Earth & Climate News
January 9, 2025
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Jan. 9, 2025 — Hydroclimate whiplash -- rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather -- has already increased globally due to climate change, with further large increases expected as warming continues, according to a team of ...
Jan. 3, 2025 — A new study presents what is believed to be the oldest known example in the fossil record of an evolutionary arms race. These 517-million-year-old predator-prey interactions occurred in the ocean covering what is now South Australia between a small, ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — California ground squirrels hunt, kill and eat voles, reveals a new study documenting evidence of widespread carnivorous behavior among ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — Analysis of the remains of at least 37 individuals from Early Bronze Age England finds they were killed, butchered, and probably consumed before being thrown down a 15m-deep shaft. It is the largest-scale example of interpersonal violence from ...
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Jan. 9, 2025 — Researchers have developed new measurement techniques and methods to measure emissions from category-L vehicles in realistic operation and to determine corresponding limit ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — A battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is exactly what researchers have achieved with their 3D-printed, biodegradable fungal battery. The living battery could supply power to sensors ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Current state policies aren't enough to curb food waste. Study shows states are falling short of the reduction goals set by the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Construction materials such as concrete and plastic have the potential to lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide, according to a new study by civil engineers and earth systems scientists. The ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Laboratory experiments designed to deform ice at its pressure-melting temperature were like grabbing a bagel at the top and the bottom, then twisting ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Scientists have created the first single cell genomic atlas of mature plants' outer armor layer, called the periderm, and its carbon-capturing ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers analyzed 22 recent studies exploring HIV-related outcomes in the context of climate change and identified several links between extreme weather events and HIV prevention and ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — A new study reveals evidence of electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in choanoflagellates, the closest living relatives of animals. This elaborate example of cell communication offers key ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — New research has found more than 200 measures to protect sharks and rays across the 22 coastal states of the Mediterranean region. However, while elasmobranchs have made it onto many policy agendas, ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — An academic has used drone mapping to investigate a 3000-year-old 'mega fortress' in the Caucasus mountains, revealing details that re-shape ...
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Jan. 8, 2025 — Evolutionary biologists are investigating the extent to which ants learn from past experiences. After being attacked by ants from a particular nest, ants behave more aggressively towards others from ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have found that the taller the Japanese black pine trees (Pinus thunbergii) along the coast, the deeper their roots penetrate the ground. Deeper roots make trees more resistant to damage ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart -- genetically speaking. The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — People who live close to airports and are exposed to high aircraft noise levels could be at greater risk of poor heart function, increasing the likelihood of heart attacks, life-threatening heart ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — A new study reveals that generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help expedite the search for solutions to reduce enteric methane emissions caused by cows in animal agriculture, which accounts ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — A new study has outlined the first genomic evidence of early migration from New Guinea into the Wallacea, an archipelago containing Timor-Leste and hundreds of inhabited eastern Indonesian ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — A newly described dinosaur whose fossils were recently uncovered is challenging the existing narrative, with evidence that the reptiles were present in the northern hemisphere millions of years ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — Researchers have created a simulation that maps underground water on a continental scale. The result of three years' work studying groundwater from coast to coast, the findings plot the unseen ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — Researchers have devised a way to improve the accuracy of climate change models for the Global South by integrating historical records kept by missionaries and other ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — If you like the smell of spring roses, the sounds of summer birdsong, and the colors of fall foliage, you have the stabilization of the ozone layer to thank for it. Located in the stratosphere, where ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — As more products begin to depend on battery-based energy storage systems, shifting away from metal-based solutions will be critical to facilitating the green energy transition. Now, a team has ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — The centromere of chromosomes plays a crucial role in cell division. Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, an international team of researchers has investigated how two crucial proteins -- KNL2 ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — The Great Salt Lake has lost more than 15 billion cubic yards of water over the past three decades, is getting shallower at the rate of 4 inches a year, and an analysis of its water budget suggests ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world. ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — Researchers conducted a high-throughput growth assay and machine learning to address the genetic and environmental interplay on bacterial growth. The findings indicated that the environmental ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to new research. Scientists have identified widespread resistance to benzimidazole-based dewormers which are ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — Scientists say the frozen remnants of an ancient forest discovered 600 feet above the modern tree line on the Beartooth Plateau may portend possible changes for the alpine ecosystem if the climate ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — A new study has identified 11 genes that may hold the key to understanding the brain's response to these pervasive chemicals commonly found in everyday ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — The tiny particles that shed from clothing, packaging and other plastic products are winding up in the fish that people eat, highlighting a need for technologies and strategies to reduce microfiber ...
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Evolutionary Biology: Ants Can Hold a Grudge
- Study Identifies Coastal Black Pine Trees Resistant to Tsunamis and Strong Winds
- Scorching Climate Drove Lampreys Apart During Cretaceous Period
- Exposure to Aircraft Noise Linked to Worse Heart Function
- Scientists Leverage Artificial Intelligence to Fast-Track Methane Mitigation Strategies in Animal Agriculture
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- DNA Adds New Chapter to Indonesia's Layered Human History
- Dinosaurs Roamed the Northern Hemisphere Millions of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, According to New Analysis of the Oldest North American Fossils
- New Research Reveals Groundwater Pathways Across Continent
- Integrating Historic Data Stands to Improve Climate Models in the Global South
- Earth's Air War: Explaining the Delayed Rise of Plants, Animals on Land
- Trash to Treasure: Leveraging Industrial Waste to Store Energy
- Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System
- Key and Lock: How Important Proteins 'dock' To the Centromere
- Reducing Irrigation for Livestock Feed Crops Is Needed to Save Great Salt Lake, Study Argues
- Method Can Detect Harmful Salts Forming in Nuclear Waste Melters
- Canceling Effect of Genetics and Environmental Changes on Bacterial Growth
Monday, January 6, 2025
- Drug-Resistant Hookworms Put Pets and People at Risk
- Ice Patches on Beartooth Plateau Reveal How Ancient Landscape Differed from Today's
- These 11 Genes May Help Us Better Understand Forever Chemicals' Effects on the Brain
- Microplastics Widespread in Seafood People Eat
- Lead Pollution Likely Caused Widespread IQ Declines in Ancient Rome, New Study Finds
- Efforts to Reduce Kids' Screen Time Weakened by Unequal Access to Green Space
- How We Classify Flood Risk May Give Developers, Home Buyers a False Sense of Security
- Climate Change Is Accelerating Forest Defoliation by Helping Invasive Species Spread
- U.S. Corn Belt: Intensive Farming and Shallow Groundwater Affect Precipitation Patterns
- New Strontium Isotope Map of Sub-Saharan Africa Is a Powerful Tool for Archaeology, Forensics, and Wildlife Conservation
- Climate Extremes in 2024 'wreaking Havoc' On the Global Water Cycle
- Floods Linked to Rise in US Deaths from Several Major Causes
- Marked Decrease in Arctic Pressure Ridges
- Prime Apple Growing Areas in US Face Increasing Climate Risks
- Tiny Plants Reveal Big Potential for Boosting Crop Efficiency
- Hornwort Genomes Provide Clues on How Plants Conquered the Land
Friday, January 3, 2025
- Growing Divide: Agricultural Climate Policies Affect Food Prices Differently in Poor and Wealthy Countries
- Some Bacteria Evolve Like Clockwork With the Seasons
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- Water Treatment: Catching Steroid Hormones With Nanotubes
- Big Leap Forward for Environmentally Friendly 'e-Textiles' Technology
- Chemists Create Eco-Friendly Method to Make Chlorine-Based Materials for Drugs and Chemicals
- Increased Wildfire Activity May Be a Feature of Past Periods of Abrupt Climate Change
- Dogs Trained to Sniff out Spotted Lanternflies Could Help Reduce Spread
- New Method Turns E-Waste to Gold
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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Thursday, December 26, 2024
- Wind Sensing by Biomimetic Flexible Flapping Wing With Strain Sensors
- Coral Reef Nightlife Becomes More Predatory With Artificial Light
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Monday, December 23, 2024
- Individual Leopards Can Be Identified by Their Roars
- Researchers Find Compromised Indoor Air in Homes Following Marshall Fire
- Months After Colorado's Marshall Fire, Residents of Surviving Homes Reported Health Symptoms, Poor Air Quality
- Paleobiologists Unlock 500,000 Years of Fossil Records: Climate Change Impacts and Risks of Marine Carbon Removal
Friday, December 20, 2024
- Breakthrough New Material Brings Affordable, Sustainable Future Within Grasp
- Study Reveals Right Whales Live 130 Years -- Or More
- Geothermal Aquifers Offer Green Potential but Quality Checks Required
- Dripstones Offer Insights Into Climate Dynamics in Europe
- ESA and NASA Satellites Deliver First Joint Picture of Greenland Ice Sheet Melting
- AI-Driven Approach Reveals Hidden Hazards of Chemical Mixtures in Rivers
- Construction Materials and Household Items Are a Part of a Long-Term Carbon Sink Called the 'technosphere'
- Pollinators Most Vulnerable to Rising Global Temperatures Are Flies, Study Shows
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Changes in Store for Atmospheric Rivers
- First Results from 2021 Rocket Launch Shed Light on Aurora's Birth
- More People Living Without Running Water in U.S. Cities Since the Global Financial Crisis, Study Reveals
- An Inexpensive Fix for California's Struggling Wildflowers
- Study Uses Remote Sensing to Monitor Plastic Debris in Rivers and Lakes
- Origins of Lunar Water and Its Connection to Earth's Early History
- Researchers Identify a Mysterious Fossil Seed to Reveal New Chapters in Climate History of Los Angeles
- Diversity of Novel Hydrothermal Vent Styles on the Arctic Ocean Floor
- Evolutionary Study Reveals the Toxic Reach of Disease-Causing Bacteria Across the Plant Kingdom
- Scientists Solving Meteorological Mysteries on Mars
- New Study Highlights the Correlation Between Live Corals and Fishing Yields
- Are Particle Emissions from Offshore Wind Farms Harmful for Blue Mussels?
- Sugar Solution Fights Infection in Dairy Cows Just as Well as Antibiotics
- Chart of Life Extended by Nearly 1.5 Billion Years
- Early Warning Tool Will Help Control Huge Locust Swarms
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Conserving High-Elevation Grasslands in Peru Is Key to Protect Andean Bears
- Living in the Deep, Dark, Slow Lane: Insights from the First Global Appraisal of Microbiomes in Earth's Subsurface Environments
- For Optimal Marathon Performance, Check Training Plan, Gear, Nutrition, Weather -- And Air Quality?
- Breakthrough in Photochemical Water Oxidation: Paving the Way for Sustainable Energy
- Microplastics in the Air May Be Leading to Lung and Colon Cancers
- Phytochromes: The 'eyes' That Enable Microalgae to Find Their Way in the Depths
- Giant Virus Encodes Key Piece of Protein-Making Machinery of Cellular Life
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- How Loss of Urban Trees Affects Educational Outcomes
- Using Drones, Researchers Assess the Health of Humpback Whale Mother-Calf Pairs Across the Pacific Ocean
- Wildfire Surges in East, Southeast US Fueled by New Trees and Shrubs
- Step Forward in Generating Solar-Powered Hydrogen
- The Social Cost of Carbon, a Crucial Tool for Setting Climate Policy, Omits Key Effects
- Prehistoric Rock in Japan Reveals Clues to Major Ocean Anoxic Event
- Significant Advancement Made in Engineering Biology and Clean Energy
- Researchers Demonstrate High Accuracy of Observation Device That Can Be Dropped Into Typhoon Without Parachute
- Travelers Weigh in on Weight-Based Airfares for Eco-Friendly Skies
- Hyperspectral Imaging Lidar System Achieves Remote Plastic Identification
- Researchers Explore Carbon Capture in Fish Farms to Address Climate Change
- Training Solar Panels to Dance With the Wind
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Corals Depend on Near Neighbors to Reproduce
- Shrubs Can Help or Hinder a Forest's Recovery After Wildfire
- Electric Vehicle Transition Could Create Unwanted Air Pollution Hotspots in China and India
- Across Southeastern US, Weedy Rice Steals Herbicide Resistance from Crop Rice
- New Study Finds Marine Animals Save Energy by Swimming in a Depth 'sweet Spot'
- Making the Most of Switzerland's Wood
- Unlocking the Journey of Gold Through Magmatic Fluids
- Scientists Develop 3D Concrete Printing Method That Captures Carbon Dioxide