Verdict for China’s efforts on coal emissions
Researchers from China, France and the USA have evaluated China's success in stemming emissions from its coal-fired power plants (CPPs). CPPs are one of...
Controversial insecticides shown to threaten survival of wild birds
New research shows how the world's most widely used insecticides could be partly responsible for dramatic declines in farmland bird populations. In the first...
Why is Earth so biologically diverse? Mountains hold the answer
Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and exhibits striking geographical global patterns in biodiversity. A pair of companion papers reveal that mountain regions --...
How a carbon-fixing organelle forms via phase separation
Algae remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis thanks to an organelle called the pyrenoid, which boosts the efficiency of...
‘Fire inversions’ lock smoke in valleys
There's an atmospheric feedback loop, says an atmospheric scientist, that can lock smoke in valleys in much the same way that temperature inversions lock...
Researchers design a roadmap for hydrogen supply network
Researchers have developed a hydrogen supply chain model that can enable the adoption of zero-emission, hydrogen-powered cars -- transforming them from a novelty into...
Satellite study of Amazon rainforest land cover gives insight into 2019 fires
A new study gives important context to the fires burning big swaths of the Amazon today.
Conservation of a Central American region is critical for migrating birds
A new article identifies a previously overlooked area that is critical for conservation: the region between southern Mexico and Guatemala where songbirds fuel up...
Why do birds migrate at night?
Researchers found migratory birds maximize how much light they get from their environment, so they can migrate even at night.
Four billion particles of microplastics discovered in major body of water
While collecting water samples and plankton, researchers discovered a high concentration of microplastics, which are known to disrupt the marine food chain.
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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