How plants compete for underground real estate affects climate change and food production
How do plant roots store carbon? Researchers found that the energy a plant devotes to its roots depends on proximity to other plants: when close...
Robot fleet dives for climate answers in ‘marine snow’
Sailing from Hobart, twenty researchers hope to capture the most detailed picture yet of how marine life in the Southern Ocean captures and stores...
Coasts drown as coral reefs collapse under warming and acidification
The coastal protection coral reefs currently provide will start eroding by the end of the century, as the world continues to warm and the...
Scientists predict ‘optimal’ stress levels
Scientists have created an evolutionary model to predict how animals should react in stressful situations.
Cluster of Alaskan islands could be single, interconnected giant volcano
A small group of volcanic islands in Alaska's Aleutian chain might be part of a single, undiscovered giant volcano, say scientists. If the researchers'...
Understanding bacteria’s metabolism could improve biofuel production
A new study reveals how bacteria control the chemicals produced from consuming 'food.' The insight could lead to organisms that are more efficient at...
Satellite-tagged bottles show promise for tracking plastic litter through rivers
A new study demonstrates the potential for plastic bottles tagged with tracking devices to deepen our understanding of how plastic pollution moves through rivers.
African trade routes sketched out by mediaeval beads
The chemical composition of glass beads and their morphological characteristics can reveal where they come from. Archaeologists analyzed glass beads found at rural sites...
Roly polies transfer environmental toxins to threatened fish populations in California
New research finds steelhead trout in a stream on the California coast accumulate mercury in their bodies when the fish eat roly polies and...
Nanomaterials enable dual-mode heating and cooling device
Engineers have demonstrated a dual-mode heating and cooling device for building climate control that, if widely deployed in the U.S., could cut HVAC energy...
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