Climate change, refugees worsen Jordan's water woes: scientists
TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hot, dry Jordan faces severe water shortages due to climate change and a refugee influx from neighboring Syria, Stanford...
American pika disappears from large area of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains
The American pika, a small mammal adapted to high altitudes and cold temperatures, has died out from a 165-square-mile span of habitat in California's...
How certain ants snap their jaws shut in the blink of an eye
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Profitable cooperation: Ants protect and fertilize plants
Biologists describe how the waste left by ants on plant leaves serves as a valuable fertilizer for the plants -- handed on a silver...
Jordan faces likelihood of much more frequent long and severe droughts
Jordan is among the world's most water-poor nations, and a new, comprehensive analysis of regional drought and land-use changes in upstream Syria suggests the...
Concerns regarding radioactivity in migratory seafood negated
New research shows negligible risk from consumption of meat from migratory marine predators following Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Tracking down the whale-shark highway
Researchers recently discovered that whale sharks in the Eastern Tropical Pacific follow fronts -- the dynamic boundaries between warm and cold ocean waters.
Harvey’s hidden side effect.
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the number of chemical plants, refineries, and other industrial facilities. So when one of the worst storms in...
Houston flooding always hits poor, non-white neighborhoods hardest.
Ramit Plushnick-Masti woke just after 4:30 a.m. Sunday to find water seeping into the bathroom. She ran to the sunroom that faces her backyard...
St. Petersburg proposal would require solar panels on new homes and major roof repairs.
ST. PETERSBURG — If you're building a new house or putting on a new roof next year, and your place is bigger than 1,100...
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