Africa Climate Week 2022 Builds Important Regional Momentum for Climate Action ahead of COP27
UN Climate Change News, 2 September 2022 –This year’s Africa Climate Week (ACW 2022) in Libreville, Gabon, wrapped up today, having helped build important...
Variation matters: Genetic effects in interacting species jointly determine ecological outcomes
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People generate their own oxidation field and change the indoor air chemistry around them
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How ‘prediction markets’ could improve climate risk policies and investment decisions
A market-led approach could be key to guiding policy, research and business decisions about future climate risks, a new study outlines. Now that organizations...
Researchers propose new framework for regulating engineered crops
A Policy Forum article calls for a new approach to regulating genetically engineered (GE) crops, arguing that current approaches for triggering safety testing vary...
Global analysis identifies at-risk forests
Researchers quantify the risk to forests from climate change along three dimensions: carbon storage, biodiversity and forest loss from disturbance, such as fire or...
The impact of megafires on estuaries from Australia’s ‘Black Summer’
Estuaries are one of the most valuable biomes on Earth, and megafires -- like Australia's 2019/20 Black Summer fires -- represent an emerging threat...
These mice grow bigger on the rainier sides of mountains: It might be a...
Scientists studying mice from the Andes Mountains in Patagonia noticed something they couldn't explain: the mice from the western side of the mountains were...
High plant diversity is often found in the smallest of areas
It might sound weird, but it's true: the steppes of Eastern Europe are home to a similar number of plant species as the regions...
Turning CO2 and methane into valuable products, effectively
CO2 and methane can be turned into valuable products. But there is a problem with the catalysts required for this: They end up being...
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