Decline in black cherry regeneration may herald wider forest change
Reasons for more than a decade of black cherry regeneration decline in the Allegheny Hardwood Regions are not well-understood; a team of scientists looked...
Deadly heat waves will be common in South Asia, even at 1.5 degrees of...
A new study projecting the amount of heat stress residents of the region will experience in the future finds with 2 degrees Celsius of...
Aerosol formation in clouds
Researchers have studied for the first time how chemical reactions in clouds can influence the global climate. They found that isoprene, the dominant non-methane...
Weird earthquake reveals hidden mechanism
The wrong type of earthquake in an area where there should not have been an earthquake led researchers to uncover the cause for this...
Greenland caves: Time travel to a warm Arctic
An international team of scientists presents an analysis of sediments from a cave in northeast Greenland, that cover a time period between about 588,000...
Rodenticides in the environment pose threats to birds of prey
Over the past decades, the increased use of chemicals in many areas led to environmental pollution - of water, soil and also wildlife. In...
Even small levels of nitrate in drinking water results in smaller babies
It appears that the weight of newborn babies decreases if even small amounts of nitrates are present in the drinking water that mothers drink...
Dangerous landfill pollutants ranked in order of toxicity
To help environmental agencies battle the toxic threats posed by landfills, researchers have developed a system that ranks the toxins present in a landfill...
Female salmon are dying at higher rates than male salmon
Female adult sockeye from the Fraser River are dying at significantly higher rates than their male counterparts on the journey back to their spawning...
Tiny currents may impact vital ocean food source
Copepods are a vital part of Earth's aquatic ecosystems. A team of researchers recently published findings that shed light on how these miniature marvels...
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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