Minimizing the Impacts of Severe Weather on Wildlife
When Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida in September 2017, the Category 5 storm offered a team of wildlife researchers a first-ever opportunity to observe…
When Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida in September 2017, the Category 5 storm offered a team of wildlife researchers a first-ever opportunity to observe…
Diving 200 feet (60 meters) under the ocean surface to conduct scientific research can lead to some interesting places. For University of Texas at Austin…
New Research Finds Earth’s Oldest Asteroid Strike Linked to ‘Big Thaw’ Curtin University scientists have discovered Earth’s oldest asteroid strike occurred at Yarrabubba, in outback…
Arctic sea ice cannot “quickly bounce back” if climate change causes it to melt, new research suggests. A team of scientists led by the University…
New UNSW research calls for national action to minimize the risk of the platypus vanishing due to habitat destruction, dams, and weirs. Australia’s devastating drought…
Despite reports that global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, HFC-23, were almost eliminated in 2017, an international team of scientists, led by the University…
Implicated in a Third of Overall Global Warming for the Time Period A scientific paper published in 1985 was the first to report a burgeoning…
River flow is reduced in areas where forests have been planted and does not recover over time, a new study has shown. Rivers in some…
Sea-Ice-Free Arctic Makes Permafrost Vulnerable to Thawing Permafrost is ground that remains frozen throughout the year; it covers nearly a quarter of Northern Hemisphere land….
According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since…
Small Mammals in South America Help Scientists See Forest-Wide Patterns “Save the rainforests” is a snappy slogan, but it doesn’t tell the full story of…
In first-of-its-kind research, NOAA scientists and academic partners used 100 years of microscopic shells to show that the coastal waters off California are acidifying twice…
The Arctic region is heating up faster than any other place on Earth, and as more and more sea ice is lost every year, we…
A new study identifies the non-native species most likely to invade the Antarctic Peninsula region over the next decade. It provides a baseline for all…
New research shows plant life is expanding in the area around Mount Everest, and across the Himalayan region. Scientists used satellite data to measure the…
Global satellite imagery shows transitions occur quickly after blocks of forest are cut in half. University of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a tipping point…
Between 2005 and 2016, the shift away from coal saved an estimated 26,610 lives and 570 million bushels of crops. The decommissioning of coal-fired power…
While regular fish have flat scales, shark ‘scales’ look more like teeth. But their denticles also cover their body and in particular influence their ability…