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Decoding gigantic insect genome could help tackle devastating locust crises
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Researchers reveal switch used in plant defense against animal attack
Researchers have identified the first key biological switch that sounds an alarm in plants when plant-eating animals attack. The mechanism will help unlock a...
Cascading events led to 2018 Ki?lauea volcanic eruption, providing clues for forecasting
The 2018 eruption of Ki?lauea Volcano was one of the largest volcanic events in Hawai'i in 200 years. This eruption was triggered by a...
Conservation under climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00961-zConservation under climate change
Two roads diverge
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00962-yThe past year has seen climate change manifest in wildfires, storms and flooding, in some cases...
Supersized wind turbines generate clean energy–and surprising physics
As wind energy scales up, researchers study the fluid dynamics challenges.
Tracking and fighting fires on earth and beyond
Scientists demonstrate how fires burn and spread under different environmental conditions.
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Close to half of the UK’s electricity will come from renewable sources by 2025, according to Carbon Brief analysis of new government projections.
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Canada's climate change policies keep its Paris commitments out of reach.
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