Devastating cost of future coastal flooding for many developing nations predicted in new study
New global modelling predicts the devastating socioeconomic impacts of future extreme coastal flooding for developing nations caused by climate change, with Asia, West Africa...
A fossil fruit from California shows ancestors of coffee and potatoes survived cataclysm that...
The discovery of an 80-million-year-old fossil plant pushes back the known origins of lamiids to the Cretaceous, extending the record of nearly 40,000 species...
Why icicles are rippled
Winter is coming to an end; the last nights of below zero temperatures are here. In the morning, one still spots the occasional icicle...
A faster, more accurate 3D modelling tool recreates a landscape’s digital twin down to...
Researchers have developed a new technique that can help create high-quality, accurate 3D models of large-scale landscapes -- essentially, digital replicas of the real...
Optimal layout for a hospital isolation room to contain COVID-19 includes ceiling vent
Researchers recently modeled the transmission of COVID-19 within an isolation room at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, U.K. Their goal was to explore...
Glacial flooding threatens millions globally
Fifteen million people around the world are at risk from flooding caused by glacial lakes, with just four countries -- India, Pakistan, China and...
Antarctica’s ocean brightens clouds
The teeming life in the Southern Ocean, which encircles Antarctica, contributes to brightening the clouds that form there, according to a new study. The...
Plastic debris in the Arctic comes from all around the world
In the course of five years, citizens who went on sailing cruises to the Arctic surveyed and collected plastic debris that had washed up...
New sodium, aluminum battery aims to integrate renewables for grid resiliency
A new sodium battery technology shows promise for helping integrate renewable energy into the electric grid. The battery uses Earth-abundant raw materials such as...
Changing climate conditions likely facilitated early human migration to the Americas at key intervals,...
Researchers have pinpointed two intervals when ice and ocean conditions would have been favorable to support early human migration from Asia to North America...
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