Instability in Antarctic Ice Projected to Make Sea Level Rise Rapidly
ATLANTA, GA, July 9, 2019 - Images of vanishing Arctic ice is jarring, but its potential contributions to sea level rise are no match...
What Makes a Good Planet Turn Bad?
July 9, 2019 - What can turn a seemingly perfect ocean-rich planet into an uninhabitable desert wasteland? Two future space explorers (played by Cas Anvar...
Breaching a “carbon threshold” could lead to mass extinction
July 9, 2019 - In the brain, when neurons fire off electrical signals to their neighbors, this happens through an “all-or-none” response. The signal...
Yearlong Birth Control Supply Would Cut Unplanned Pregnancy, Cost
PITTSBURGH, July 8, 2019 – New research from the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shows that dispensing a...
How trees could save the climate
July 8, 2019 - The Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich investigates nature-based solutions to climate change. In their latest study the researchers showed for...
Climate change and deforestation together push tropical species towards extinction
July 8, 2019 - Only 38 per cent of tropical forest is 'wildlife friendly' as a result of deforestation, increasing the likelihood that vulnerable...
Heavy cattle overgrazing in world-famous aspen Pando Aspen Clone (VIDEO)
FISH LAKE, UT, June 27, 2019– Conservationists today released a new report showing that cattle grazing in the world-famous Pando aspen clone and neighboring aspen groves...
In search of an undersea kelp forest’s missing nitrogen
June 25, 2019 - Plants need nutrients to grow. So scientists were surprised to learn that giant kelp maintains its impressive growth rates year-round,...
Holey moly – Aorounga impact crater in Chad
June 25, 2019 - Summer in the Northern hemisphere has arrived and with it the long, sunny days and hot, sticky nights. Among barbecues and...
Video: The Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, seen from space
June 25, 2019 - The Brunt ice shelf in Antarctica is on the brink of spawning a huge iceberg. Scientists are using Earth observation...
PTSD from War: Exposure to Others’ Suffering Even Worse Than Being Shot At
June 21, 2019 - We usually think that trauma from war is related to the fact that soldiers have been under constant threat of...
US military consumes more hydrocarbons than most countries – with a massive hidden impact...
June 21, 2019 - Research by social scientists from Durham University and Lancaster University shows the US military is one of the largest climate...
National emergency alerts potentially vulnerable to attack
June 21, 2019 - On October 3, 2018, cell phones across the United States received a text message labeled “Presidential Alert.” The message read:...
New research shows an iceless Greenland may be in the future
June 19, 2019 - New research shows an iceless Greenland may be in the future. If worldwide greenhouse gas emissions remain on their current...
Looming insect invasion threatens California wine and avocados
June 18, 2019 - UC Riverside is testing whether a sesame seed-sized wasp can control a pest that could seriously damage California crops including...
Climate change threatens commercial fishers from Maine to North Carolina
June 17, 2019 - Most fishing communities from North Carolina to Maine are projected to face declining fishing options unless they adapt to climate...
Study Finds People Smoked Marijuana in Rituals 2,500 Years Ago
June 17, 2019 - A chemical residue study of incense burners from ancient burials at high elevations in the Pamir Mountains of western China...
Almost 400 medical practices found ineffective in analysis of 3,000 studies
June 14, 2019 - Scientists have identified nearly 400 established medical practices that have been found to be ineffective by clinical studies published across...
Catalog of North Texas Earthquakes Confirms Continuing Effects of Wastewater Disposal
June 11, 2019 - A comprehensive catalog of earthquake sequences in Texas’s Fort Worth Basin, from 2008 to 2018, provides a closer look at...
Extreme Arctic coast erosion revealed by drone images
June 10, 2019 - Extreme erosion of Arctic coastlines in a changing climate – up to a metre a day – has been revealed...