The effects of repeated droughts on different kinds of forests
Drought is endemic to the American West along with heatwaves and intense wildfires. But scientists are only beginning to understand how the effects of...
Act now on wildfires, global climate change, human health, study says
Immediate actions are needed to limit the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change that helps fuel wildfires, a new study says.
Scientist gains fresh insight into the origins of earthquakes
The speed and intensity with which seismic waves propagate after an earthquake depend mainly on forces occurring deep inside the rocks along a fault...
Crayfish ‘trapping’ fails to control invasive species
Despite being championed by a host of celebrity chefs, crayfish 'trapping' is not helping to control invasive American signal crayfish, according to new research.
Carnivores living near people feast on human food, threatening ecosystems
Ecologists have found that carnivores living near people can get more than half of their diets from human food sources, a major lifestyle disruption...
Tetrahedra may explain water ‘s uniqueness
Scientists have used computer simulations and a two-state mathematical model to analyze previous data on water and predicted the location of a liquid-liquid critical...
Using electric current to stabilize low-permeability soils
Scientists have developed a new approach to stabilizing clay soils. The method involves using a battery-like system to apply electric current to carbonate and...
Fuels, not fire weather, control carbon emissions in boreal forest
A team has found that the amount of carbon that burns in wildfires in western boreal forests depends more on available fuels than on...
To protect nature’s benefits, focus on people
New paper calls for the consideration of people's diverse needs in order to develop effective nature-based policies and investments in ecosystems.
Australian valley a ‘natural laboratory’ to test carbon sequestration theory
An idea to enhance natural carbon capture from olivine weathering has never been tested at scale. Geoscientists have proposed the Tweed Valley as a...
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