Putting solar panels above agricultural crops may do more than produce food and clean energy on the same land: It can also significantly augment quality of life for farmworkers, according to new research to be presented at ...
Biotechnology
Dec 15, 2025
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Millions of UK social homes are at growing risk from rising temperatures and soaring energy costs and current housing and climate policies are failing to keep up, according to new research by The University of Manchester.
Environment
Dec 11, 2025
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The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions that haven't been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years.
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2025
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Almost 8,000 animal species could be pushed closer to extinction by the end of this century as the interacting effects of climate change-driven extreme heat and human land-use change create increasingly unsuitable conditions ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2025
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The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It lives in deep-sea thermal vents, at temperatures above the boiling point of water, without light or ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2025
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Women, juveniles, and ICE detainees in correctional facilities in five Gulf Coast states are vulnerable to threats from extreme heat, flooding, and hurricanes, a Yale School of the Environment study found. Despite the threats, ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2025
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Rising global temperatures are changing the rules for survival—and reproduction—for many species. A new study from Saint Louis University reveals that predicting which species will persist under climate change is more complex ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2025
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California's $1 billion tomato processing industry is highly efficient and likely will be able to withstand higher temperatures and traffic congestion with minimal postharvest losses, according to research conducted at the ...
Ecology
Dec 2, 2025
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"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires change—was mastered billions of years ago by single-celled organisms living in extreme heat. Over ...
Evolution
Nov 29, 2025
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Hyperthermophilic archaea are true survival experts. They thrive in boiling hot springs and deep-sea vents—environments lethal to nearly all other forms of life.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 25, 2025
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