Lights Out? Fireflies Face Multiple Serious Extinction Threats
Habitat loss, pesticide use, and, surprisingly, artificial light are the three most serious threats endangering fireflies across the globe, raising the specter of extinction for…
Habitat loss, pesticide use, and, surprisingly, artificial light are the three most serious threats endangering fireflies across the globe, raising the specter of extinction for…
The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster today than it did only a few years ago. The reason: it’s not just melting on the surface…
New research techniques are being adopted by scientists tackling the most visible impact of climate change — the so-called greening of Arctic regions. The latest…
Ice loss from Pine Island Glacier has contributed more to sea-level rise over the past four decades than any other glacier in Antarctica. However, the…
China Health Threats Likely to Increase Due to Heatwaves Study reveals climate change will pose a deadly threat in China in the future as heatwaves…
As Our Planet Gets Greener, Plants Are Slowing Global Warming But an international team of researchers, including Ranga Myneni and Chi Chen from BU, say…
Earth’s Most Biodiverse Ecosystems Face a Perfect Storm A combination of climate change, extreme weather, and pressure from local human activity is causing a collapse…
Diversity is key to resilience, says new study. If you were planning to drink your way through the climate apocalypse, here’s some unfortunate news: Just…
Lehigh University scientist Benjamin S. Felzer calls new research showing that cleaning up ozone precursors within energy, industrial and transportation sectors could mitigate climate change,…
A material revolution replacing cement and steel in urban construction with wood can have double benefits for climate stabilization, a new study shows. First, it…
Machine learning Earth system model projects higher numbers in low-latitude regions. A neural network-driven Earth system model has led University of California, Irvine (UCI) oceanographers…
Methane is present in the natural gas that is very abundant in the earth’s crust and has found many uses in modern applications, mainly as…
Using the latest satellite technology from the European Space Agency (ESA), scientists from the University of Bristol have been tracking patterns of mass loss from…
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…