Half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution
Half of the world's population is exposed to increasing air pollution, new research has shown.
Red squirrels making comeback as return of pine marten spells bad news for invasive...
The number of red squirrels is on the increase in Ireland thanks to the return of the pine marten, a native carnivore, a new...
Switching from general to regional anaesthesia may cut greenhouse gas emissions
Switching from general to regional anaesthesia may help cut greenhouse emissions and ultimately help reduce global warming, indicates a real life example at one...
Seaweed takes scientists on trip ‘through time’in the waters of Monterey Bay
New research tapped into a collection of dried, pressed seaweed to understand what the bay was like before the impacts of modern human activity....
Honeybee lives shortened after exposure to two widely used pesticides
The lives of honeybees are shortened -- with evidence of physiological stress -- when they are exposed to the suggested application rates of two...
Coal-burning in Siberia after volcanic eruption led to climate change 250 million years ago
A team of researchers has provided the first ever direct evidence that extensive coal burning in Siberia is a cause of the Permo-Triassic Extinction,...
Shhhh, the whales are resting
Researchers recommend new guidelines for noise levels from whale-watching boats after having carried out experiments with humpback whales. They exposed the whales to different...
Seafood helped prehistoric people migrate out of Africa
A study has examined fossil reefs near to the now-submerged Red Sea shorelines that marked prehistoric migratory routes from Africa to Arabia. The findings...
Cattle vs. hippopotamus: Dung in rivers of the Savannah
In many regions of the world, populations of large mammalian herbivores have been displaced by cattle breeding, for example in Kenya the hippos by...
Why most of the records left by ancient rivers preserve commonplace processes
Researcher uncovers why most of the records left by ancient rivers preserve commonplace processes.
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