Cold climates and ocean carbon sequestration
Efficient nutrient consumption by plankton in the Southern Ocean drove carbon sequestration in the deep ocean during the ice ages, a new study suggests.
What makes farmers try new practices?
Change is never easy. But when it comes to adopting new agricultural practices, some farmers are easier to convince than others. A group of...
Did humans create the Sahara desert?
New research investigating the transition of the Sahara from a lush, green landscape 10,000 years ago to the arid conditions found today, suggests that...
Increase in extreme sea levels could endanger European coastal communities
Massive coastal flooding in northern Europe that now occurs once every century could happen every year if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, according...
Spiders eat astronomical numbers of insects
A new study reveals some stunning estimates about how much the world's spiders eat annually: between 400 and 800 million tons of insects and...
Where the few jaguars still alive are hiding
Researchers track movements of largest feline in Americas across all major Brazilian biomes, using GPS tracking to survey the jaguar´s home range and movement...
Microbes Measure Ecological Restoration Success
The success of ecological restoration projects around the world could be boosted using a potential new tool that monitors soil microbes, say scientists.
Ice age thermostat prevented extreme climate cooling
During the ice ages, an unidentified regulatory mechanism prevented atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations from falling below a level that could have led to runaway...
Fashion industry gains new tools to reduce its environmental load
The environmental impact of our clothing has now been mapped in the most comprehensive life cycle analysis performed to date. For the first time,...
Utah Legislature did little to battle pollution.
With an administration and a Congress harboring so much hostility to the idea of even having a federal Environmental Protection Agency, the job of...
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