Trees are important for cleaner air in cities
Air pollution levels vary greatly between different places in a city. This is the finding of a new study which concludes that trees contribute...
Tsunamis’ magnetic fields are detectable before sea level change
A new study finds the magnetic field generated by a tsunami can be detected a few minutes earlier than changes in sea level and...
Plants as cold specialists from the ice age
Plants of the spoonweed group time-and-again quickly adapted to a changing climate during the Ice Ages of the last two million years. Evolutionary biologists...
Iodine in desert dust destroys ozone
When winds loft fine desert dust high into the atmosphere, iodine in that dust can trigger chemical reactions that destroy some air pollution, but...
These fish work together by the hundreds of thousands to make waves
In the sports arena, spectators sometimes create a spectacle known as a wave, as successive groups stand up in unison to yell with arms...
Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet could cause multi-meter rise in sea levels by...
Scientists predict that continued global warming under current trends could lead to an elevation of the sea level by as much as five meters...
People with IBD have more microplastics in their feces
Microplastics -- tiny pieces of plastic less than 5 mm in length -- are everywhere, from bottled water to food to air. According to...
An ancient relative of Velociraptor is unearthed in Great Britain
A new bird-like dinosaur that used brute strength to overcome its prey has been found by palaeontologists combing through fossils found on the Isle...
Looking at factors that accelerate mass extinction in the fossil record as climate changes
The Late Devonian mass extinction (roughly 372 million years ago) was one of five mass extinctions in Earth's history, with roughly 75% of all...
Global food supply-chain issues call for solutions
A new study sheds light on how trade, and centrality in the global wheat trade network, affect food security. The study shows that many...
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