California’s August Complex largest fire in state’s history
NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured another startling image of the August Complex of fires that has grown to over 1,000,000 acres burned (1,006,140 acres...
Evidence of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and MND in brains of young people exposed to dirty...
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New climate model helps researchers better predict water needs
New research combines climate and land use projections to predict water availability, information that is crucial for the preparations of resource managers and land-use...
Pesticides and food scarcity dramatically reduce wild bee population
The loss of flowering plants and the widespread use of pesticides could be a double punch to wild bee populations. In a new study,...
Diamonds found with gold in Canada’s Far North offer clues to Earth’s early history
The presence of diamonds in an outcrop atop an unrealized gold deposit in Canada's Far North mirrors the association found above the world's richest...
Earth grows fine gems in minutes
Some of Earth's finest gemstones grew in a matter of minutes. Geologists made that discovery while investigating mineral formations that are rich in lithium...
Indonesia’s old and deep peatlands offer an archive of environmental changes
Researchers probing peatlands to discover clues about past environments and carbon stocks on land have identified peatland on Borneo that is twice as old...
Warmer winters are keeping some lakes from freezing
Warmer winters due to climate change are causing lakes in the Northern Hemisphere to experience more ice-free years, according to a new study. Researchers...
Teaching an old spectroscope new tricks
Researchers have improved a method for probing semiconducting crystals with light to detect defects and impurities. The details of their 'omnidirectional photoluminescence (ODPL) spectroscopy'...
CRISPRing trees for a climate-friendly economy
Researchers have discovered a way to stably fine-tune the amount of lignin in poplar by applying CRISPR/Cas9 technology. Lignin is one of the main...
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