Management of exploited transboundary fish stocks requires international cooperation
Marine fish species are migratory in nature and not respectful of human-made territorial boundaries, which represents a challenge for fisheries management as policies tend...
New sediment archive for historical climate research
Geological investigations of low-temperature young deposits on the Styrian Erzberg provide paleoclimatology with new data on the Earth's history and its development.
Legacy pollutants found in migratory terns in Great Lakes region
Chemicals that haven't been manufactured in the U.S. for years or even decades are still turning up in the bodies of migratory terns in...
Bronze Age herders were less mobile than previously thought
Bronze Age pastoralists in what is now southern Russia apparently covered shorter distances than previously thought. It is believed that the Indo-European languages may...
What cold lizards in Miami can tell us about climate change resilience
When temperatures go below a critical limit, sleeping lizards lose their grip and fall out of trees. But when researchers collected the scaled survivors...
The effects of wildfires and spruce beetle outbreaks on forest temperatures
Results indicate that wildfires may play a role in accelerating climate-driven species changes in mountain forests by compounding regional warming trends.
New evidence for geologically recent earthquakes near Portland, Oregon metro area
A paleoseismic trench dug across the Gales Creek fault, located about 35 kilometers (roughly 22 miles) west of Portland, Oregon, documents evidence for three...
A new material for separating CO2 from industrial waste gases, natural gas, or biogas
With a new material, the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) can be specifically separated from industrial waste gases, natural gas, or biogas, and thereby...
Lost and found: Geologists ‘resurrect’ missing tectonic plate
A team of geologists believes they have found the lost plate known as Resurrection in northern Canada by using existing mantle tomography images.
Colorful perovskites: Thermochromic window technologies
Scientists report a breakthrough in developing a next-generation thermochromic window that not only reduces the need for air conditioning but simultaneously generates electricity.
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