Conserving coastal seaweed: A must have for migrating sea birds
Ecologists are urging coastal communities to embrace all that the season brings, including the sometimes-unwelcome deposits of brown seaweed that can accumulate on the...
Climate warming to increase carbon loss in Canadian peatland by 103 per cent
Carbon loss in Canadian peatland is projected to increase by 103 per cent under a high emission scenario, according to new research.
Lead halide perovskites — a horse of a different color
Researchers have developed a novel spectroscopic technique for the study of charge carrier dynamics in lead halide perovskites.
Puerto Rico is prone to more flooding than the island is prepared to handle
Puerto Rico is not ready for another hurricane season, let alone the effects of climate change, according to a new study that shows the...
African great apes to suffer massive range loss in next 30 years
A new study predicts massive range declines of Africa's great apes -- gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos -- due to the impacts of climate change,...
New insights into survival of ancient Western Desert peoples
Researchers have used more than two decades of satellite-derived environmental data to form hypotheses about the possible foraging habitats of pre-contact Aboriginal peoples living...
The search for mountain snow microalgae
The life of the microscopic algae that inhabit snow at high elevations is still relatively unknown. Researchers have therefore created the ALPALGA consortium to...
A few common bacteria account for majority of carbon use in soil
Fewer than ten common bacterial taxa are responsible for the majority of soil carbon cycling, a team led by researchers announced. The study, which...
Experiment evaluates the effect of human decisions on climate reconstructions
The first double-blind experiment analysing the role of human decision-making in climate reconstructions has found that it can lead to substantially different results.
Study of past South Asian monsoons suggests stronger monsoon rainfall in the future
New research finds that increases in monsoon rainfall over the past million years were linked with increases in atmospheric CO2 and the import of...
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