Early human activities impacted Earth’s atmosphere more than previously known
An international team of scientists used data from Antarctic ice cores to trace a 700-year old increase in black carbon to an unlikely source:...
Scientists can switch on plants’ response to light
Scientists have figured out how plants respond to light and can flip this genetic switch to encourage food growth, even in shade. The discovery...
Years of exposure to air pollution and road traffic noise may raise heart failure...
A study including more than 22,000 female nurses in Denmark evaluated exposure over 15-20 years to air pollution and road traffic noise to evaluate...
Honeybees’ waggle dance reveals bees in rural areas travel farther for food
By decoding honeybees' waggle dances, which tell other bees where to find food, researchers have found that bees in agricultural areas travel farther for...
Concentrate farming to leave room for species and carbon, better than ‘eco-friendly’ agriculture
Farming should be as high-yield as possible so it can be limited to relatively small areas, allowing much more land to be left as...
Hydrogel tablet can purify a liter of river water in an hour
Scientists and engineers have created a hydrogel tablet that can rapidly purify contaminated water. One tablet can disinfect a liter of river water and...
Weed goes off script to resist herbicides
Cementing waterhemp's reputation as a hard-to-kill weed in corn and soybean production systems, researchers have now documented the weed deviating from standard detoxification strategies...
Simple method for converting carbon dioxide into useful compounds
Researchers have found an energy-efficient way to convert the chief greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful chemicals. Using the method, CO2 is transformed...
Large scale solar parks cool surrounding land
Researchers studying two solar parks, situated in arid locations, found they produced 'cool islands' extending around 700 meters from the solar park boundaries. The...
Growing potential for toxic algal blooms in the Alaskan Arctic
Changes in the northern Alaskan Arctic ocean environment have reached a point at which a previously rare phenomenon -- widespread blooms of toxic algae...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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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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