Nature-based solutions in mountains can reduce climate change impact on drought
New research has shown how catchment restoration -- through the management of alien tree infestation in the mountains of the southwestern Cape -- could...
Human actions accelerate climate-driven floods and droughts
A study of more than 2,000 streams around North America found that those altered by human activity are at greater risk of flooding.
Historically ‘redlined’ urban areas have higher levels of air pollution
In the wake of the Great Depression, the federally sponsored Home Owners' Loan Corporation drew maps of neighborhoods in U.S. cities that characterized their...
Fundamental growth limitations in Antarctic fish
Antarctic fish have adapted over millennia to survive in the freezing temperatures of the Southern Ocean. However, in doing so, they have lost their...
Earthquake fracture energy relates to how a quake stops
By examining earthquake models from a fresh perspective, engineers now show that the earthquake fracture energy -- once thought to relate to how faults...
Preparing for when lightning strikes the same place twice, then strikes again
Disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and droughts are not only increasing in intensity and frequency, they are also striking the same place...
Well-preserved fossils could be consequence of past global climate change
Climate change can affect life on Earth. According to new research, it can also affect the dead. A study of exceptionally preserved fossils has...
Hurricanes and other tropical cyclones linked to rise in U.S. deaths from several major...
Over recent decades, hurricanes and other tropical cyclones in the U.S. were associated with up to 33.4 percent higher death rates from several major...
Tiny mite triggers domino effect in the high Andes
What happens when a disease disrupts a protected ecosystem so forcefully that cascading consequences are felt by nearly all wildlife and plants within it?...
Leaks an untapped opportunity for water savings
The first large-scale assessment of utility-level water loss in the United States found that leak reduction by utilities can be the most cost-effective tool...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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