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There is no cheaper way to generate electricity today than with the sun. Solar cells available on the market based on crystalline silicon make...
Confirmed: Island gigantism and dwarfism result of evolutionary island rule
It is an old-standing theory in evolutionary ecology: animal species on islands have the tendency to become either giants or dwarfs in comparison to...
Satellite map of human pressure on land provides insight on sustainable development
The map shows a near-present snapshot of effects from deforestation, mining, expanding road networks, urbanization and increasing agriculture.
Focusing on differences across scenarios could lead to bad adaptation policy advice
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 15 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01030-9Evaluation of climate adaptation policies typically compares differences between scenarios with different levels of, or without,...
Emissions trading: greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 13.3% in 2020
Greenhouse gas emissions from operators covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) fell by 13.3% in 2020 compared to 2019 levels. This...
To improve climate models, an international team turns to archaeological data
To improve climate models, an international team turned to archaeological data. The resulting classification from the project, called LandCover6k, offers a tool the researchers...
Reliably measuring oxygen deficiency in rivers or lakes
Wastewater carries large quantities of organic substances into the rivers and lakes, leading to heavy growth of bacteria and oxygen deficiency. Measurement methods have...
Ocean temperature reconstructed over the last 700,000 years
Researchers have reconstructed for the first mean ocean temperatures over the last 700,000 years using ice core data. The new knowledge serves to improve...
Parasites now and half a century ago in one location
Half a century had passed, but a professor was sure he'd been here before. In fact, he was completely certain. After all, he had...
Channel migration plays leading role in river network evolution
Satellite views of Earth's major river systems reveal their familiar treelike drainage patterns. The pattern - called dendritic - and its prevalence suggests that...
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