Scientists study fish to learn how to adapt to the impacts of climate change
Freshwater biodiversity is rapidly declining worldwide, and nature-based solutions which increase the resilience of ecological communities are becoming increasingly important in helping communities prepare...
Discovery of parasitic arsenic cycle may offer glimpse of life in future, warmer oceans
A newly discovered parasitic cycle, in which ocean bacteria keep phytoplankton on an energy-sapping treadmill of nutrient detoxification, may offer a preview of what...
A new first: Scientists mimic nature’s self-affinity using computer simulations
For the first time, researchers have simulated the process of surface roughness creation. This is a step forward in understanding the emergence of fractal...
Bright skies for plant-based jet fuels
With an estimated daily fuel demand of more than 5 million barrels per day, the global aviation sector is incredibly energy-intensive and almost entirely...
Food safety: Dung beetles and soil bacteria reduce risk of human pathogens
Food safety regulations increasingly pressure growers to remove hedgerows, ponds and other natural habitats from farms to keep out pathogen-carrying wildlife and livestock. Yet,...
When it comes to monarchs, fall migration matters
New research shows that a critical piece of the butterfly's annual cycle was missing -- the fall migration.
Researchers create hydrogen fuel from seawater
Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen presents an alternative to fossil fuels, but purified water is a precious resource. A team has now developed...
Bromethalin is poisoning the parrots of Telegraph Hill, study finds
Bromethalin, a common rat poison, is the agent responsible for a neurological disease that has sickened or killed birds from a popular flock of...
Key discovery on how alpine streams work
A new study has showed that until now, scientists have been substantially underestimating how quickly gases are exchanged between mountain streams and the atmosphere....
Uncertain projections help to reveal the truth about future climate change
Scientists explain how differing climate model projections can be used collectively to reduce uncertainties in future climate change.
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