Water use for fracking has risen by up to 770 percent since 2011
The amount of water used per well for fracking surged by up to 770 percent between 2011 and 2016 in all major US shale...
Dating the ancient Minoan eruption of Thera using tree rings
New analyses that use tree rings could settle the long-standing debate about when the volcano Thera erupted by resolving discrepancies between archeological and radiocarbon...
Structure of ion channel reveals how insects smell their way around the world
Researchers describe, for the first time, the structure of a smell-receptor protein common among insects. Its inner architecture illuminates how insects evolved to detect...
When viruses infect phytoplankton, it can change the clouds
Microscopic plant-like organisms called phytoplankton support the diversity of life in the ocean. Scientists now report that one species, Emiliania huxleyi, and a virus...
How plants protect themselves by emitting scent cues for birds
When plants are in distress or being fed on by insects, they have been known to send out sensory volatile cues that alert organisms...
Next 5 years predicted to be abnormally hot
This summer's worldwide heatwave makes 2018 a particularly hot year. As will be the next few years, according to a new study. Using a...
Study of greater Yellowstone pronghorn finds highway crossing structures a conservation success
A recently published study has confirmed that efforts to protect migrating pronghorn by installing wildlife crossing structures over highways have succeeded, in terms of...
Extending palm oil production in Africa threatens primate conservation
Future expansion of the palm oil industry could have a dramatic impact on African primates.
Apathy towards poachers widespread in world’s marine protected areas
A new study has found that nearly half of fishers from seven countries had witnessed someone poaching in marine protected areas in the past...
Predicting landslide boundaries two weeks before they happen
Researchers have developed a software tool that uses applied mathematics and big data analytics to predict the boundary of where a landslide will occur,...
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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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