Arctic shrub expansion limited by seed dispersal and wildfire
Scientists investigating the growth of Arctic vegetation have found that seed dispersal and fire will slow its land expansion in the long term, despite...
Data scientists use new techniques to identify lakes and reservoirs around the world
Data scientists has published a comprehensive global dataset of the lakes and reservoirs on Earth showing how they have changed over the last 30+...
New approach to exposing illegal and informal mercury trading
The Minamata Convention (MC) aims to restrict and limit the trading of mercury, a highly toxic pollutant. While most countries involved in artisanal and...
Climate warming, water management impacts on West Florida’s continental shelf
Scientists conducted a study that provides an assessment of the potential effects of climate warming and water management of the West Florida Shelf dynamics...
Carbon captured and stored since 1996 is significant but overestimated by up to 30...
Although a significant amount of carbon has been caught and stored so far, governments should curb overestimation.
Global supply chains remain resilient in the wake of natural disasters
While many U.S. policy makers are calling for reshoring and nearshoring to combat trade disruptions caused by COVID-19, new research suggests retrenchment of global...
Lakes in hot water, climate change creating a cauldron of issues
As intense heatwaves grip the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Portugal, at times exceeding temperatures 40C, as well as parts of North America and...
Designing roots to penetrate hard soils could help climate proof crops
Scientists have discovered how to design cereal roots able to continue growing in hard soils by altering their ability to penetrate, enabling roots to...
Water resources to become less predictable with climate change
Water resources will fluctuate increasingly and become more difficult to predict in snow-dominated regions across the Northern Hemisphere by later this century, according to...
Off-axis high-temperature hydrothermal field discovered at the East Pacific Rise 9°54’N
Scientists discover off-axis, high-temperature deep-sea hydrothermal vents along a portion of the northern East Pacific Rise that are hotter and cover more area than...
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