Jamaica steps up climate change resilience efforts
Jamaica's ratification of the Paris Agreement on Thursday, March 30, now paves the way for the implementation of a national strategy rooted in climate-change...
Fish migration tracked by testing DNA in seawater
For the first time, researchers have successfully recorded fish migration by conducting DNA tests on seawater samples. Using this method to estimate the abundance...
Our most iconic national parks are in danger of becoming oil and gas drilling...
Some of our most iconic national parks—the Great Sand Dunes, the Everglades, and the Grand Tetons–are in danger of becoming the newest hotspots for...
Alarm raised as mystery pest destroys Mississippi Delta marsh.
Eric Newman speeds through the maze of bayous at the Mississippi River's mouth with the confidence of someone who's done this for decades. He...
Algal residue: Alternative carbon resource for pharmaceuticals and polyesters
Algal residue, the leftover material after extracting oil from algae for biofuel, can be used to produce key industrial chemicals, researchers have determined.
Developing a microinsurance plan for California earthquakes
Nine out of 10 Californians are uninsured against earthquake risk, which could slow economic recovery in neighborhoods and cities around the state after a...
Anticipating hazards from fracking-induced earthquakes in Canada and US
As hydraulic fracturing operations expand in Canada and in some parts of the United States, researchers are taking a closer look at ways to...
Seismologists offer detailed look at New Zealand’s Kaikoura earthquake
The magnitude 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake that struck the South Island of New Zealand last November was the largest on-land recorded earthquake in the country's...
Polar glaciers may be home to previously undiscovered carbon cycle
Microbes in streams flowing on the surface of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic may represent a previously underestimated source of organic material and...
Technology to improve rockfall analysis on cliffs could save money, lives
Researchers have developed a new, automated technology to analyze the potential for rockfalls from cliffs onto roads and areas below, which should speed and...
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