Understanding Earth’s ‘deep-carbon cycle’
New geologic findings about the makeup of the Earth's mantle are helping scientists better understand long-term climate stability and even how seismic waves move through...
The surprising rhythms of Leopards: Females are early birds, males are nocturnal
After 10 months of camera surveillance in the Tanzanian rainforest, researchers have concluded that female and male leopards are active at very different times...
Bumblebees benefit from faba bean cultivation
About one third of payments received by farmers are linked to 'greening measures' to promote biodiversity. These have been criticized because the benefits for...
Historical climate fluctuations in Central Europe overestimated due to tree ring analysis
Tree rings exaggerate, a team of researchers finds. Scientists deduce historical climatic conditions for the past hundreds of years from the width of the...
Giant particle accelerator in the sky
A new study shows that electrons in the radiation belts can be accelerated to very high speeds locally. The study shows that magnetosphere works...
Rebirth of a volcano
Continued volcanic activity after the collapse of a volcano has not been documented in detail so far. Now and for the first time, researchers...
Publisher Correction: Climate-driven changes in the composition of New World plant communities
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00926-2Publisher Correction: Climate-driven changes in the composition of New World plant communities
Seeing objects through clouds and fog
Using a new algorithm, researchers have reconstructed the movements of individual particles of light to see through clouds, fog and other obstructions.
National parks preserve more than species
National parks are safe havens for endangered and threatened species, but an analysis by data scientists finds parks and protected areas can preserve more...
New insight on the impacts of Earth’s biosphere on air quality
A new study provides the first global satellite measurements of one of the most important chemicals affecting Earth's atmosphere.
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