study unveils a hidden biological factor that could change our understanding of how this ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — An international study investigates the health consequences of heavy rainfall events. Researchers analyzed the relationship between precipitation patterns and mortality rates at 645 locations across ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — Researchers developed a rating system to evaluate the plausibility of climate model simulations in the IPCC's latest report, and show that models that lead to potentially catastrophic warming ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — We throw away and burn increasing amounts of waste that could easily be recycled. Norway's waste policy is failing because of inaccurate measurement methods, unreliable data and a lack of ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — Research observing the physical motion of falling ice crystals could help scientists better estimate where and when these crystals will melt into ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — A new study shows that the patchwork of different ecosystems found in mountainous regions played a key role in the evolution of ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — A team of international researchers has developed a natural fabric that urban residents could wear to counter rising temperatures in cities worldwide, caused by buildings, asphalt, and ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — Civil and environmental engineering researchers conducted unique live fire experiments to study the kinematics of firebrands, burning embers cast off from wildfires that cause spot fires leading to ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — Scientists are using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations. A team has now created an octopus-inspired adhesive, inspired by the shape of octopus suckers, that can ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — For decades, scientists knew there was a huge swath of undetected and unaccounted for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the atmosphere, often referred to as PFAS dark matter, but no one ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — Researchers have discovered new understanding of bacterial photosynthesis. Using cutting-edge techniques, investigators have unveiled intricate detailed images of the key photosynthetic protein ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — Archaeological surveys suggest that coastal and underwater cave sites in southern Sicily contain important new clues about the path and fate of early human migrants to the ...
Friday, October 11, 2024
- Dance, Gibbon, Dance!
- Scientists Show Accelerating Carbon Dioxide Release from Rocks in Arctic Canada With Global Warming
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Scientists Cut Harmful Pollution from Hydrogen Engines
- It Could Take Over 40 Years for PFAS to Leave Groundwater
- Red Milkweed Beetle Genome Offers Insight Into Plant-Insect Interactions
- Lightning Strikes Kick Off a Game of Electron Pinball in Space
- Declines in Plant Resilience Threaten Carbon Storage in the Arctic
- Loss of Lake Ice Has Wide-Ranging Environmental and Societal Consequences
- Hidden Biological Processes Can Affect How the Ocean Stores Carbon
- Extreme Rainfall Poses Health Risks
- Catastrophically Warm Predictions Are More Plausible Than We Thought
- Failed Waste Policy: We Burn More and Recycle Less Than We Think
- Snowflake Dance Analysis Could Improve Rain Forecasts
- Early Human Species Benefited from Food Diversity in Steep Mountainous Terrain
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- The New Fashion: Clothes That Help Combat Rising Temperatures
- Scientists Track and Analyze Lofted Embers That Cause Spot Fires
- Octopus-Inspired Technology Successfully Maneuvers Underwater Objects
- Researchers Develop New Technique to Measure Previously Undetected Airborne PFAS
- Researchers Discover New Insights Into Bacterial Photosynthesis
- Underwater Caves Yield New Clues About Sicily's First Residents
- Researchers Discover How Plants Produce a Novel Anti-Stress Molecule
- Heavy Metals in the Ocean Become More Toxic
- AI-Trained CCTV in Rivers Can Spot Blockages and Reduce Floods
- Light Pollution Disturbs Moths Even in the Dark
- New Study Reveals Growing Weather Extremes in Indo-Pacific Region Driven by Shifts in Tropical Weather Patterns
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
- El Niño Linked to Accelerated Ice Loss in Tropics
- Transition to a Circular Bioeconomy Requires Getting Prices Right
- Adding Fall Blooming Plants May Help Both Managed and Wild Bees in Cities
- Transition to Low-Carbon Futures: New Research Uncovers Rise in Legal Challenges to Climate Action
- Increase Access to Nature in All Daily Environments and in Education
- Solar-Powered Desalination System Requires No Extra Batteries
- Climate Report Warns of Escalating Crisis, Urges Immediate Action as UN Summit Nears
- Despite Progress, China Remains Tethered to Coal as Climate Change Pressures Mount
- New Species of Clearwing Moth from Guyana Discovered in Wales
Monday, October 7, 2024
- Plenty More Fish in the Sea? Environmental Protections Account for Around 10 Percent of Fish Stocks on Coral Reefs
- Macaques Give Birth More Easily Than Women: No Maternal Mortality at Birth
- A Novel Method to Split Water to Create Hydrogen -- A Clean Source of Fuel
- Low Stream Diatom Biodiversity Potentially Decreasing Stream Oxygen Production in Remote Islands
- A Compost in the Sea That Produces Oxygen
- Whale Shark Shipping Collisions May Increase as Oceans Warm
- Invasive Apple Snail Could Spread Further in Africa, Study Reveals
Friday, October 4, 2024
- Scientists Uncover Auditory 'sixth Sense' In Geckos
- Drier Winter Habitat Impacts Songbirds' Ability to Survive Migration
- Wastewater Bacteria Can Breakdown Plastic for Food
Monday, October 7, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- Improved Water Quality Offsets in Growing Cities Could Protect Reef
- Liquefied Natural Gas Carbon Footprint Is Worse Than Coal
- Green Subsidies May Have Hidden Costs, Experts Warn
- A New Era of Solar Observation
- Decades-Long Research Reveals New Understanding of How Climate Change May Impact Caches of Arctic Soil Carbon
- Zooplankton Play Limited Role in Cleaning Contaminated Water
- Nanostructures in the Deep Ocean Floor Hint at Life's Origin
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Study Reveals Limits of Using Land Surface Temperature To explain heat Hazards in Miami-Dade County
- Methane Emissions from Dairy Farms Higher Than Thought -- But Conversion Could Reduce Emissions
- New Design Overcomes Key Barrier to Safer, More Efficient EV Batteries
- Environmental Quality of Life Benefits Women Worldwide
- Iron Nuggets in the Pinnacles Unlock Secrets of Ancient and Future Climates
- Storms, Floods, Landslides Associated With Intimate Partner Violence Against Women Two Years Later
- As Temperatures Rise, Researchers Identify Mechanisms Behind Plant Response to Warming
- Mystery of Uruguay's Amethyst Geodes: New Model to Explain Amethyst Formation
- Most Tropical Lightning Storms Are Radioactive
- Hurricanes Linked to Higher Death Rates for 15 Years After Storms Pass
- The Rate of Climate Change Threatens to Exceed the Adaptive Capacity of Species
- Smoke from Megafires Puts Orchard Trees at Risk
- Scientists Use Tiny 'backpacks' On Turtle Hatchlings to Observe Their Movements
- Closer Look at New Jersey Earthquake Rupture Could Explain Shaking Reports
- Snakes in the City: Ten Years of Wildlife Rescues Reveal Insights Into Human-Reptile Interactions
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- Airborne Plastic Chemical Levels Shock Researchers
- Research in 4 Continents Links Outdoor Air Pollution to Differences in Children's Brains
- It All Adds Up: Study Finds Forever Chemicals Are More Toxic as Mixtures
- Climate Scientists Express Their Views on Possible Future Climate Scenarios in a New Study
- Using Antimatter to Detect Nuclear Radiation
- Sustainably Produced Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Capture
- Inadequate Compensation for Lost or Downgraded Protected Areas Threatens Global Biodiversity
- Cool Roofs Could Have Saved Lives During London's Hottest Summer, Say Researchers
- High Costs Slow Widespread Use of Heat Pumps, Study Shows
- Adapted -- Study Shows That Wild Animals Also Get Accustomed to Humans
Monday, September 30, 2024
- Study Coordinates Satellite Swarm for 3D Imaging Inside Clouds
- Where Flood Policy Helps Most -- And Where It Could Do More
- Syrian Hamsters Reveal Genetic Secret to Hibernation
- Radon, Even at Levels Below EPA Guideline for Mitigation, Is Linked to Childhood Leukemia
- Tracking Microplastics: Researcher Helps Discover How Microplastics Move for Better Storm Water Management
- Coral Reef Destruction a Threat to Human Rights
- Tongan Volcanic Eruption Triggered by Explosion as Big as 'five Underground Nuclear Bombs'
- Getting to Zero Emissions: A Call for Unified Energy Planning
- Watch Water Form out of Thin Air
- New Imaging Technique Brings Us Closer to Simplified, Low-Cost Agricultural Quality Assessment
- Honey, I Shrunk the City: What Should Declining Japanese Cities Do?
- The Vikings Were Part of a Global Network Trading in Ivory from Greenland
- Megadiverse Flowering Plant Family on Isolated Islands
- Vast 'stranded Assets' If World Continues Investing in Polluting Industries
- New Synthesis Strategy Could Speed Up PFAS Decontamination
- Scientists Warn of Knowledge Gaps in Our Understanding of Leave-on Personal Care and Cosmetic Products
- A River Is Pushing Up Mount Everest's Peak
Friday, September 27, 2024
- Study Highlights Complex Ocean Conditions Facing World's Most Powerful Tidal Turbine
- Global Warming Leads to Higher Nitrogen Requirements: New Wheat Varieties Can Contribute to Food Security
- Return of the Elephants Seals: From a Few to Thousands
- Untapped Potential: Study Shows How Water Systems Can Help Accelerate Renewable Energy Adoption
- Deep Underground Flooding Beneath Arima Hot Springs: A Potential Trigger for the 1995 Kobe (Hyogo-Ken Nanbu) Earthquake
- Forest Loss Forces Langur Species to Interbreed