Who will lead the global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance via sewage?
A professor calls for someone to carry on a global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases via sewage.
Guest post: Could the Atlantic Overturning Circulation ‘shut down’?
Generally, we think of climate change as a gradual process: the more greenhouse gases that humans emit, the more the climate will change. But...
Adapting to climate change: We’re doing it wrong
When it comes to adapting to the effects of climate change, scientists and policymakers are thinking too small, according to a new research review.
Himalayan glacier shows evidence of start of Industrial Revolution
Human beings altered one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas hundreds of years before a person ever set foot there, new research has...
Scientists show solar system processes control the carbon cycle throughout Earth’s history
This new work sheds fresh light on the complicated interplay of factors affecting global climate and the carbon cycle -- and on what transpired...
Twist in the story of volcanism and mass extinctions
An emerging scientific consensus is that gases -- in particular carbon gases -- released by volcanic eruptions millions of years ago contributed to some...
The many lives of charcoal
In sub-Saharan Africa, charcoal dominates as an energy resource for cooking. A graduate student traveled to her native Uganda to study how this fuel...
Reimagining the link between space and species could boost wildlife conservation
Investigators offer a new method for ecologists to calculate the correlation between geographic space and the number of species inhabiting that space.
Global warming and extinction risk
How can fossils predict the consequences of climate change? A research team compared data from fossil and marine organisms living today to predict which...
Oral traditions and volcanic eruptions in Australia
In Australia, the onset of human occupation (about 65,000 years ago?) and dispersion across the continent are the subjects of intense debate and are...
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