Microorganisms in parched regions extract needed water from colonized rocks
Cyanobacteria living in rocks in Chile's Atacama Desert extract water from the minerals they colonize and, in doing so, change the phase of the...
Rethinking tsunami defense
Careful engineering of low, plant-covered hills along shorelines can mitigate tsunami risks with less disruption of coastal life and lower costs compared to seawalls.
Warming Midwest conditions may result in corn, soybean production moving north
If warming continues unabated in the Midwest, in 50 years we can expect the best conditions for corn and soybean production to have shifted...
Expansion, environmental impacts of irrigation by 2050 greatly underestimated
New research suggests that the amount of farmland that will need to be irrigated to feed the global population by 2050 could be up...
Solar and wind energy sites mapped globally for the first time
Researchers have mapped the global locations of major renewable energy sites, providing a valuable resource to help assess their potential environmental impact.
How gene flow between species influences the evolution of Darwin’s finches
Despite the traditional view that species do not exchange genes by hybridisation, recent studies show that gene flow between closely related species is more...
Climate change increases risk of fisheries conflict
A team of experts examined how climate change is affecting the ocean environment and found that the changing conditions will likely result in increased...
Predators help prey adapt to an uncertain future
What effect does extinction of species have on the evolution of surviving species? Evolutionary biologists have investigated this question by conducting a field experiment...
Foraging Drosophila flies are open for new microbial partners
Scientists have found that vinegar flies do not necessarily prefer yeasts from their natural environments, but were also attracted by yeasts found in a...
When natural disasters strike locally, urban networks spread the damage globally
Disasters that occur in one place can trigger costs in cities across the world due to the interconnectedness of the global urban trade network....
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