Plastic pollution is everywhere. Study reveals how it travels
A study reveals the mechanism by which microplastics, like Styrofoam, and particulate pollutants are carried long distances through soil and other porous media, with...
New method brings physics to deep learning to better simulate turbulence
Deep learning, also called machine learning, reproduces data to model problem scenarios and offer solutions. However, some problems in physics are unknown or cannot...
Former piece of Pacific Ocean floor imaged deep beneath China
In a study that gives new meaning to the term 'rock bottom,' seismic researchers have discovered the underside of a rocky slab of Earth's...
Weakened evidence for mid-latitude impacts of Arctic warming
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00954-yWeakened evidence for mid-latitude impacts of Arctic warming
Body size shapes thermal stress
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00948-wBody sizes have been declining in response to climate change, but an expected relationship between size...
Heat tolerance in ectotherms scales predictably with body size
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00938-yAnalysis of ectotherm thermal death curves in the context of both challenge intensity and duration shows...
Accountability and data-driven urban climate governance
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00953-zThe shift to data-driven urban climate governance alters accountability. This Review examines critically the drivers of...
How air pollution affects homeless populations
When air quality worsens, either from the smoke and ozone of summer or the inversion of winter, most of us stay indoors. But for...
Aurora-chasing citizen scientists help discover a new feature of STEVE
A new finding about the formation of streaks within the aurora-like STEVE phenomenon brings scientists one step closer to solving the mystery.
What does the fox say to a puma?
Researchers have found that in the Chilean Andes, two predator species -- the puma and the culpeo fox -- can successfully share a landscape...
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