A society divided by reconstruction

In 2004, a tsunami devastated much of the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh. An international team of researchers has studied the long-term impact that...

Thinking outside the box on climate mitigation

A new article lays the groundwork for alternative climate mitigation scenarios that place less reliance on unproven negative emissions technologies in the future.

Species identification in the water bottle

Environmental DNA analysis makes it possible to detect water organisms without having to capture them first. For the first time, researchers systematically investigated the...

Jet stream changes since 1960s linked to more extreme weather

Increased fluctuations in the path of the North Atlantic jet stream since the 1960s coincide with more extreme weather events in Europe such as...

California’s water saving brings bonus effects

Water-saving measures in California have also led to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and electricity consumption in the state.

Northern corn leaf blight genes identified in new study

Midwestern corn growers know the symptoms of northern corn leaf blight all too well: greenish-gray lesions on the leaves that can add up to...

NASA calculated heavy rainfall leading to California mudslides

Winter rains falling on recently burned ground triggered deadly mudslides in Santa Barbara County, California on Jan. 9. NASA calculated the amount of rain...

All in the family: Focused genomic comparisons

Aspergillus fungi are pathogens, decomposers, and important sources of biotechnologically-important enzymes. Scientists now report the first outcome from the large-scale sequencing of 300+ Aspergillus...

Tagged tiger shark proving unstoppable

For more than a decade, researchers have been tagging and tracking sharks in order to study their migratory patterns and more. One tiger shark...

Solving Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’: How flowering plants conquered the world

Researchers have found that flowering plants have small cells relative to other major plant groups, made possible by a greatly reduced genome size, and...

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