Climate change increases predation risk for a keystone species of the boreal forest
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00908-4Monitoring of snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) cause-specific mortality and behaviour reveals increased risk of predation from...
Weakening Atlantic overturning circulation causes South Atlantic salinity pile-up
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0897-7The slowdown in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is remotely detected in an increasing South...
A meta-analysis of country-level studies on environmental change and migration
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0898-6Using a meta-analysis approach, the authors find robust evidence that environmental factors play a role in...
Ancient earthquake may have caused destruction of Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri
Researchers have uncovered new evidence that an earthquake may have caused the destruction and abandonment of a flourishing Canaanite palatial site about 3,700 years...
Computational modelling explains why blues and greens are brightest colors in nature
Researchers have shown why intense, pure red colors in nature are mainly produced by pigments, instead of the structural color that produces bright blue...
Volcanic ash may have a bigger impact on the climate than we thought
Volcanic ash shuts down air traffic and can sicken people. But a new study suggests that it may also be more important for Earth's...
Shedding light on coral reefs
New research generates the largest characterization of coral reef spectral data to date. These data are an initial step in building a quantitative understanding...
How plants ensure regular seed spacing
Biologists have examined how seed formation is coordinated with fruit growth. They explain the genetic control mechanisms underlying the process.
More than 90 percent of protected areas are disconnected
Ongoing land clearing for agriculture, mining and urbanization is isolating and disconnecting Earth's protected natural areas from each other, a new study shows.
Worldwide loss of phosphorus due to soil erosion quantified for the first time
Phosphorus is essential for agriculture, yet this important plant nutrient is increasingly being lost from soils around the world. The primary cause is soil...
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