Ancient ocean floors could help in the search for critical minerals
Studying ancient ocean floors could help us discover minerals needed to produce electric cars and solar panels.
How simulations could help get PFAS out of soil
Chemists are discovering new information to help remediate 'forever chemicals' by showing for the first time how they interact with soil at the molecular...
The link between temperature, dehydration and tectonic tremors in Alaska
No one is at their best when they are dehydrated and that goes for tectonic plates too. Researchers using a thermomechanical model of the...
Fewer and weaker offspring : Snare injuries decrease reproductive performance of female hyenas in...
Indiscriminate snaring for bushmeat hunting may have varying collateral effects on non-target species, ranging from mild injuries to death. Beyond immediate mortalities these effects...
Heat-lovers are the lucky ones: Insects and climate change
Sparse data often make it difficult to track how climate change is affecting populations of insect species. A new study has now evaluated an...
How we choose to end deforestation will impact future emissions
Could the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use's ambitions be too ambiguous? An international team of researchers looked into this question.
Scientists show that at least 44 percent of Earth’s land requires conservation to safeguard...
New research reveals that 44 percent of Earth's land area -- some 64 million square kilometers (24.7 million square miles) requires conservation to safeguard...
The consequences of climate change in the Alps are visible from space
Global warming has a particularly pronounced impact on the Alpine region. Like the Arctic, this European mountain range is becoming greener. Researchers have now...
The New York — New Jersey Harbor Estuary is a dining hotspot during summer...
They click. They whistle. They love seafood. They are New York City's nearshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) that return to feed in local waters...
Shifting signatures of climate change reshuffle northern species
Analysis of long-term monitoring data for almost 1,500 species in Finland shows that four decades of climate change has led species to shift between...
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