Plug-in hybrid vehicles are better than their reputation

Hybrid vehicles are often considered the fig leaf of electric mobility. However, plug-in hybrids with a real electric range of about 60 km drive...

Birth of a storm in the Arabian Sea validates climate model

Extreme cyclones that formed in the Arabian Sea for the first time in 2014 are the result of global warming and will likely increase...

Satellite tracking provides clues about South Atlantic sea turtles’ ‘lost years’

Biologists have been tracking the movements of sea turtle yearlings in the South Atlantic Ocean, and have come up with some surprising results.

Decades-past logging still threatens spotted owls in national forests

Logging of the largest trees in the Sierra Nevada's national forests ended in the early 1990s after agreements were struck to protect species' habitat....

Unique field survey yields first big-picture view of deep-sea food webs

A new article documents the first comprehensive study of deep-sea food webs, using hundreds of video observations of animals caught in the act of...

Optimal amount of rainfall for plants

Researchers have determined what could be considered a 'Goldilocks' climate for rainfall use by plants: not too wet and not too dry. But those...

More-severe climate model predictions could be the most accurate

The climate models that project greater amounts of warming this century are the ones that best align with observations of the current climate, according...

Living on thin air — microbe mystery solved

Scientists have discovered that microbes in Antarctica have a previously unknown ability to scavenge hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the air to...

Deadly cryptococcal fungi found in public spaces in South Africa

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii have been found large numbers on trees in South Africa.

Unearthing the underground effects of earthquakes and volcanoes

Researchers analyzed high-resolution seismic velocity data from 36 seismograph stations across the island of Kyushu to identify variations before, during, and after the MW...

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