Ever-increasing CO2 levels could take us back to the tropical climate of Paleogene period
A new study has warned that unless we mitigate current levels of carbon dioxide emissions, Western Europe and New Zealand could revert to the...
New understanding of deep earthquakes
Researchers have for the first time reported a way to analyze seismic wave radiation patterns in deep earthquakes to suggest global deep earthquakes are...
Silicon-based, tandem photovoltaic modules can compete in solar market
The dominant existing solar technology -- silicon -- is more than 90 percent of the way to its theoretical efficiency limit. More efficient technologies...
Carbon ‘leak’ may have warmed the planet for 11,000 years, encouraging human civilization
The oceans lock away atmospheric carbon dioxide, but a 'leak' in the Southern Ocean brings the greenhouse gas back into the atmosphere. An international...
Homo sapiens developed a new ecological niche that separated it from other hominins
A new study argues that the greatest defining feature of our species is not 'symbolism' or dramatic cognitive change but rather its unique ecological...
Australia facing extremely intense rain storms
Large increase in sudden downpours in the last 50 years, with the amount of water falling in hourly rain storms (for example thunderstorms) increasing...
Madagascar’s lemurs use millipedes for their tummy troubles
Madagascar's red-fronted lemurs may have a secret weapon from nature's medicine cabinet: millipedes. Biologists believe that lemurs chew on millipedes to treat and prevent...
Montane pine forests reached the northeastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula 50,000 years ago
A new study confirms a continuous presence of montane coniferous forests from the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean coast from 50,000 to 15,000 years ago,...
Great tit birds have as much impulse control as chimpanzees
Biologists have shown that the great tit, a common European songbird, has a tremendous capacity for self-control. Up to now, such impulse control has...
Researchers demonstrate shark vertebral band pairs are related to growth, not time
Band pairs in shark vertebrae have been used for decades to estimate shark age, of practical use in conserving overfished sharks and managing the...
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