Protecting local water has global benefits

A new article demonstrates why keeping local lakes and other waterbodies clean produces cost-effective benefits locally and globally.

1.5°C ‘degrowth’ scenarios suggest need for new mitigation pathways

The first comprehensive comparison of 'degrowth' scenarios with established pathways to limit climate change highlights the risk of over-reliance on technological innovation to support...

Hidden within African diamonds, a billion-plus years of deep-earth history

A team has come up with a way to solve two longstanding puzzles: the ages of individual fluid-bearing diamonds, and the chemistry of their...

Researchers develop magnetic thin film for spin-thermoelectric energy conversion

Engineers have proposed a satellite-aided drought monitoring method that can adequately represent the complex drought conditions into a single integrated drought index.

The Aqueduct of Constantinople: Managing the longest water channel of the ancient world

Aqueducts are very impressive examples of the art of construction in the Roman Empire. Even today, they still provide us with new insights into...

Invasive species alters marine community, interferes in post-disaster recovery

Clavelina oblonga, an invasive marine fouling species, not only reduces diversity in communities it invades, it also interferes in their recovery following natural disasters...

Mediterranean turtles recovering at different rates

Numbers of two Mediterranean turtle species have risen in the last three decades - but in Cyprus the recoveries are happening at different rates,...

Time running out to save coral reefs

New data on the growth rates of coral reefs shows there is still a window of opportunity to save them from eroding by mid-century...

Ocean-bottom sediments tell a story about ancient Greenland summers

The study uses leaf wax chemicals in the deposits to learn about ancient climate in southern Greenland, focusing on summer temperature during periods of...

Animal production responsible for vast majority of air quality-related health impacts from U.S. food

Poor air quality caused by food production in the U.S. is estimated to result in 16,000 deaths annually, 80% of which are related to...

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