Resistance to ocean acidification in coral reef taxa is not gained by acclimatization
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0486-9Calcifying marine species are threatened by ocean acidification. A year-long study of calcifying fluid chemistry shows...
Costs of climate politics
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0487-8Corporations devote massive amounts of resources to lobby policy makers in the United States. New research...
Potential for low-cost carbon dioxide removal through tropical reforestation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0485-xThere is a growing need to find cost-effective options for greenhouse gas abatement. In this study,...
Tracking global climate change adaptation among governments
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0490-0The Paris Agreement places new emphasis on the need to take stock of adaptation progress. This...
The social cost of lobbying over climate policy
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0489-6Political interests play a key role in the passage of climate policy. This study quantifies that...
Soil communities threatened by destruction, instability of Amazon forests
A meta-analysis of nearly 300 studies of soil biodiversity in Amazonian forests found that the abundance, biomass, richness and diversity of soil fauna and...
How to prevent mosquitofish from spreading in water ecosystems
Preventing the introduction of the mosquitofish and removing its population are the most effective actions to control the dispersal of this exotic fish in...
Climate change affects the genetic diversity of a species
What effects does climate change have on the genetic diversity of living organisms? In a new study, researchers studied the genome of the alpine...
Crabs’ camouflage tricks revealed
Crabs from a single species rely on different camouflage techniques depending on what habitat they live in, new research shows.
Aftershocks of 1959 earthquake rocked Yellowstone in 2017-18
A swarm of more than 3,000 small earthquakes in the Maple Creek area (in Yellowstone National Park but outside of the Yellowstone volcano caldera)...
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