Although fall officially began on September 22, the trees around Palisades, New York, don't seem to know it yet. At the Columbia Climate School's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a camera sits on a rooftop monitoring the ...
Environment
Sep 27, 2022
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Donna Kalil loves snakes. She's been fascinated by them since she was a kid living in the mountains of Venezuela's capital in the 1960s, where her father was stationed as an Air Force pilot.
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2022
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A team of researchers at Colorado State University has found that forest fires over the past several decades are having a detrimental impact on late snowpack areas in mountainous regions. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
It's that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, and the nights are cooling down. But when will the natural fireworks display of autumn leaves actually begin this year?
Environment
Sep 23, 2022
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A new study by Vanderbilt researchers demonstrates the ability to initiate chemical reactions by cooling materials instead of heating them—a counterintuitive process that could open new vistas for applications ranging from ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 30, 2022
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Frogs once lived alongside dinosaurs. About 45 million years ago, the North Sea covered half of Germany. It's incredible to think these little creatures survived the dinosaurs' extinction. But a lower level mass death did ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 23, 2022
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Bacteria do, and will, end up in food. Everyone eats—intentionally or unintentionally—millions to billions of live microbes every day.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 22, 2022
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On the hottest summer days, you may find yourself dozing off in the middle of the day. In some parts of the world, it's a cultural norm to schedule "siestas" and shutter businesses during the warmest hours of the day. As ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2022
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New research based on an expedition to the icy waters off Greenland reveals soaring levels of antifreeze proteins in a species of tiny snailfish, underlying the importance of this unique adaptation to life in sub-zero temperatures. ...
Evolution
Aug 16, 2022
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In people, Type 1 diabetes mellitus diagnoses are more common in northern latitudes and during winter. Now a new study shows a similar pattern in dogs.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2022
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