Fisheries resilience following Tohoku tsunami
A small Japanese fishing community devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 managed to recover from the disaster through cooperative...
Some forams could thrive with climate change, metabolism study finds
With the expansion of oxygen-depleted waters in the oceans due to climate change, some species of foraminifera (forams, a type of protist or single-celled...
Fungus fights mites that harm honey bees
A new fungus strain bred in a lab could provide a chemical-free method for eradicating mites that kill honey bees. Varroa destructor mites play...
Banning the sale of fossil-fuel cars benefits the climate when replaced by electric cars
If a ban were introduced on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would...
Plastic waste has some economic benefit for developing countries
For decades, wealthy nations have transported plastic trash, and its environmental problems, to poorer countries, but researchers have found a potential bright side to...
A framework for national scenarios with varying emission reductions
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 May 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01048-zThere is no common structure for the way national emissions scenarios are created, hindering efforts for...
Widespread coral-algae symbioses endured historical climate changes
One of the most important and widespread reef-building corals, known as cauliflower coral, exhibits strong partnerships with certain species of symbiotic algae, and these...
Unveiling what governs crystal growth
Crystals are wonders of nature and science with important applications in electronics and optics. Scientists have new insights into how gallium nitride crystals grow....
People prefer ‘natural’ strategies to reduce atmospheric carbon
A cross-disciplinary collaboration found that a majority of the U.S. public is supportive of soil carbon storage as a climate change mitigation strategy, particularly...
Salmon virus originally from the Atlantic, spread to wild Pacific salmon from farms
A new study traces the origins of Piscine orthoreovirus to Atlantic salmon farms in Norway and finds that the virus is now almost ubiquitous...
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