Lack of insects in cities limits breeding success of urban birds
Urban insect populations would need to increase by a factor of at least 2.5 for urban great tits to have same breeding success as...
Mussel reefs heighten risk of microplastic exposure and consumption
In the first study of its kind, scientists found that when mussels were clumped together forming reefs -- as they do in nature --...
Fish feces reveals which species eat crown-of-thorns
Crown-of-thorns starfish are on the menu for many more fish species than previously suspected, an investigation using fish feces and gut remnants reveals.
Climate change threatens progress in cancer control
Climate change threatens prospects for further progress in cancer prevention and control, increasing exposure to cancer risk factors and impacting access to cancer care,...
Present-day greenhouse gases could cause more frequent and longer Dust Bowl heatwaves
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 18 May 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0771-7The United States experienced two of its hottest recorded summers in 1934 and 1936, amplified by...
Circumpolar projections of Antarctic krill growth potential
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 18 May 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0758-4The impact of climate change on the circumpolar distribution of the key Antarctic food-web species, krill,...
Reduced efficiency of the Barents Sea cooling machine
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 18 May 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0772-6The Barents Sea cools the ocean, and dense water masses form that flow into the global...
Using big data to design gas separation membranes, reduce CO2
Researchers have developed a method that combines big data and machine learning to selectively design gas-filtering polymer membranes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their...
Ocean ‘breathability’ key to past, future habitat of West Coast marine species
Ocean breathability, which combines the oxygen levels, a species' oxygen needs and the water temperature, matches the shifts in northern anchovy populations from the...
Food webs determine the fate of mercury pollution in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon
In the Grand Canyon reach of the Colorado River, two species play an outsized role in the fate of mercury in the aquatic ecosystem,...
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