Can humanity drag down greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to prevent Earth's surface from warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above mid-19th century levels?
Environment
Aug 5, 2021
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For perhaps the first time ever, researchers have mapped out the true extent of habitat loss for salmon in the Lower Fraser River, one of the most important spawning and rearing grounds for Pacific salmon in B.C.
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2021
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A re-usable sanitary towel that could potentially kill up to 99.9% of bacteria when exposed to sunlight is being developed by scientists at Cardiff University.
Materials Science
Aug 5, 2021
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Remote-sensing technology produces detailed images of the size and density of the harmful algal bloom (HAB) in Lake Erie's western basin each year, but determining the bloom's toxicity relies on research that—literally—tests ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2021
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Women are less likely to participate at medical and scientific conferences, yet simple interventions could have a big impact, a new study has found.
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2021
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The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) may have been losing stability in the course of the last century, a new study by Niklas Boers, published in Nature Climate Change, suggests. The finding is worrying as ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 5, 2021
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Biological engineers at MIT have devised a new way to efficiently edit bacterial genomes and program memories into bacterial cells by rewriting their DNA. Using this approach, various forms of spatial and temporal information ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 5, 2021
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Scientists no longer have to worry about their bottles of mouse sperm breaking in transit. Researchers in Japan have developed a way to freeze dry sperm on a plastic sheet in weighing paper so that samples can withstand being ...
Other
Aug 5, 2021
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Individuals are likely to prioritize food over sex after being deprived of both, according to researchers at the University of Birmingham, who studied this behavioral conflict in fruit flies.
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 5, 2021
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Climate change will increase the burden of crop diseases in some parts of the world and reduce it in others, new research suggests.
Ecology
Aug 5, 2021
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