Patterns in permafrost soils could help climate change models
A team of scientists spent the past four summers measuring permafrost soils across a 5,000 square-mile swath of Alaska's North Slope. While working to...
California’s climate refugia: Mapping the stable places
Some landscapes can hold their own against climate change better than others. A new study maps these places, called 'climate refugia,' where existing vegetation...
Scientists lament ‘Humpty Dumpty’ effect on world’s spectacular, rare wildlife
A new study reveals how runaway human population growth collapses the role of wildlife in the world's ecosystems.
Scientists warn against ‘greenwashing’ of global coastal developments
An international team of scientists has said the artificial structures and reclaimed land that are now commonplace in coastal urban areas all over the...
Nature’s ‘slow lanes’ offer hope for species feeling heat of climate change
Pockets of landscape less prone than adjacent areas to disturbances like fire and drought may hold the key for scientists, conservationists and land managers...
Oregon timber harvests don’t appear to affect rare salamander, study finds
The Oregon slender salamander only exists on the western slopes of the Cascades, where it lives most of the year underground or burrowed in...
Entire Roman city revealed without any digging
For the first time, archaeologists have succeeded in mapping a complete Roman city, Falerii Novi in Italy, using advanced ground penetrating radar (GPR), allowing...
Milkweed, only food source for monarch caterpillars, ubiquitously contaminated
New evidence identifies 64 pesticide residues in milkweed, the main food for monarch butterflies in the west. Milkweed samples from all of the locations...
Ultra-sensitive device for detecting magnetic fields
The new magnetic sensor is inexpensive to make, works on minimal power and is 20 times more sensitive than many traditional sensors.
Integrating nanomaterial with light-absorbing molecule powers hydrogen production from water and sun
Scientists have developed a hybrid material constructed from a metal oxide nanosheet and a light-absorbing molecule for splitting water molecules (H2O) to obtain dihydrogen...