The global impact of coal power
With data and modelling from almost 8,000 coal power plants, researchers present the most comprehensive global picture to date of climate and human health...
Forest fires as an opportunity for ecosystem recovery
It is estimated that globally there are more than two million hectares of land in need of restoration. The fires that occurred in those...
Total synthesis of marine antitumor agents trabectedin and lurbinectedin
With its vast numbers of different lifeforms, the sea is a largely unexplored source of natural products that could be starting points for new...
Natural resources valued differently by men and woman
Men and women value, access and use resources from the natural environment in distinct and different ways, a new study has shown.
Climate-friendly labriculture depends on an energy revolution
In a first-of-its-kind study, the climate-change impact of several production methods for lab-grown and farmed beef was assessed accounting for the differing greenhouse gases...
Great white shark genome decoded
In a major scientific step to understand the biology of this iconic apex predator and sharks in general, the entire genome of the white...
Climate change makes summer weather stormier yet more stagnant
Climate change is shifting the energy in the atmosphere that fuels summertime weather, which may lead to stronger thunderstorms and more stagnant conditions for...
Plants short-cut evolution by taking genes from neighbors
Scientists have discovered that grasses are able to short cut evolution by taking genes from their neighbors.
World’s biggest terrestrial carbon sinks are found in young forests
More than half of the carbon sink in the world's forests is in areas where the trees are relatively young -- under 140 years...
Biodiversity on land is not higher today than in the past, study shows
The rich levels of biodiversity on land seen across the globe today are not a recent phenomenon: diversity on land has been similar for...
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