How to balance economic development goals with environmental conservation
An international study gives fast-growing nations a simple, inexpensive guide to inform planning and decision-making to help balance economic development goals with environmental conservation...
Giant marine reptiles at 2,800 meters above sea level
More than 30 years ago, researchers discovered vertebrae, ribs and a tooth in the High Alps of eastern Switzerland. The typical shape indicated that...
Bird populations in eastern Canada declining due to forest ‘degradation,’ research shows
Bird species that live in wooded areas are under stress from human-caused changes to forest composition, according to new research that quantifies the effects...
Climate change could spark the next pandemic, new study finds
As Earth's climate continues to warm, researchers predict wild animals will be forced to relocate their habitats -- likely to regions with large human...
Earth’s atmosphere may be source of some lunar water
Hydrogen and oxygen ions escaping from Earth's upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar...
Observed influence of anthropogenic climate change on tropical cyclone heavy rainfall
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 April 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01344-2The coastal regions of the Western North Pacific have seen large increases in tropical cyclone heavy...
Empirical evidence for recent global shifts in vegetation resilience
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 April 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01352-2The authors demonstrate that a vegetation system’s ability to recover from disturbances—its resilience—can be estimated from...
Before Stonehenge monuments, hunter-gatherers made use of open habitats
Hunter-gatherers made use of open woodland conditions in the millennia before Stonehenge monuments were built, according to a new study.
Remote Ireland community survived a millennium of environmental change
A remote community in Ireland was adaptable enough to persist through a millennium of environmental change, according to a new study.
Climate change will more than double the risk of intense tropical cyclones by 2050
Human-caused climate change will make strong tropical cyclones twice as frequent by the middle of the century, putting large parts of the world at...
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