A continental-scale network of conservation sites is likely to remain effective under future climate change scenarios, despite a predicted shift in key species distributions.
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2021
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It is well known that climate-induced sea level rise is a major threat. New research has found that previous ice loss events could have caused sea-level rise at rates of around 3.6 meters per century, offering vital clues ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2021
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Scientists have witnessed bonobo apes adopting infants who were born outside of their social group for the first time in the wild.
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2021
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Walls and fences designed to secure national borders could make it difficult for almost 700 mammal species to adapt to climate change, according to new research.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2021
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The first people to settle in the Americas likely brought their own canine companions with them, according to new research which sheds more light on the origin of dogs.
Archaeology
Jan 25, 2021
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Scientists have shown where bird species would exist in the absence of human activity under research that could provide a new approach to setting conservation priorities.
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2021
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Astronomers have looked nine billion years into the past to find evidence that galaxy mergers in the early universe could shut down star formation and affect galaxy growth.
Astronomy
Jan 11, 2021
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Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have formed out of a giant collision between the early Earth and another massive object 4.5 billion years ago.
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2020
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Earth could have lost anywhere between ten and 60 percent of its atmosphere in the collision that is thought to have formed the Moon.
Astronomy
Sep 29, 2020
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Cosmologists have zoomed in on the smallest clumps of dark matter in a virtual universe—which could help us to find the real thing in space.
General Physics
Sep 2, 2020
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