Hotter temperatures will accelerate migration of asylum-seekers to Europe
Researchers predict a rising number of asylum-seekers to the EU as global temperatures increase.
Wheat disease breakthrough to help feed the world
Famine may be largely a thing of the past but in recent years the re-emergence of a disease that can kill wheat -- which...
Chemical industry can achieve a 36% reduction in annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2050,...
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Human impacts on forests and grasslands much larger and older than previously assumed
Human biomass utilization reduces global carbon stocks in vegetation by 50%, implying that massive emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere have occurred over the...
Using footprints to identify and monitor giant pandas in the wild
Footprints left by giant pandas in the wild can be used to identify the individual panda that made them and determine its sex, scientists...
Cutting-edge statistics yield new insight into attributing, projecting climate change
Projecting the future of extreme weather events across the globe remains a complex task in climate research -- and one in which statisticians are...
Shutdown of coal-fired power plant results in significant fetal health improvement in downwind areas
First study to show fetal health improvement as a result of a coal-fired power plant shutdown due to direct federal level regulation on single...
Discovery of a 4,000-year-old military network in northern Syria
The discovery of more than a thousand sites in Syria has revised our understanding of the settlement of the steppes during all periods in...
Protected tropical forests are threatened by the bounty of adjacent oil palm plantations
A new study has warned of the threat that oil palm production poses to tropical forests.
Climate change: Soil animals cannot explain self-reinforcing effect
When the soil warms up, it releases more carbon dioxide (CO2) -- an effect that further fuels climate change. Until now, it had been...
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