Early COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi had less impact on urban air quality than first...
The first COVID-19 lockdowns led to significant changes in urban air pollution levels around the world, but the changes were smaller than expected, a...
Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new study...
An international team looked at 20 years of data from throughout the world and found that record-breaking temperatures are contributing to a significant decrease...
Robotic swarm swims like a school of fish
Researchers have developed fish-inspired robots that can synchronize their movements like a real school of fish, without any external control. It is the first...
Physical weathering of rock breakdown more important than previously recognized
Anisovolumetric weathering is much more common than previously thought, and variations in this process can be explained by climate and erosion.
Study looks at how land acquisitions affect climate change
Researchers looked at what drives large-scale land acquisitions and how the implementation of large-scale land acquisitions for agricultural development affect carbon emissions, and in...
Asian butterfly mimics other species to defend against predators
Many animal and insect species use Batesian mimicry -- mimicking a poisonous species -- as a defense against predators. The common palmfly Elymnias hypermnestra...
Flashing plastic ash completes recycling
A new flash graphene process, adapted to convert worthless pyrolyzed plastic ash, could be used to strengthen concrete and toughen plastics used in medicine,...
Wetland methane cycling increased during ancient global warming event
Wetland methane cycling increased during a rapid global warming event 56 million years ago and could foreshadow changes the methane cycle will experience in...
Northern lakes at risk of losing ice cover permanently, impacting drinking water
Close to 5,700 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere may permanently lose ice cover this century, 179 of them in the next decade, at current...
A fly’s eye view of evolution
The fascinating compound eyes of insects consist of hundreds of individual eyes known as 'facets'. In the course of evolution, an enormous variety of...