Climate change may increase congenital heart defects
The rise in temperatures stemming from climate change may increase the number of US infants born with congenital heart defects between 2025 and 2035....
Prairie strips transform farmland conservation
Modern agriculture's outputs can be measured both in dollars paid in the market and also in non-market costs, known as externalities. Soil, nutrients, groundwater,...
Earth’s continental nurseries discovered beneath mountains
Earth is the only known planet with continents, and scientists are offering up new evidence that Earth's continental crust formed deep below mountainous continental...
How to send a finch extinct
An endangered Queensland bird is at risk of extinction because environmental legislation is failing to protect its habitat, according to a University of Queensland-led...
Searching for human remains: Study suggests methodology to improve results
In an effort to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of law enforcement searches for human remains in the wild, searchers should cover the same...
River levels tracked from space
The 4,300 kilometer Mekong River is a lifeline for South-East Asia. If this mighty river system bursts its banks, flooding can affect the lives...
China not ‘walking the walk’ on methane emissions
In China, regulations to reduce methane emissions from coal mining took full effect in 2010 and required methane to be captured or to be...
Weather at key growth stages predicts Midwest corn yield and grain quality
Corn is planted on approximately 90 million acres across the United States every year. With all that data, it takes months after harvest for...
Fluid dynamics simulation reveals the underlying physics of liquid jet cleaning
In a significant advance for semiconductor manufacturing, mechanical engineers created a simulation that makes it easier to choose environmentally friendly water jet and underwater...
Why do beaked whales return to a Navy sonar range despite frequent disturbance?
Using data from underwater robots, scientists have discovered that beaked whales prefer to feed within parts of a Navy sonar test range off Southern...