Amazonia racing toward tipping point, fueled by unregulated fires
Amazonia is closer to a catastrophic ecological tipping point than any time in the last 100,000 years, and human activity is the cause.
New model — Antarctic ice loss expected to affect future climate change
In a new climate modeling study that looked at the impacts of accelerated ice melt from the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) on future climate,...
UK lockdown and air pollution: Nitrogen dioxide halved but sulfur dioxide doubled
A new study of air pollution in the United Kingdom during the first 100 days of lockdown has revealed that while nitrogen oxide levels...
Halt post-disturbance logging in forests, experts urge
Please do not disturb: After forest fires, bark beetle infestations and other damage, the affected forests should not be cleared.
Tiny worlds reveal fundamental drivers of abundance, diversity
Ecology is traditionally a data-poor discipline, but tiny microbial worlds offer the quantity of data needed to solve universal questions about abundance and diversity....
Flood risks: More accurate data due to COVID-19
Emerging use of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) makes it possible to continuously measure shallow changes in elevation of Earth surface. A study now...
Uncovering new understanding of Earth’s carbon cycle
A new study is examining the Earth's carbon cycle in new depth, using diamonds as breadcrumbs of insight into some of Earth's deepest geologic...
This tiny device can scavenge wind energy from the breeze you make when you...
Most of the wind available on land is too gentle to push commercial wind turbine blades, but now researchers have designed a kind of...
Stability check on Antarctica reveals high risk for long-term sea-level rise
The warmer it gets, the faster Antarctica loses ice - and much of it will then be gone forever. That's what a team of...
Some polar bears in far north are getting short-term benefit from thinning ice
The small subpopulation of polar bears in Kane Basin were doing better, on average, in recent years than in the 1990s. The bears are...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
A report by 43 wildlife experts warns that without changes now, many of Earth's most iconic species will be lost forever.
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Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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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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